Pellegrini, Detti Will Race Alongside Paralympians In Trieste
Federica Pellegrini, Gabriele Detti, Marco De Tullio, Ilaria Cusinato, Mattia Zuin and Filippo Megli are among the Italian stars set to take to the B. Bianchi Pool in Trieste, Italy this weekend at the Trofeo della Triestina Nuoto.
Sweden Names Nine Swimmers To European Youth Olympic Festival Team
Sweden will send nine swimmers to the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.
2019 Gwangju Ambassador Park Tae Hwan Ready To Host The World’s Best
” I am confident that those who visit Gwangju, Korea will love its nature, culture and food and I hope all the athletes, families and communities will enjoy the beautiful sceneries our region has to offer,” says Olympic champion Park Tae Hwan of the FINA World Championships coming to his home nation just over 2 months from now.
UK’s GLL Sport Foundation Hands Out Largest Annual Athlete Award
The UK’s largest leisure and culture social enterprise, the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF), has announced it will be doling out £297,000 (~$387,000 USD) to over 577 aquatic athletes in 2019, representing the organization’s largest ever annual athlete award.
Duncan Scott Changes Tune, Joins London Roar Along With Sarah Vasey
Two more big guns were added to International Swimming League (ISL) team London Roar, as Duncan Scott and Sarah Vasey each announced they are joining the Adam Peaty-led squad.
Farida Osman, Dylan Carter, and more on Impact of Training in US (Video)
After each round, swimming announcer extraordinaire Sam Kendricks spoke with each athlete about where they are in their training
WADA Successfully Retrieves Russian Doping Samples for Re-Analysis
After missing a previous deadline to turn over Data, this time Russia was 2 months ahead of the deadline to produce the samples to WADA.
Murilo Sartori Leads 16 Brazilians to 2019 World Junior Championships
Sartori (above) is the Brazilian Junior Record holder in the men’s 400 free.
Former Stanford Captain Sam Perry Announces Retirement
Sam Perry, former Stanford captain and New Zealand representative announced his retirement from competitive swimming earlier this morning.
Kredich and Bultman Named Head USA Coaches for 2019 Pan American Games
USA Swimming announced today that Matt Kredich and Steve Bultman will lead the men’s and women’s teams, respectively, at this summer’s Pan American Games.
With Likely Olympic Implications, CAS Issues Ruling Against Caster Semenya
Semenya will have to suppress her testosterone levels to compete, or compete against men.
At 95-Years Old, Kalis Rasmussen Breaks Five Masters World Records
At the 2019 Swim Ontario Masters Provincial Championships, Kalis Rasmussen established few new 90-95 Masters world records in short course meters.
Bonnie The Seal Unveiled As 2019 SC European C’ships Mascot
Helping to kick-off the countdown to the 20th edition of the Short Course European Championships will be the just-unveiled official mascot, Bonnie the Seal.
Roland Schoeman Started Swimming to Impress a Girl in High School (Video)
Now, at age 38 (he turns 39 on July 3rd of this year), he’s the oldest swimmer in the USA Swimming database (which is not exhaustive of every swim ever) to have broken the 23-second barrier.
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee Releases Sports-Themed Math Textbook
Tokyo 2020 recently introduced a new sports-themed math textbook to Japanese elementary students, hoping to help students to enjoy math through interaction with Japanese athletes and sports organizations.
