Katie Ledecky Honored as “Champion of Champions” By L’Equipe
Ledecky is the first swimmer to earn L’Equipe’s international “Champion of Champions” award, which has been presented annually since 1980.
Bruno Fratus Swims Lifetime Best in 100 Free; DeDeus Breaks Brazilian Record
Bruno Fratus lifted a little further the hopes of the Brazilian 400 free relay going toward the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
2014 Commonwealth Games Champion Jazz Carlin Has a New coach
Britain’s current best distance swimmer Jazz Carlin has formalized her move to the Bath National Performance Centre.
Arena Signs Canadian Commonwealth Champion Katerine Savard
“Katerine is a bright young star in a very competitive event, so it’s with great pleasure that we welcome her to our team of elite athletes,” said Pierre Vermette, Director of Sales and Marketing of F3 Distribution Inc.. (Official distributor of Arena in Canada)
Rittenhouse Leads 10-meter semifinals at 2014 USA Diving Winter National Championships
Rittenhouse was the only women’s 3-meter diver to score more than 300 points in both the preliminaries and semifinals and heads into the finals with 619.45 points.
2014 Swammy Awards: Female Oceanic Swimmer of the Year Cate Campbell
Australian Cate Campbell had another fantastic summer putting up impressive results at both the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships…
Andreina Pinto Wins Venezuela’s Golden Generation Award
Venezuela’s 23-year-old Andreina Pinto has been honored with her country’s Golden Generation Olympic Heroine Award for 2014. The award, one for…
Hong Kong Swimming Seeking New National Team Head Coach
The Hong Kong Sports Institute posted a job listing this week seeking a new National Team head swimming coach. The…
Two More Brazilians Headed to Kazan After Day 2 of Nationals
Joanna Maranhao, who led the women’s 400m IM field in her finals time of 4:41.00 comfortably cleared the Worlds cut of 4:43.46 at Brazilian Nationals.
2014 Swammy Awards: Male African Swimmer of the Year Chad Le Clos
To see all of the 2014 Swammy Award winners, presented by TYR, click here. 2014 HONOREE: Chad Le Clos, South…
On the 12th Day of Christmas My True Love Gave To Me, 12 Scottish Swimmers…
Like a chorus of angels, Scotland’s swimmers and support staff united this past weekend at the Scottish Short Course National…
Australian Olympian, Commonweatlh Champion, Daniel Tranter to Join Bob Bowman’s Stable at NBAC
Bob Bowman and Michael Phelps will add another Olympian to the lineup in North Baltimore.
Peter Daland Posthumously Awarded The FINA Gold Pin
The FINA Bureau posthumously awarded the Gold Pin to Peter Daland, former USC coach, for his outstanding contribution to swimming.
Cate Campbell Receives “Susie O’Neill” Award From Swimming Queensland
Australian sprinter Cate Campbell had another banner year that included the fastest 100 freestyle on a relay start in history.
Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Lauren Boyle And Bronte Campbell All Come Home With Wins At 2014 Queensland Championships
Fraser-Holmes had a quick turn-around to win the mens 200m IM in 2:00.04. He was a 25.56 on his fly split going out and a 30.68 on the backstroke. He led by a large margin at the 100, and kept his lead with Jared Gilliland finishing behind him in 2:02.84, just narrowly holding off Tommaso D’Orsogna who clocked in at 2:03.04.
