Terziev Notches Bulgarian 50 Back NR, but Levterov Snags The Gold
Newly-minted 200m back national record holder Kaloyan Levterov of Bulgaria doubled up with a 50m back victory in Sofia this weekend.
Russia Dismisses Doping Critic Yuri Ganus From RUSADA
Russia has dismissed Yuri Ganus as RUSADA head. An audit alleged financial irregularities, but Ganus says he’s being targeted for his anti-doping stances.
Worlds Silver Medalist Andrei Minakov Won’t Travel to Stanford This Year
Andrei Minakov, the defending World Championships silver medalist in the 100 fly, will defer the start of his training at Stanford University.
17-Year-Old Levterov Becomes First Bulgarian Under 2:00 In 200 Back
Already through just one day of competition at Bulgarian nationals, 17-year-old Kaloyan Levterov fired off a new national record in the men’s 200m backstroke.
British Backstroking Champion Fullalove Retires Pre-Tokyo
This week British backstroking ace Jessica Fullalove made the decision to hang up her goggles and retire from competitive swimming.
Spanish Sports Council To Create Platform To Promote Safe Return To Competition
Amid a case surge, the nation’s Sports and Culture Minister held a meeting with representatives from various NGB’s to promote a safe return to competition.
1 Event (50 Fly), 2 European Swimmers, 3 Best Times
Switzerland’s Manuel Leuthard closed in on Noe Ponti’s (above) 50m fly National Record while 17-year-old Pawel Uryniuk dominated the 50m fly in Poland.
Stephen Redmond Becomes First to Swim 44 km Around Fastnet Rock
Irish open water swimmer Stephen Redmond has become the first known person to swim the more-than 44 kilometers from Baltimore, Ireland around Fastnet Rock.
Germany Cancels Its Relay-Only Youth Team Championships
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the German Swimming Association (DSV) has announced the cancellation of the 2020 German Youth Team Championships.
Full Tally Of Italian Regional Championships Results
Jump on into the Italian Regional Championships full results, as the spread-out meets all concluded recently. Stefano Ballo was one of the multi-winners.
17-Year-Old Gorbenko Grabs 3 New Israeli National Records
Check out how fast 17-year-old Anastasia Gorbenko went over the weekend to wrap up Israel’s End-of-Season short course meet.
Danish SC Championships On The Books For December
The Danish Swimming Federation (Dansk Svømmeunion) has revealed its approved national competitive events on the calendar for the remainder of 2020.
Team GB’s Alice Dearing Appears In Music Video For ‘Reprise’ Project
Dearing is the only black swimmer on Team GB and advocates to remove prejudice in the sport and encourages people in the BAME community to take up swimming
SwimSwam Podcast: Shane Tusup Opens Up About Coaching Mistakes & Successes
Shane had a candid conversation with us and We kept the focus on him. Tusup apologized for a lot of the behavior he wasn’t proud of in his past
Wellbrock Takes 10k OW German Title After One Week Back
The 2020 German Open Water Championships kicked off today with two-time 2019 world champion Florian Wellbrock making his presence known.
