Anthony Ervin: Nobody Gets To Tell You How to Lead
3-time Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin spoke out this week against the new recommendations limiting athlete protests at the Olympics
Belarusian Women Set New 400 Medley Relay National Record of 4:03.61 in Brest
Anastasia Kuleshova (1:02.41), Alina Zmushko (1:07.09), Anastasia Shkurdai (57.78) and Anastasia Koryakovskaya (56.33) combined for a newly-minted 4:03.61 NR.
Hill Bags Irish Record in Third Event of the Week, 200 Breaststrokers Swim PRs
She sliced .10 off of her own Irish record, while Eoin Corby and Niamh Coyne looked very good in the men’s and women’s 200 breast semis, respectively.
Gures Takes Down Own Turkish 100 Fly Record, Women’s 800 Free Relay Makes Mark
A men’s 100 butterfly record and a women’s 800 freestyle relay record went down in the nation of Turkey today, April 23rd.
Matti Mattsson Mints Finnish 200 BR National Record (2:08.51) in Helsinki
Matti Mattsson highlighted day one Helsinki finals with a new Finnish national record in the 200 breast at 2:08.51, now No. 15 all-time in European history.
British Swimming CEO Jack Buckner Managing the Olympic Effort Through COVID
British Swimming CEO Jack Buckner drops in on the SwimSwam Pod. Buckner leads Team U.K. into the Olympics with a long list of stars like Adam Peaty.
Michelle Coleman Happy with Consistency, Looking for Closing Speed in Helsinki
Swedish Olympian Michelle Coleman says that she’s pleased with her consistency of results of late, but is ready to taper and pick up her final speed.
McSharry Continues Record Breaking Form with New Standard in the 200 Breast
McSharry is now just four tenths of a second from the Olympic qualifying time in the event following her swim of 2:25.92.
2021 Belarus Open Day One: Shymanovich Qualifies for Tokyo with 58.77 BR
Belarusian Ilya Shymanovich has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with his 100 breast World No. 6 swim of 58.77, clearing the automatic cut of 59.93.
The IOC Athletes’ Commission Releases Recommendations on Rule 50
The IOC AC has issued recommendations on Rule 50, which covers how athletes are allowed to express themselves during the Olympic Games.
Faster Than Dressel, 16-Yr-Old Popovici Nails 49.09 100 Free Personal Best
Romanian 16-year-old David Popovici put on a freestyle show in Ukraine over the weekend, raining personal bests in the process.
Danielle Hill Reclaims 100 Free Irish Record, McGeever Breaks 400 Free Mark
Two more national records fell tonight in Dublin at the Irish Olympic Trials, though no new Tokyo qualifiers came out of the session.
16-Yr-Old Tuncel Lowers Own Turkish 800 Free Record – 8:26.06
Teenager Merve Tuncel tore it up in her native Turkey tonight, registering a new 800m free national record en route to gold.
High-Level International Meets For May 2021
Let’s dive on into another hectic month of Olympic-qualifying action, with May also including the European Championships.
Hulkko Wants to Be 1:07.0 In Helsinki Finals Following Recent 100 BR Finnish NR
Ida Hulkko broke the 100 BR Finnish record at 1:06.90 in Stockholm, yet settled for a 1:08.70 AM effort in Helsinki, placing second behind Jenna Laukkanen.
