SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2021: Men’s #50 – #41
Yan Zibei is one of a number of men who could be higher on this list if it weren’t for Adam Peaty being such an overwhelming favorite for 100 breast gold.
SwimSwam Pulse: 64% Prefer to Anchor Relays With Fastest Leg
Almost two-thirds of SwimSwam voters said it’s better to put your fastest swimmer last on a relay, with just under 40% preferring the ‘shotgun’ approach.
SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2021: Men’s #100 – #76
We start our countdown of the top 100 men and the top 100 women in world-level swimming heading into the 2021 Olympic year.
Shouts From The Stands: A Letter To Klete Keller
“We must do better to support one another and help us all develop into a more compassionate, more well-rounded community.”
SwimSwam Pulse: 75% Preferred San Antonio PSS Over Richmond
Three-quarters of voters were more excited for the San Antonio stop of the Pro Swim Series than the Richmond stop, according to our most recent SwimSwam poll.
Shouts From The Stands: Swimming In A Post-Segregation America
“It is time for our great swim community to rise up to the occasion.”
SwimSwam Pulse: 36% Favor Separate Women’s & Men’s U.S. Olympic Trials
A little more than a third of voters favored splitting U.S. Olympic Trials by gender, though 31% favored further limiting athlete numbers.
SwimSwam Pulse: 58% Think Sun Yang Will Be Banned Before 2021 Olympics
More than half of voters said they expect Chinese distance swimmer Sun Yang to be banned in time to keep him out of the Tokyo Olympics this year.
SwimSwam Pulse: 42% Pick ‘Other’ In Split Vote Over Top Woman of 2020
Voters were completely split on the best women’s swimmer of the year 2020, with 43% voting for ‘someone else’ over Kaylee McKeown (26%) and Lilly King (18%).
SwimSwam Pulse: 50% Predict Two Women To Break 58 In 2021 Olympic Back Final
Half of voters predicted that exactly two women would break 58 seconds in the 100 backstroke final at next summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
SwimSwam Pulse: 57.5% Think Olympics Should Add 50s of Fly, Back & Breast
More than half of voters said the non-free 50s should be added to the Olympic swimming lineup, bringing the total to 41 pool swimming events.
SwimSwam Pulse: 35% Pick Florida To Be #3 in Men’s NCAA Power Ranks
Florida (35%) and Georgia (30%) led a very divided poll for the #3 men’s team in all of NCAA swimming & diving for 2020-2021.
SwimSwam Pulse: 64% Pick Dressel’s 100 IM As Most Impressive Swim of ISL Season
64.1% of voters picked Caeleb Dressel’s 100 IM as the most impressive swim of 2020 ISL season, and Dressel’s swims combined for 87.5% of the total votes.
SwimSwam Pulse: 47% Like ISL’s Experimental 800 Free Format
Almost half of voters considered the experimental 800 free a “great addition” to the ISL’s event lineup, with 31% worrying about the complexity of scoring.
SwimSwam Pulse: 70% of Voters Say the 3rd Round Winner Wins The ISL Skins
An overwhelming majority said that the swimmer who wins the third round is the skins winner – not necessarily the swimmer who scored the most points.
