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Canada Announces World Championships, Pan Ams, and FISU Team Rosters

Canada announced their rosters for the 2015 World Championships, 2015 Pan Am Games, and 2015 FISU Games following the completion of the 2015 Canadian Team Trials.

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2015 Australian Nationals and Trials: Day Three Prelims

Bronte Barratt swam today in the prelims of the 200 free at the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney.

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Penny Oleksiak Breaks Another Canadian Record With Fourth Place Finish In 200 Fly

Penny Oleksiak has had the meet of her life at the 2015 Canadian Swimming Trials, setting three new Canadian records including the 200m fly mark she set tonight.

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Final Night of 2015 Portuguese Nats: Carvalho and Santos Clear 200 IM Rio Qualifying Standard

Diogo Carvalho is one of two men who clocked Rio-qualifying 200 IM times on the final day of the 2015 Portuguese Nationals. This marks the first time that Portugal will have two athletes swimming in the same event at an Olympic Games.

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Ryan Cochrane Previews Tonight’s 1500m Freestyle Final – Not Happy With 400 Free

Ryan Cochrane made the Canadian World Championship team in the 400m freestyle on the third night of competition with a 3:47.50; on the final night here in Toronto he’s attempting to add another event with a win in the 1500.

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Highlander Hanlon Takes Second Breaststroke Crown in Record Time at Scottish Age Groups

Kara Hanlon checks her time in the final of the 50m breaststroke and discovers it’s another 17 years age group record, improving on the record she had set earlier in the heats

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Final Roster Spots On The Line For Canadian World Champs Team – 12 Qualified, Seven More Could

Going into the final day of competition there have been 12 swimmers who have guaranteed spots on the worlds team based on Swimming Canada’s priority once selection, and it seems six more could qualify.

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You’ve won an Olympic Gold Medal, now what?

BJ Bedford Miller: “When everything you’ve done is prologue to one minute, what do you do next? How long do you enjoy it, and where do you go from there?”

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2015 French Long Course Nationals in Limoges: Day Five Finals – Gastaldello Gets 2 More Entries for Kazan

French record-holder Benjamin Stasiulis edged Jérémy Stravius in the final of the men’s 200 back on Saturday in Limoges to earn a ticket to Kazan.

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Germany’s National Championships and Trials Begin on April 9th

The German National Championships, which are going to take place next week in Berlin, are one of two obligatory trials…

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RACE VIDEO: Watch Femke Heemskerk Move Into the Top-10 All-Time in 100 Free

Dutch freestyler Femke Heemskerk has moved into the top 10 of two different events this weekend in Eindhoven.

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SWIMJAMS: Nova Southeastern Original “I’m a Shark” Flow

Above, the coaches of the Nova Southeastern Sharks put together a surprise pump-up video for their team ahead of the…

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Video: Luke Reilly Takes Home 400m IM Win At Canadian Trials

The Canadian after the prelims remained the same at the end of the finals as Luke Reilly 0f the UBC Dolphins took the men’s 400 IM in a time of 4:17.21. With that time Reilly punched in his ticket to the 2015 Pan Am Games.

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Femke Heemskerk Becomes 6th-Fastest 100m Freestyler of All Time at Eindhoven Cup

The Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk blasted a 52.79 100m freestyle to top the 2015 world rankings, as well as to slide into history as the 6th-fastest performer of all time in the event.

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