International

Middle School All-Star Swim Meet in Seoul Korea Creates Competitive Drama

The Middle School swimmers of YISS and their hard work came to a testing point as Yongsan International School of Seoul hosted the first ever Middle school All-Star Championship where the elite boys and girls, from all over Korea and from the KAIAC International school league, converged in a highly tense and much anticipated show down.

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Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: 3 Things Every Swimmer Has to Have

Tyler McGill, 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, shares three things every swimmer needs to have to be successful.

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New Competition Facility In Budapest To Be Completed By 2016

The Hungarian Swimming Federation has announced that the construction of the Palace of Pools will begin next year, with the goal of being completed by the end of 2016…

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Ajax Girls Break Canadian Age Group Record In 4x100m Medley Relay

This weekend during the Speedo Eastern Canadian Championships, the Ajax Swim Club girls broke the short course Canadian record in the 4x100m medley relay in the 13-14 age group category.

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Kiwi Swimmers Earn Prestigious Halberg Awards

Gabrielle Fa ‘amusili and Sophie Pascoe both received Halberg Sports Awards…

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Missy Franklin and Mallory Weggemann Discuss The Current World Premiere

The documentary film features Mallory Weggemann, Missy Franklin, Anthony Robles, Grant Korgan, Leo Morales, Jesse Murphree and David Hosick. (Video is courtesy Jeremy Snyder, The Factory Agency.)

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Keyano Swim Club Wins Team Title At Western Canadian Championships

The Edmonton Keyano Swim Club came away from the 2014 Speedo Western Canadian Championships (SCM) with the men’s, women’s and combined team titles.

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Mitch’s Monday Meet Review: Episode 1

Mitch Bowmile reviews the weekend’s swim meet competitions.

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China wins six out of the eight titles in Madrid

China blitzed to win six out of the eight titles at stake in Madrid (ESP), the first meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2014 held from February 14-16.

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Double gong for Poort in Geelong

After taking the Australian title in the men’s open 10km event in Perth, world championship representative Jarrod Poort took top spot again…

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Records Fall On Final Day Of Competition At Speedo Eastern Canadian Championships

Huizinka not only took a sweep of the fly events, but broke the meet record in every distance.

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Watanabe; Koseki Break Two National Records Apiece to Conclude 2014 Japan SC Championships

A total of 5 Japanese National Records (4 senior, 1 junior) went down on Sunday in Tokyo.

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Australian 18-Year Old Mitchell Pratt Cracks 200 Fly National Age Record

Australia’s Mitchell Pratt has taken down his own record as the fastest 200 fly by an 18-year old in Australia history.

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Day 3 USA Swimming Arena Grand Prix Orlando Photo Vault

Ryan Lochte has been very generous with his fans and fellow competitors in his first meet back since his knee injury

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Paris mayoral candidate proposes turning abandoned subway station into swimming pool

A candidate for the mayor of Paris is proposing some grand ideas to liven up the city by making use of inactive Paris Metro stations. One possibility? An underground swimming pool.

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