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Swedish Nationals Day 2: Sjostrom Wins 100 Fly Gold in 55.9

Sarah Sjostrom racked up another win at Swedish Nationals, this time winning the women’s 100 fly with a blistering 55.95 to blow away the field.

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Michael Phelps Will Not March at Opening Ceremonies in Rio

Michael Phelps admitted on Sunday during his live stream that he will not attend the Opening Ceremonies in Rio this summer.

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Great Britain Wins Four Gold on Day 2 of European Junior Championships

British swimmers took four events on the second day of the European Junior Championships in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary…

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Diener and Heintz made it into German Olympic roster

German Open 2016, Berlin Tuesday July 5th – Friday July 8th 2016 Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark (SSE), Berlin Competition…

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Missouri State’s Kalnins Returns to Olympic Games

Missouri State senior swimmer Uvis Kalnins will return to the Summer Olympic Games this August when he represents his home nation of Latvia in the 200-meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

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Rio 2016 Paralympic Medals to Feature Technology for Visually Impaired

The Paralympic Medals at this summer’s Olympic Games will feature some slick technology to aid the impaired to know which medal they won.

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Scotland’s McLean & Brown Talk Euro Juniors Preparation

2016 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, July 6 – Sunday, July 10, 2016 Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary Prelims 9:30AM / Finals 5:30PM (Local…

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Watch Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Rock New British Record In 100 Breast

  Versatile British swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor recently broke GBR’s 100m breaststroke National Record while competing at the 2016 Scottish Open National…

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Seemanova Breaks National Record and Becomes First Czech Woman Sub 55

Barbora Seemanova broke the Czech National Record and was the first Czech woman to go under 55 in the 100 free at Euro Jrs.

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UBC to Send Record-Setting 29 Athletes to Olympics/Paralympics

A record number of Olympic and Paralympic athletes, coaches, and staff were sent off to Rio from UBC Wednesday afternoon and UBC’s incoming President and Vice-Chancellor Santa J. Ono made sure they were sent off in style.

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Tony Azevedo, Shelly Ripple Selected for Stanford Hall of Fame

Four-time national collegiate player of the year Tony Azevedo will be inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in September.

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India Names 2 Swimmers to Olympic Team in Universiality Selections

India has annointed Sajan Prakash and Shivani Katariya to their 2016 Olympic squad, with both being entered by way of FINA’s Universality…

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Big 5 Conferences Propose Changes to NCAA Sport Hours Requirements

The Big 5 conferences in the NCAA’s Division I – the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC – have proposed some changes to rules regarding how much time college athletes are required to invest in their sports.

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It’s Been 116 Years Since the U.S. Has Had No 18 & Unders on Olympic Swim Team

Katie Ledecky is the youngest member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team (again). At 19, she is the oldest youngest-member…

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Rio Torch Relay Day 65: Five Cities In Southern Rio Grande do Sul

On each day of the official Olympic torch relay, carrying the Olympic flame to the Olympic cauldron in Rio de Janeiro,…

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