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USA Swimming Foundation and SAI Renew Partnership

A new continuing educational certification course “Children with Challenges” for swim instructors and coaches has been developed jointly by the USA Swimming Foundation, USA Swimming, Starfish Aquatics Institute and the Aquatic Therapy Rehab Institute.

WISCA Rankings Settle As Arrowhead, Edgewood Stay On Top

The first week of Octobers sees no change atop the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association rankings, with Hartland Arrowhead continuing to lead the big schools and Madison Edgewood the small.

Swimming New Zealand Firms Up Coaching Staff Leading Up To Rio

Clive Power, interim head coach of Swimming New Zealand, will remain in his role through the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #4 ‘Bama-LSU Twitter Feud

See #4 for why Alabama head coach Dennis Pursley (above) is THE ONE.

What Makes A 2016 Olympic Champion?

This article was originally posted in 2014, before the World Championships. In honor of the official beginning of “Olympic season,”…

In Briefs 10/04/15: Fletcher Elevated To Elite, Brazil Waives Visas

The country of Brazil will grant 90-day visa waivers to benefit foreign Olympic tourists.

Taylor Ruck, Ryan Hoffer Highlight 2015 Brophy/Xavier Invitational

Ryan Hoffer scored a 100y butterfly time of 48.65 while competing in Phoenix over the weekend.

Aussie Leisel Jones Releases Book On Her Battle With Depression

Now-retired Australian breaststroking champion, Leisel Jones, shares stories of how she battled depression, thoughts of suicide, even while on top of her game.

Germany Announces 2015-2016 National Team

This week, the German Swimming Federation (DSV) declared on their website (dsv.de) the names of the swimmers for the different German squads.

Deutscher Schwimmverband gibt das Nationalteam 2015/2016 bekannt

Heute hat der DSV (Deutscher Schwimm-Verband e.V.) auf seiner Website (dsv.de) die Namen der Schwimmer für die Kader bekannt gegeben….

Britta Steffen und Paul Biedermann sind nicht länger ein Paar

Britta Steffen und Paul Biedermann haben sich getrennt – dies erklärte Britta Steffen gegenüber der Bildzeitung. Die beiden Schwimmstars haben…

Katie Ledecky Wins 3rd Consecutive Athlete Of The Year Award

Nation Capital’s Katie Ledecky was honored last night in Kansas City at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention as USA Swimming’s…

2015 FINA World Cup Singapore: Day 2 Finals

With Day 1’s finals cancelled due to alarming haze levels in the open air OCBC Aquatic Center, athletes are more than ready to throw down some speed on Day 2 of the FINA World Cup Singapore

USA Swimming Passes Legislation To Strengthen SafeSport, Punish Doping

USA Swimming’s House of Delegates approved 27 new pieces of legislation to improve the organization’s SafeSport program and help further restrict anti-doping violators.

Tag 1 Singapore World Cup abgesagt wegen schlechter Luft

Die Finalläufe des ersten Wettkampftages des Weltcups in Singapore wurden wegen zu Schadstoffen in der Luft abgesagt. Der Schwimmverband in…