Mare Nostrum: a swimmer’s perspective
Sophie: “I’d compare Mare Nostrum to the Diamond League for athletics, a series of three competitions in three different places all linked together, attracting athletes from around the world.”
Cameron’s world record overlooked at British Championships
The only world record performance at the British Gas Masters Championships in Swansea was Kirstin Cameron’s 40-44 age group 1500m freestyle.
Amy Van Dyken Being Moved to Denver’s Craig Hospital
Amy Van Dyken-Rouen will be flown back to Denver today to continue rehabilitation.
HardCore Swim of the Week: Peaty puts himself right in the middle of the breaststroking battlefield
19-year-old Adam Peaty has put himself right in between Christian Sprenger and Cameron van der Burgh in what once looked like a two-man race for world’s top sprint breaststroker.
FINA Announces Dates for 2017 World Championships; Masters Worlds to Follow
The Scotiabank Aquatics Centre, built for the 2011 Pan Am Games, will host the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Kromowidjojo’s Coach Decides He Is Not The Right Man For The Job
Only eight months after deciding to take the opportunity to work with Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo Christiaan Sloof has decided he is not the right man for the job…
Ottesen, Koseki Score Top FINA Bonuses from Mare Nostrum
With victories at all three stops and multiple meet records over the course of the competition series, Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark and Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan finished off the Mare Nostrum series as the top overall money winners.
French swimmer William Meynard arrested for narcotics, bribery in Rio
French sprinter William Meynard, a 2011 World Champs bronze medalist, was arrested on Sunday morning in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
FINA Quietly Cuts Eindhoven From 2014 World Cup Series Schedule
The 2014 FINA World Cup Series will be just 7 meets long.
2014 FINA World Cup Lands Russian Bank MASTBANK as Title Sponsor
FINA has announced a new title sponsor for the FINA World Cup Series in 2014, with Russian bank MASTBANK replacing…
Sette Colli finals cancelled due to storm, Hosszu tops Pellegrini in exhibition 200 back
The final day of Italy’s Sette Colli meet was abbreviated by a giant rainstorm that swept through the city, cancelling finals with just two events swum.
Henique Breaks Military World Record in 50 Fly, Enters World’s Top 10
As has been the story all week, several more CISM (Military athletics) World Records went down on the final day…
Ottesen Records World’s Top Time In The 50 Butterfly
Jeanette Ottesen took the women’s 50 butterfly in Barcelona in a time of 25.27…
Ottesen Takes Top Seed in 50 Fly, Will Try to Hold Off Halsall in Final
The last preliminary session of the 2014 Mare Nostrum series, which closes Sunday in Barcelona, Still saw most competitors going…
Zetao Breaks Military World Record, Almost Gets National Record in 100 Free
China’s Ning Zetao broke a Meet Record and almost broke a Chinese National Record in the men’s 100 free to start day 2 of the 2014 World Military Swimming Championships.
