Brazilian Olympian Felipe Lima Becomes U.S. Citizen
Olympian and individual bronze medalist at the 2018 FINA Short Course World Championships, Felipe Lima of Brazil, has become a United States citizen.
Kushagra Close to World Championship Qualifying as GAF Swimmers Excel
Kushagra Rawat of Delhi clocked 08.14.21 and bagged a Gold medal in 800 Freestyle, just 4 seconds away from the B Cut World Championships qualifying time of 08:10.91.
No Swimmers Nominated for 2019 Laureus Sports Awards
Katie Ledecky was nominated for Sportswoman of the Year in each of the last 3 years, but no swimmer was nominated in 2019 for just the 2nd time ever.
Young Scots Headed To Geneva For Key Racing Experience
Scottish National Coach Alan Lynn says of his young swimmers taking on the Geneva International Challenge this weekend, “This is a great test for our swimmers and we hope they will enjoy the challenge of racing against high quality competitors in Switzerland.”
Schooling, Hosszu Among Stacked Field Headed To 2019 Flanders Cup
Singapore’s Joseph Schooling looks to get his 2019 swimming underway at this weekend’s Flanders Cup in Antwerp, Belgium.
ISL Statement: FINA Move is ‘Implicit Admission of Guilt’
The International Swimming League (ISL) has released a statement in response to FINA’s loosening of its rules, saying FINA’s move should be considered an “implicit admission of guilt” about FINA rules, and blasting FINA for “empty threats” and for copying the ISL format with the FINA Champions Series.
Tusup Leaves Swimming To Tackle ‘Crazy Goal’ Of Professional Golfer
30-year-old Shane Tusup, former coach of multiple Olympic gold medalist Katinka Hosszu, has announced he will be engaging in an entirely new sporting endeavor.
European Broadcasting Union To Televise Euro Meet In Luxembourg
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will join the European swimming federation (LEN) in providing “enhanced TV coverage” of the 2019 Euro Meet in Luxembourg later this month.
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.
