International

17-Year-Old Levterov Rips 1:56.6 LCM 200 Back To Qualify For Tokyo

Take note of the name of Kaloyan Levterov, as the 17-year-old Bulgarian is making exponential improvements in the 200m backstroke.

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Ting Quah Beautifully Describes Affect of ISL on Self-Image as an “Old” Athlete

28-year-old Quah entered today’s meet having just lowered her own record in the splash n’ dash event last week, setting a new mark of 24.26

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Nakamura To Add London Roar Relay Power For ISL Semi-Finals

Another teammate will be joining the Roar, as Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura has confirmed to SwimSwam he is headed to Budapest on Tuesday.

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ISL Stars of Week 4: Sakci, Kolesnikov, Surkova, Sakai & More

Sarah Sjostrom returned from injury with a lighter event lineup – and that might just be the ticket to maximizing her relay performances for Energy Standard.

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International Swimming League Power Rankings: Week 4

Iron moves up our rankings… but a controversial skins choice by Energy Standard might have had a major hand in that move. We explore further.

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An Analysis of Reaction Times

With so much talk of reaction times in recent ISL broadcasts, here’s a closer look at the impact they really have on individual performance.

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Tekada Now Makes 3 JPN Swimmers In Top 5 200 Flyers This Season

World University Games medalist Takumi Terada was near his lifetime best today to enter the men’s 200 fly world rankings.

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Ippei Watanabe Looks To Answer ISL Breaststrokers At Home

Japan’s Ippei Watanabe has seen Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich, Great Britain’s Adam Peaty and Germany’s Marco Koch get work done in the breaststroke in the ISL

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Olympian Pieter Timmers Follows Through On Planned Retirement

Olympic silver medalist from Rio Pieter Timmers of Belgium says goodbye to competitive racing , hanging up his goggles from Budapest today.

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2020 ISL: MVPs from Matches 7 and 8 with Prize Money Table

After the first 8 ISL matches, Caeleb Dressel leads the field in MVP points and earnings for the 2020 season.

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Robert Glinta on Iron Teammate Emre Sakci: “He’s an absolute legend” (Video)

When asked about skins champion and teammate Emre Sakci, Glinta echoed his Iron teams previous sentiments: Sakci is the real deal in and out of the pool

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Suzuka Hasegawa Surprised with 2Fly Consistency After Sub-par Recovery (Video)

Hasegawa is a true force in the 2fly event, a perfect 3-for-3 in ISL and now with a head-to-head win over the only other top 200 flyer in the league

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5 Big Things From Day 2 of the ISL’s Match #8

The Tokyo Frog Kings have not lost a 400 IM yet in the ISL. Kosuke Hagino has won three for the men and Yui Ohashi three for the women.

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Vini Lanza Describes Talk with Mel Marshall That Gave Him Big Role on Roar

Lanza says he spoke with London head coach Mel Marshall during the season wanting to take on butterfly and IM responsibilities, and it’s paid off

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Kliment Kolesnikov Bounces Back: 5 Big Things From Day 2 of ISL Match 7

Match 7 featured a nice bounce back from Kliment Kolesnikov after he didn’t quite swim up to his potential at his first two meets this year; Matches 1 and 6.

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