International

Federica Pellegrini Tests Negative for Coronavirus

Two-time defending World Champion Federica Pellegrini has now tested negative for coronavirus and is expected to join her team for their last match.

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Germany Closes Pools to All But Professional Swimmers Amid COVID Resurgence

The vast majority of the German Swimming Federation’s 580,000 members will not be allowed to train for a month beginning on Monday.

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2020 ISL – Watch All the Race Videos from Match 3

The ISL has posted the individual race videos from Days 1 and 2 of Match 3 of the 2020 ISL regular season.

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Clyde Lewis, Mitch Larkin & More ‘Blitz’ Solid Times At Home In Australia

World Championships finalist Clyde Lewis was in the water contesting the Aussie Virtual Relay Blitz series of relay races.

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Madi Wilson Posts 1:52.44 800 Free Relay Split At Aussie Blitz

Check out some of the impressive short course times thrown down by Australian women at their unique relay blitz this month at home.

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Would-Be NY Breaker 16-Year-Old O’Callaghan Posts 52.99 SCM 100 Free

While competing as a member of the Brisbane Bisons, 16-year-old Mollie O’Callaghan put up a world-class 100m freestyle time leading off her squad.

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On-Hiatus Olympian Tamsin Cook Races At Aussie Relay Blitz

Taking a look at Australia’s recent relay blitz, a West Australian’s name jumped out from the results in the form of 2016 Olympian Tamsin Cook.

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Applying XBox Ratings To ISL Swimming Franchises

SwimSwam’s Barry Revzin uses Elo and the XBox TrueSkill rating system to come up with a mathematical ranking of the ISL’s ten teams.

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Frenchman Mehdy Metella Swims First Races Since Undergoing Shoulder Surgery

Mehdy Metella, a 2016 Olympic silver medalist, swam his first meet of 2020 last weekend to test his surgically-repaired shoulder.

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Minakov Breaks World Junior Record in 50 Fly in Russian Semi-Finals

Andrei Minakov is hot on the trail of a big-time swim in the men’s 50m fly, already putting up a lifetime best in the Russian Nats semifinal.

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Murphy Leads Season-Long ISL Money Lists; LA & Cali Combine For Top 5 Earners

Despite not winning an individual MVP award yet, LA Current backstroker Ryan Murphy leads the season-long ISL money lists through two weeks.

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WR Holder Chupkov Rips 2:07.32 200 Breast At Russian Championships

With another 2:07-low under his belt Russia’s Anton Chupkov isn’t going anywhere anytime soon in the breaststroke events.

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International Swimming League Power Rankings: Week 2 Edition

There’s not a lot of change in our weekly Power Ranks – but last year’s 10th place team is rising after a spirited battle in week 2.

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SSPC: Head Coach Jonty Skinner Breaks Down Cali Condors’ Chemistry

Skinner breaks down what really makes the condors work and why they have so much team chemistry together in and out of the pool

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ISL Stars of Week 2: Gastaldello, Sakci, Koch, Miressi & More

The top two American franchises each pulled off big Week 2 wins. We count down the individual stars of the week across the league.

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