British Counties Kick-off 2019 Swim Year
The City of Sunderland ASA New Year Meet is taking place this weekend, along with several county championships including Essex, Nottinghamshire and Suffolk.
Chalmers, Wilson, Elmslie Take On JPN Visitors At South Aussie C’ships
2016 Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers is once again the main attraction of the 2019 South Australian State Long Course Championships, but he’ll have Japanese company.
Teenager Malgil Makes Turkish History In 400 IM
At the Anadolu Yıldızlar Ligi Seçmesi ve Performans Tespit Yarışları meet in Mersin, Turkey at the end of last month, 13-year-old Atakan Malgil made waves with a new National Age Group Record in the men’s 400m IM.
Recordings of Tamás Gyárfás Conversations Found in Graveyard
The recordings, which are cut from original conversations and were allegedly being used for blackmail, support prosecutors’ claims that the FINA Bureau Member and LEN Executive ordered the murder of a media rival in the 1990s. Gyárfás says that the edited recordings are misleading.
Kylie Masse, Rebecca Smith Highlight 2019 Toronto Grand Prix
Kylie Masse, the 2nd-fastest 100m backstroker in history, will compete this weekend in Toronto.
FINA Relaxes Rules, Won’t Ban Athletes For Competing In Non-FINA Meets
After a meeting and video conference today called by Swimming Australia CEO Leigh Russell in an attempt to stave off…
Bastian Named Junior Athlete of the Year by Nassau Guardian
Florida State freshman swimmer Izaak Bastian was tabbed as the 2018 Male Junior Athlete of the Year by the Nassau Guardian.
Energy Standard to Send Kolesnikov, Proud, Romanchuk to Euro Meet
More big names have been announced for the upcoming Euro Meet in Luxembourg.
NBC Sports Network Announces Broadcast Schedule for 2019 US Nationals
The 2019 U.S. Summer Nationals are going to be held in Stanford, CA, from July 31 to August 4.
Youth Olympic Games Breakout Ceccon Takes On French Stars In Geneva
2018 Youth Olympic Games breakout star Thomas Ceccon of Italy is scheduled to compete in Geneva this weekend to kick-off his 2019.
5 Swim England Coaches Selected To UK’s Performance Support Program
United Kingdom Coaching’s Performance Foundation Coach Support Program has selected 5 English swimming coaches to join the program for its 2nd wave.
Xu Jiayu Focuses On The Daily Details In Bid To Defend LCM World Title
“I enjoy the hardships,” is how 24-year-old World Record holder Xu Jiayu of China described his recent training at over 1500m above sea level.
Seto & Ikee Waste No Time Getting 2019 Racing Underway
Two Japanese powerhouse athletes wasted no time getting some in-season racing under their belts, as both newly-minted World Record holder Daiya Seto and last year’s Asian Games MVP Rikako Ikee took to domestic pools.
Federica Pellegrini Signs with ISL, Will Be Captain of Italian Club
Over the weekend at an event in Milan, Pellegrini and Konstantin Grigorishin, the head of the ISL and of Energy Standard Group, made the announcement in a presentation to Italian journalists and media representatives.
Penny Oleksiak on Move to Toronto, Absence at Pan Pacs (Video)
Oleksiak says this is one of her best meets in the past 2 years, racing well in all her events and even taking the win in the 50 fly
