Shout From The Stands: Seeing is Believing in the Sport of Swimming
Nike Swim believes swimming is for everyone. This month, we have invited black swimmers to share their stories and experience of swimming black.
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SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2021: Women’s #50 – #41
Short course world record-breaker Kira Toussaint debuts at #41 in our list of the top 100 women’s swimmers in the world for 2021.
SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2021: Women’s #75-51
No female swimmer has ever been as fast as Belarus’s Anastasiya Shkurdai in *both* the 100 fly (56.9) and 100 back (59.0), and she’s only 18.
Plant-Based Performance: Vegan Oats Builder
Oats are a versatile food that make for a great breakfast, especially for athletes.
Two Minutes of Medical School
A doctor’s analysis of the broken elbow sustained by Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom and what the process will be on her road to recovery.
College Swim Dad Reflections: A Season Gone; A Moment Lost
Reflections from a swim parent on seeing their child’s entire senior collegiate season cancelled due to the pandemic.
SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2021: Women’s #100-76
In addition to her impressive track record, Seebohm was a big ISL talent this past season, ranked T-24th overall in the MVP rankings.
Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Chicken Wings and a Beautiful Sunset
We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.
My First Meet In The Stands
The experience of watching your former collegiate team race can be a strange, emotional one, knowing you’ll never be back on those blocks again.
SPLASH! 10,000 Years of Swimming: Is Enough Ever Enough?
Johnny Weissmuller, later famous as Tarzan of the Apes, held the world record in the men’s 100 freestyle for 12 years, from 1922 to 1934.
Phelps v. Brady: The Similarities Between Two of the Greatest of All-Time
Tom Brady and Michael Phelps are considered two of the greatest athletes of all-time, and have many similarities between their careers.
Shout from the Stands: Black people CAN swim
Nike Swim believes swimming is for everyone. This month, we have invited black swimmers to share their stories and experience of swimming black.
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SPLASH! 10,000 Years of Swimming: Swimming & Society
The 50-meter Brockwell Lido in London, opened in 1937. Sponsors hoped Brockwell might be chosen for the Olympics, but the next two Games were canceled by war.
SPLASH! 10,000 Years of Swimming: Swimmers’ Lib
Great Britain’s gold medalists in the inaugural women’s 4×100 freestyle relay at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, all dressed for the 20th century.
Emma Reaney: The More you Lean on Others, The Better Everything Else Will Be
Reaney notes the best year of her swimming was also the year she was in the best headspace and living with 4 of her teammates.
