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.
SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2021: Men’s #10 – #1
We’re into the big-time now. Every single athlete in our top 10 has either (1) a solid chance at multiple gold medals or (2) a solid chance at a world record.
SwimSwam Pulse: 40% Pick 500 Free To 200 Free Relay As Toughest HS Double
40% of voters selected the 500 free into the 200 free relay as the toughest among four of high school swimming’s more-common back-to-back event combos.
SPLASH! 10,000 Years of Swimming: Professors, Purses and Impossible Feats
“In current dollars, winning Wrigley’s 1927 ‘ocean marathon’ from the California mainland to Santa Catalina Island was worth about $360,000.”
SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2021: Men’s #20 – #11
As we crack the top 20, we’re starting to profile some of swimming’s best and most versatile talents – like freestyler, IMer, and relay hero Duncan Scott.
D3 NCAAs Cancelled: Notes From a Dad/Coach
“I think Thursday is an important reminder, no matter what, to be mindful of the things we are thankful for in our lives.”
Leigh Ann Caldwell, Swammer & NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent
Caldwell shares insight into Braden Holloway’s current NC State success and dives into what it took for her to make it as a network news correspondent.
Paralympic Champ Jessica Long To Star in Toyota Super Bowl Ad
13-time Paralympic swimming gold medalist Jessica Long is the star of Toyota’s new television ad, set to air during Super Bowl LV this weekend.
