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Americans Withdraw From 10k Open Water At WUGs Due To Conditions

USA Swimming has released a statement stating that they have come to a joint decision to pull out the four American representatives in the Open Water event at the World University Games.

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2017 World Junior Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Junior world record holder Kristof Milak will swim the 100 fly on day 2 of World Juniors in Indianapolis, coming off his silver medal performance at the World Championships in July.

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2017 World University Games: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

The women’s 200 breast final has five women qualified within eight tenths of a second at the top, led by Japan’s Kanako Watanabe.

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FINIS Has A Big Announcement Coming (Video)

FINIS will be making a big announcement at the 2017 ASCA World Clinic in Washington D.C. August 29th through Sept 3rd.  Visit FINIS at the World Clinic at booths 201, 203, 205 and 207.

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OSU Releases 2017-18 Schedule Featuring Duals with Michigan and ‘Bama

The Ohio State Buckeyes have announced their 2017-18 NCAA schedule. This is the first season that the Buckeyes will compete…

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TYR Sport Announces Signing Of 2X Olympic Medalist Lia Neal

TYR Sport is proud to announce the signing of 2x Olympic medalist Lia Neal to its roster of sponsored athletes.

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2017 SEA Games Day 4: Schooling On Target For Perfect 6-for-6 Golds

Singapore swimmers Joseph Schooling and Quah Zheng Wen have each earned 5 gold medals thus far in Kuala Lumpur, while Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has collected 6 medals overall.

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SEA Games Champ Nuttapong Ketin’s Doping Suspension Reduced 2 Years

Thailand’s Nuttapong Ketin has had his doping suspension reduced from 4 years to 2, allowing him to swim in this week’s Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur.

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Laps for Love Eyeing $40,000 in Third Annual Swim-a-thon

Grace Daniels’ Laps for Love swim-a-thon is aiming for $40,000 tomorrow.

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2017 WUGs: Japan Surpasses USA For Most Golds Through Day 4

After tonight’s events, Japan has now taken over the lead in the gold medal count, but the USA maintains the lead in terms of overall medals with 14 medals to Japan’s 12.

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2017 World University Games: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Kosuke Hagino will hit the water in the men’s 200 back prelims on day 5 in Taipei.

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Kolesnikov is Again the Only Absence from Heats, on Day 2 of World Juniors

Kliment Kolesnikov of Russian Federation, who did not swim in Wednesday’s heats where he was top seed in the 100-meter backstroke, has also bowed out of Thursday’s prelims session, where he was #3 in the 200 IM.

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2017 World Junior C’ships: Japan Makes Its Medal Mark On Night 1

Japan leads overall medals with 3, led by a 1-2 finish in the women’s 400m IM.

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Oleksiak, Ruck Lead Canadian Women To WJR In 4×200 Free Relay

The Canadian women smashed the junior world record in the 4×200 free relay.

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