Practice + Pancakes: Team Elite Starts Taper for World Champs, Pan Ams
With World Championships and Pan American Games both on the horizon, that means one thing for elite athletes: taper time.
2019 World Champs Previews: Australian Powerhouses Eying Mixed Free Relay Gold
Australia’s Campbell sisters combine for one of the scariest back-halves you’ll ever see – and fast women’s duos are a major theme of the mixed free relay.
5 Divers from 4 Countries to Represent Funkita Swimwear at World Championships
The FINA World Championships kick off on tomorrow. Australian Olympic diver Melissa Wu is set to take on her sixth World Championships in Gwangju.
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Fresh off National Records, Levterov and Yanchev Will Race at Bulgarian Open
Two of the countries best swimmers are heading straight from the European Junior Championships in Kazan to the Bulgarian Open this week.
2019 World University Games: Day 7 Finals Live Recap
Finals include the women’s 50 free, 50 breast, 200 fly, and 400 free; the men’s 50 free and 400 IM; and the men’s and women’s 4 x 100 medley relays.
2019 World Champs Previews: Strategic Decisions Highlight Mixed Medley Relay
World Champs gold could come down to strategic lineup decisions in the mixed medley relay, the newest event in the 2020 Olympic program.
2019 World Champs Preview: The 50 Breast, Featuring Lilly King & Yulia Efimova
In the sport’s most infamous rivalry, Lilly King and Yulia Efimova will meet in the 50 breast, where both have held the world record and the world title.
FINA Vice President Dale Neuburger Denies He Plans to Pursue Presidency
“I am not a candidate for FINA President, nor have I been in the past, nor foresee being so in the future,” Neuburger said.
Katharine Berkoff on WUGs 100 Back Record, Italy as Host (Video)
Berkoff never looked back after the turn, eventually crashing into the wall in a best time of 59.29, lowering the meet record from her 59.57 prelims swim
WUGs Medal Table Day 7: US Leads Final Tally With 19 Gold, 40 Total Medals
Team USA leads the final medal table with 40 total medals: 19 gold, 12 silver, and 9 bronze. Japan and Russia won 6 gold medals each, and South Africa 5.
David Cumberlidge Becomes 4th British Man Under 22 in 50 Free
22-year-old British sprinter David Cumberlidge snuck under the barrier in finals, becoming just the 4th man in British swimming history to do so.
Braden Holloway Explains 800 Free Relay Order, Newkirk Illness (Video)
WUG’s head men’s coach Braden Holloway explains why Jeff Newkirk was left off of the 800 free relay and why they went with the 4 swimmers that they did
No Finals Scratches, Only 1 Alternate Scratch For Final Session of Universiade
There are no scratches out of tonight’s finals session at the 2019 World University Games, except for one alternate: New Zealand’s Gabrielle Fa’amausili.
Only Two Individual Prelims Scratches On Day 7 of World University Games
With just two individual events and two relay events on the final morning of the 2019 World University Games, there are only two scratches.
2019 World University Games: Day 6 Finals Live Recap
Finals on night 6 include the women’s 800 free, men’s 100 fly, women’s 200 free, women’s 50 back, men’s 200 back, men’s 50 breast, men’s 4 x 200 free relay.
