15-Year-Old Boecekler Hits 4:09.7 4Free Turkish National Record In Baku
Day of the 2019 Europan Youth Olympic Festival saw 15-year-0ld Beril Boecekler continue her assault on the Turkish National Record books.
Kylie Masse Becomes First Woman To Repeat In 100 Back Since 1975
Kylie Masse became the first woman to defend her World title since the event’s inaugural winner Ulrike Richter of East Germany did so in 1973 and 1975.
Whittle Proves Sub-50 Was No Fluke With Another 49.97; Shanahan Hits Age Record
The teen machines of Great Britain pumped out some solid performances on night 2 of the European Youth Olympic Festival.
Canadian Junior Championships Set To Kick Off Wednesday From Calgary
Regan Rathwell enters the Canadian Junior Championships entered in nine events, including the open water 3k and top seeds in the 100 and 200 backstroke.
2019 EYOF: Grgic, Shanahan & Sabitova Among Day 2 Winners
Franko Grgic of Croatia put up his 2nd fastest 1500m freestyle ever to crack a EYOF Record and carry home gold tonight in Baku.
Eastern Michigan Head Coach Peter Linn Retires After 31 Seasons
Linn, who took over the men’s program in 1988 and the women’s in 2004, announced his retirement in an email to the team.
Africa: Michael Houlie Fails To Advance Out Of 50 Breast Heats
Despite coming into the World Championships with the fourth-fastest time of 2019, Michael Houlie failed to advance out of the men’s 50 breast heats.
Australia Continues To Break Out From 2017’s Shadow
Australia remains the only Oceanic nation on the board, with the Dolphins currently ranked 3rd in the medal table with 7 pieces of hardware in all.
Americans Have Half The Hardware Through Day 3 Than At 2017 World C’ships
The U.S. leads the medal table in Gwangju through day 3, but the nation holds half the number of medals earned through this same time back in 2017.
Duncan Scott Follows Horton’s Lead: Refuses Photos, Handshake with Sun Yang
The gold medalist Sun appeared to confront Scott after the podium ceremony as Scott refused to take group pictures with the medal winners.
Danas Rapsys Shockingly DQed After Initially Winning Men’s 200 Free
Danas Rapsys of Lithuania was shockingly disqualified for ‘movement on the blocks’ after initially touching first in the men’s 200 freestyle.
Carraro Wins Italy’s First-Ever Women’s 100 Breast World C’ships Medal
Martina Carraro earned bronze tonight in the women’s 100m breast, giving her nation of Italy its first-ever medal in the event at a World Championships.
Spain, Croatia, Italy, Hungary Win, Advance to Men’s WP Semifinals at Worlds
Spain, Croatia, Hungary and Italy all won close battles in the quarterfinals to stay in the medal hunt at World Championships.
Canadian Junior National Team Member James LeBuke Verbals to Michigan
LeBuke is in just his second season of swimming year-round, and he’s already slated to represent Canada at the international level.
Olympic Champion Ryan Lochte’s 14-Month Suspension Lifts Wednesday
Lochte could time trial an event between July 24 and 28 to qualify for Summer Nationals next week but it’s not necessary to make the 2019-2020 National Team.
