European Junior C’ships Officially Postponed: EYOF Also Looking At New Dates
The 2020 LEN European Junior Diving and European Junior Swimming Championships in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, respectively, have officially been postponed.
Bygones Of 2020 Olympic Trials: Italian Championships Edition
Federica Pellegrini was set to follow-up her 2019 world title in the 200m free with potentially another head-turner at the nixed Italian Spring Championships.
Germany Joins Canada, Requests Postponement of 2021 World Championships
The German Swimming Federation has announced their desire to have the World Championships, currently slated for 2021, be pushed back until the following year.
State of Swiss Federal Tribunal in Limbo as Sun Yang’s Appeal Deadline Passes
Last Saturday marked a month since Sun Yang was handed an eight-year ban – the deadline to appeal – but parts of the high court aren’t functioning as usual.
April Fools: FINA Votes for Dramatic Post-Olympic Changes to Breaststroke
FINA says that the changes will make the stroke more accessible to fans and increase the speed, and therefore excitement, of races.
Reuters: Tokyo 2020 Gave $8.2M To Businessman Who Gave Gifts To Olympic Broker
A new report from Reuters casts light on huge cash payments and expensive gifts involved in the selection of Tokyo as the 2020 Olympic hosts.
Hayden’s Comeback, Loaded Women’s Field Would’ve Headlined Canadian Trials
The Canadian Olympic Trials were supposed to run this week, and there would’ve been no shortage of intriguing storylines.
What Was Supposed To Be: The First Full Week Of Olympic Trials Meets
The Japan Swim was one of several meets slated to run this week before the mass cancellations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Swimming From Home Talk Show: Brad Tandy on ASU Sprint Training
Brad helped me get my Practice + Pancake fix in by explaining what sprint group at Arizona State had done for their recovery practice.
Epic Swims: The South African Quartet Who Shocked the 2004 Olympics
Heading into the 2004 Olympics, the men’s 4×100 free relay was a hot commodity. The United States had swept the…
Italian Swimming Federation President Paolo Barelli Turns To Gov’t For Help
Business owners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic can request the suspension of mortgage installments due between the months of March and September 2020.
Hungarian Swimming Reports 9 Positive Tests for COVID-19 at Training Camps
Nine swimmers and staff members associated with the Hungarian Swimming Federation tested positive for COVID-19, including Dominik Kozma (above).
Swimming World Champion Boglarka Kapas Tests Positive For Coronavirus
“I felt good I don’t feel any symptoms and that’s why I wanted to draw but more attention that I am positive,” says Hungarian Boglarka Kapas.
Chun Kong Mak Becomes First Man to Swim a Butterfly Ice Mile
Chun Kong Mak became the first man to successfully complete a butterfly ice mile back in February of this year in Austria.
Dutch Olympic Gold Medalist Van Rouwendaal Takes To Inflatable Pool
Reigning open water Olympic champion Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands is trying out some unique training contraptions to keep herself in the water.
