The Surprising Missing Piece On Pieter van den Hoogenband’s Swimming Resume
One of the greatest swimmers of his generation, van den Hoogenband shockingly never won a Long Course World Championship title.
Details Emerge About Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay
According to L’Equipe, there will be about 700 cities along the route, which will be finalized next year. About 12,000 runners will be involved.
Russian Open Water Swimmer Kirill Abrosimov: Lack of Racing Is “A Huge Step Back”
The 30-year-old European open water champion is struggling to find motivation with his inability to race on the international stage.
Tokyo Medalist Santo Condorelli Given 18-Month FINA Ban for Whereabouts Failures
Condorelli’s ban began on June 24th, meaning it will extend until December 23rd, 2023.
European Champs Medalist Signe Bro Moves to Spain to Train with Ben Titley
Danish sprinter Signe Bro has moved to Sant Cugat, Spain to train at the National Training Center under newly appointed head coach Ben Titley.
Paolo Barelli Responds To “Surprise” Suspension From FINA, Questions Timing
Barelli said he learned of his suspension with “great surprise and embarrassment” and questioned the timing given he’s in the midst of a political campaign.
Watch All Eight Times David Popovici Won The 100/200 Freestyle During Summer 2022
Relive the summer of Popovici by watching footage from all eight of his gold medal-winning races across four meets in 2022.
FINA Suspends Former LEN President Paolo Barelli Indefinitely
FINA’s independent Ethics Panel has provisionally suspended the Italian Swimming Federation President for alleged wrongdoing in three separate cases.
Russian Synchronized Swimming Administrator Given 2-Year Doping Ban
Olga Pavlova, a Vice-President of All-Russia Synchronized Swimming, has been given a two-year doping suspension referencing her time as an athletics coach.
A Golden Wedding: Olympic Champs Kromowidjojo And Weertman Get Married
The freestyle Olympic champions have officially tied the knot after getting engage in 2019 before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Swim England Warns Soaring Energy Costs Could Force Public Pools to Close
Swim England’s chief executive calls on the new PM to provide government subsidies that would help pools stay open amid the U.K’s ongoing energy crisis.
A Motorcycle Accident and Coaching Change Sparked Diogo Ribeiro’s Breakout Summer
A motorcycle accident last year left Diogo Matos Ribeiro (pictured right) hospitalized for a week and bedridden for a month after medaling at Euro Juniors.
3x Olympian Aimee Willmott Named Athlete Representative for British Swimming Board
Willmott, who represented Great Britain in the London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020 (2021) Olympics, retired last November.
Black Swimming Association Nominated For National Lottery Project of the Year
The BSA is one of 17 finalists for the award recognizing the “inspirational project that do extraordinary things with the help of National Lottery funding.”
Watch the True Story of Yusra and Sarah Mardini in Netflix’s ‘The Swimmers’
‘The Swimmers’ presents the true story of sisters Sarah and Yusra Mardini who fled Syria to have a chance at swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
