COACH’S EYE: The Late Breath is Key To Schoenmaker’s 200 Breast World Record
Tatjana Schoenmaker waited to initiate her breath until she’d almost completed her entire breaststroke arm-pull – leading to a world-record 200 breast.
Hugo Gonzalez Among Spanish Olympians Racing at Spanish Open This Week
Almost half of Spain’s Olympic swimming team returned home in time to race at the first two days of competition at the Spanish Open & Junior Championships
Toronto Titans Release Official Roster For 2021 ISL Season
Fresh off winning three Olympic medals, Canadian Kylie Masse (pictured) heads up a 36-member roster for the Titans in Season 3 of the ISL.
Federica Pellegrini Among Four New Members Named To IOC Athletes’ Commission
Pellegrini was elected by her peers to the Commission, with 6,825 athletes voting in Tokyo. The 32-year-old has said she will retire later in 2021.
Olympic Results Digest: All The Medalists & Records Set In The Pool In Tokyo
Everything you need for a quick refresher on what went down over eight days of swimming in Tokyo’s Olympic Aquatics Centre.
Tokyo 2020 Men’s Water Polo Quarterfinals: Hungary (#3) Eliminates Croatia (#2)
The 4 men’s quarterfinals matches took place today, with Spain, Greece, Hungary, and Serbia winning, and therefore, advancing to the semifinals.
Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha is Tokyo Olympic Champion in Women’s Open Water 10k
Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha won the women’s 10k open water race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sharon van Rouwendaal finished second Kareena Lee was third.
COACH’S EYE: Dressel’s Delayed Dolphin Kicks Represent A Growing Trend
Some sharp-eyed viewers on Twitter noticed an evolution of underwater kicking technique in one of the world’s best underwater kickers.
Tokyo 2020 Women’s Water Polo Quarterfinals: USA Blows Out Canada 16-5
The 4 women’s quarterfinals matches took place today, with Spain, USA, Hungary, and Russia winning, and therefore, advancing to the semifinals.
History Made, Australian Team Now Enters Pre-Celebration Two-Week Quarantine
Emma McKeon rewrote history for Australia in the Tokyo Olympic pool but before she can celebrate, she’ll need to spend 2 weeks in quarantine.
The Best and Worst Predicted Events of the 2020 Tokyo Pick’Em Contest
No one in the 2020 Tokyo Pick’Em contest precdted Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui (above) would place in the top 4 of the 400 free, let alone win gold.
US Olympic Viewers Shift to Streaming; Japan and AUS Ratings Rise
NBC saw some of its lowest national ratings in Olympic history. The rise of streaming services during the pandemic drove people away from primetive coverage.
Olympic Round-Up: 6 Expelled from Games for Violations of COVID Protocols
Multiple athletes have seen themselves removed from the Olympic Village as other teams wreck havoc on their rooms following competition.
Jack’s Back On Olympic Podium With Brilliant Bronze
Jack Laugher earned the third Olympic medal of his glittering career to complete the set by diving to a brilliant bronze in the Men’s 3m Springboard final.
Tokyo 2020 Men’s Water Polo: Group Play Ends with Greece and Spain on Top
The final men’s group play matches took place on August 2nd, solidifying Greece and Spain as the top seeds for the elimination games, starting on August 4th.
