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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: Veterans Yufei & Flickinger Lead W 200 FL

China’s Yufei holds the fastest women’s 200m fly time in the world this season by .41. She and #2 Flickinger made the 2016 Olympic final but did not medal.

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Pilato Begins European Juniors With 29.75 50 Breast, New Championships Record

The swim for Pilato was the fastest in the field while still trailing her own world record in the event of 29.30 from earlier this year.

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Cleveland Clinic Says If Pool Air Irritates, Swim Elsewhere; We Say Get BioOx

A BioOx® system can eradicate chlorine fumes and chloramines, creating a clean air zone in every indoor pool facility.

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All The Links You Need For The 2021 European Junior Championships

Check out all the links (SwimSwam previews, results pages, live streams) you need to keep up with the 2021 European Junior Championships starting on Tuesday.

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Benedetta Pilato Kicks off European Juniors in 50 Breast Prelims (Heat Sheets)

16-year old Italian Benedetta Pilato will swim just one individual event, the 50 breaststroke, at Euro Juniors, kicking off on Tuesday in Rome.

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Pawlaski, Kern, Zheng Star At Aquajets Summer Inivte

13-year-old Cate Pawlaski went 1:13.18 and 2:36.50 in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, respectively, at the Aquajets Summer Invite.

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Murphy, Dressel, Schmitt & Manuel Named 2020 USA Olympic Swimming Captains

Allison Schmitt will serve as a U.S. team captain for the second Olympics in a row, while Ryan Murphy, Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel will be first-timers.

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France Finalizes 25-Strong Olympic Swimming Roster

Florent Manaudou will be one of two three-time Olympians heading up the French Olympic roster for the Tokyo Games.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: US Men’s Medley Streak In Jeopardy

Adam Peaty (above) is the most powerful medley relay ace in the world, but the British leadoff Luke Greenbank might be the key to the whole thing.

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Jarod Arroyo And Miriam Sheehan Selected To Represent Puerto Rico At Tokyo 2020

Arroyo will race the men’s 200 and 400 IM for Puerto Rico while Sheehan will swim the women’s 100 freestyle at the Tokyo Games.

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Trials Mixed Zone: Kate Douglass on 200 IM “My body was starting to give out”

Douglass, who came back in 31.04, clocked 2:09.32 in the 200 IM final, making her the ninth-fastest American in history and the fifth-fastest in the world

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Chalmers & McKeon Relinquish Individual 200 Free Olympic Spots

The Australian Olympic swimming team is changing up its individual event lineup fewer than 20 days away from the main event in Tokyo.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: The Olympic Race That Took Place In The Seine River

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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Daiya Seto Takes Altitude Break To Notch 1:58.42 200 IM Time Trial

Heavy IM medal contender Daiya Seto of Japan raced today in Nagano but will return to the mountain for more altitude training.

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Tom Shields Openly Discusses Ups & Downs of The Olympic Quad, Suicide Attempt

Shields had many ups and downs since 2016, including the 2020 ISL season as well as a suicide attempt in late 2018, all of which Tom talks about in detail.

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