2013 World Championships Video Highlights – FINA Thanks You
Cameron van der Burgh, 50 breaststroke World Champion, is one of the many stars in this gorgeous super slow motion highlights video. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Five World Records Fall on the First Night of IPC World Championships
The first day at the 2013 IPC World Championships in Montreal, Canada was an eventful one. In the preliminaries the…
Hosszu, Le Clos Win European Leg of FINA World Cup Series
Chad le Clos has turned World Championship gold medals into World Cup gold coins. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)
Georgia’s Yildirimer Leaving Program to Return to Turkey
Above, Georgia head coach Jack Bauerle. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Jason Dunford, Thiago Pereira, Aaron Peirsol Nominated to FINA Athletes Committee
5-time Olympic Champion, and 16-time World Champion, Aaron Peirsol has been re-nominated to the FINA Athletes Committee. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Swim and Shine, Do Not Give In – Swimming Psych Up Video
James Magnussen (featured image, Olympic ink) is a swimmer who does not give in. After a disappointing 2012 Olympic Games, Magnussen returned to the top of the men’s 100m free mountain, winning the 2013 FINA World Championship in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Current in the Pool: A Contrarian Brings Some Rationality to the Discussion
Was there a current in the Palau Sant Jordi? Maybe, but the numbers being thrown out by the Counsilman Center for Swimming Performance haven’t given any reason to believe so. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)
Tom Shields Sets Pair of American Records in 100/200 SCM Butterfly
Tom Shields set a pair of American Records at the Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup Series in the 100 and 200 meter butterflies. He now holds the American record in all three butterfly distances. (Photo Credit: Mike Lewis)
And it’s Vacation Time!
Now that the World Championships and the first two World Cup stops have concluded it is time for many of the top swimmers in the world to take some well deserved time off.
Hosszu and Beltmonte Garcia set World Marks on Day Two in Berlin
Yesterday seemed like an anomaly, a day at a World Cup event without Katinka Hosszu breaking a world record… (Photo Credit: Victor Puig)
Katinka Hosszu Breaks World Record in 100 IM For 3rd Time in a Week
Katinka Hosszu has broken a World Record for the 5th time this week in Berlin. (File Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)
President Obama, USOC, Louganis Oppose Sochi Olympics Boycott
Four-time diving gold medalist Greg Louganis has openly voiced his disapproval of a potential boycott of the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia, and he is joined by the President of the United States and the United States Olympic Committee as well. (Photo Credit: realclearsports.com)
Day One in Berlin Begins with a Bang
Only a few short days after an amazing FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain ended the FINA World Cup series…
Hardcore Swim of the Week: Katinka Hosszu’s World Record in Eindhoven
(Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)
Mireia Belmonte Garcia Blasts New World Record in 800 SCM Free, First Woman Under 8:00 Barrier
Mireia Belmonte Garcia posted a 7:59.34 in the 800 SCM Freestyle to become the first woman to ever break 8:00. This is her first freestyle world record. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
