International

100 Fly World Champion Matteo Rivolta Full Press Conference

Italy’s Matteo Rivolta finished ahead of a strong field to take the gold in 48.87, a bit off of his Italian record, set while competing during ISL

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Kliment Kolesnikov Explains the Necklace he Wears During All His Races

Kolesnikov walked away from Abu Dhabi with 5 medals, 4 golds and a silver, even though he wore a necklace during every race (and has for his whole career)

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Team Canada Women Break Down Decisive 4×200 Free Relay World Title

The clear standout split on that relay is anchor Rebecca Smith coming home in 1:51.68, the fastest in the field by almost a full second

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Alia Atkinson Shares Thoughts on 50 Breast DQ, Retirement from Swimming

In the 100 breast, The field’s veteran, co-World Record holder Alia Atkinson finished in fourth, just off the podium. This was the last race of her career

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2021 Swammy Awards: Rocco Meiring Is African Coach of the Year

Rocco Meiring won the Swammy for African Coach of the Year. The South African coach has produced greats like Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett.

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2021 Swammy Awards: British Coach of the Year, Dave McNulty

Dave McNulty coached 5 swimmers from Team Great Britain to Olympic medals, including Tom Dean’s win in the 200m freestyle.

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Were There More DNSes and DQs in the 2021 World SC Championships than Before?

Lydia Jacoby did not start (DNS) the 100 breaststroke due to close contact with a COIVD-19 positive individual at the 2021 World Championships.

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Claire Curzan Studied Video of Kromowidjojo, Sjostrom Before the 50 Fly Final

Claire Curzan broke the World Junior Record with a massive personal best. After going low-25s in prelims and semifinals, Curzan broke through with a 24.55

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2021 World Swimming Championships: Final Results

The men’s 100 breaststroke podium featured Ilya Shymanovich, Nicolò Martinenghi, and Nic Fink. See the rest of the medalists here.

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Siobhan Haughey on Earning 3 Medals, 2 World Titles, and 1 World Record

Haughey continued her red-hot short course season in Abu Dhabi, winning golds in the 100 and 200 free as well as bronze in the 400 free

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Tomoe Hvas on What it Means to be a Professional Athlete

Tomoe Hvas clipped his own Norwegian Record of 51.39 from semifinals to take 2nd in the men’s final of the 100 IM, marking his first-ever world medal

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Gold Medalist Sydney Pickrem Almost Didn’t Come to World Champs At All

Canada’s Sydney Pickrem used a massive back half, including a 35.53 breast split, to take the win in the women’s 200 IM in 2:04.29

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2021 Swammy Awards: African Female Swimmer of the Year, Tatjana Schoenmaker

In a matter of days, Schoenmaker established 2 new Olympic records, a world record, and won Olympic silver and bronze for South Africa.

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2021 Swammy Awards: Oceanic Male Swimmer Of The Year, Zac Stubblety-Cook

Men’s 200m breaststroke Olympic gold medalist Zac Stubblety-Cook is our Swammy award winner for Oceanic male swimmer of the year.

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Nevada Wolf Pack Add Four Faces for Spring 2022, All Set to Score at MW Champs

The University of Nevada have added four new faces to the roster for Spring 2022 and all are poised to make a big impact at the Mountain West Championships.

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