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James Magnussen: Confidence Versus Arrogance

28-year-old James Magnussen of Australia relives his 2011 World Championships title in the men’s 100m freestyle, an event he won again in 2013.

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A Key to Bruno Fratus’ Quick Rebound from Surgery? Underwater Weight Training.

Fratus is one of a growing number of professional athletes, the others mostly from the NFL, who are using Bay Area-based Aquabred’s methods.

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Wasick & Wojdack Head Up Polish Roster For Gwangju

The Polish Swimming Federation has released its roster for the 2019 World Championships, whose swimming competition kicks off just over a week from now.

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Olympic Marathon Swimming Qualifying Begins This Sunday: Here’s How It Works

The 2019 FINA World Championships serve as the first Olympic qualifying event in open water (marathon) swimming – and they start this week in Gwangju.

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Great Britain Names Roster For European Youth Olympic Festival

Katie Shanahan already took 400m IM bronze in Kazan last week at European Juniors, but she’s also now heading to Baku for the EYOF.

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2020 Olympic Open Water Qualifying Event Will Be In Fukuoka, Japan

The 2020 Olympic Marathon (Open Water) Swimming Qualifying event will take place in Fukuoka, Japan, as awarded at the latest meeting of the FINA Bureau.

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World Champ Chase Kalisz Signs With MP Swimwear

Two-time World champ and Olympic silver medalist Chase Kalisz has signed with MP – the swimming product and swimwear brand launched by Michael Phelps.

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Briana Vegas Tabbed as Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator at Wagner

Wagner College has announced the hiring of former LIU standout Briana Vega as the Seahawks’ new assistant swimming coach and recruiting coordinator.

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Practice + Pancakes: Team Elite Starts Taper for World Champs, Pan Ams

With World Championships and Pan American Games both on the horizon, that means one thing for elite athletes: taper time.

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2019 World Champs Previews: Australian Powerhouses Eying Mixed Free Relay Gold

Australia’s Campbell sisters combine for one of the scariest back-halves you’ll ever see – and fast women’s duos are a major theme of the mixed free relay.

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Can Chase Kalisz Defend His World Champ Titles? GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com

200 and 400 IM defending World Champion, Chase Kalisz, is more than prepared for 2019 World Champs. How fast will he swim in Korea?

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5 Divers from 4 Countries to Represent Funkita Swimwear at World Championships

The FINA World Championships kick off on tomorrow. Australian Olympic diver Melissa Wu is set to take on her sixth World Championships in Gwangju.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Darian Townsend Breaks Masters World Record in 200 IM

34-year old Darian Townsend’s swim in the 200 IM is under the FINA World Record, but not under the United States Masters Swimming Record.

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Fresh off National Records, Levterov and Yanchev Will Race at Bulgarian Open

Two of the countries best swimmers are heading straight from the European Junior Championships in Kazan to the Bulgarian Open this week.

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Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/10/2019

Check out our Weekly Wonders from July 5-7, 2019.

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