The Powerlist

Former Skier Calls For Ban On Russia At Winter Olympics, IOC Critical

An Olympic skier and chair of WADA’s Athletes Commission suggested last week that Russia be suspended from next year’s Winter Olympics over doping violations, but the IOC and its own Athletes Commission have fired back, criticizing the skier’s opinion.

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Trash-Talking Barack Obama Out-Golfs Michael Phelps, Actor Says

Michael Phelps may be the greatest swimmer in history. But on the golf course, he’s still human, at least according to actor Anthony Anderson.

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Greece Wins Gold At Men’s Junior Water Polo World Championships

Greece defeated Croatia in a penalty shootout 12-10 in the FINA World Men’s Junior Water Polo Championships 2017 gold-medal game at the…

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SwimMAC, Mason Manta Rays Triumphant Winners at Junior Nationals

The 2017 US Junior National Championships are in the books, with SwimMAC winning the girls team scores as well as the overall combined gender scores.

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Sjostrom Cracks $100K In Earnings After Eindhoven World Cup

Riding a pair of world records in Eindhoven, Sarah Sjostrom has charged past the six-figure barrier in prize money for the 2017 World Cup, sitting at $104,500 after winning the tour’s opening cluster.

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Sjostrom & Le Clos Win World Cup Cluster 1 Titles In Eindhoven

Sarah Sjostrom leads five-time defending World Cup champ Katinka Hosszu by a whopping 90 points at the end of cluster 1, taking advantage of four world record bonuses in the first three meets. Meanwhile Chad le Clos leads the men’s points.

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Italians Win 9 Races in Open Water at World Masters Championships

2017 FINA World Masters’ Championships August 7th-20th, 2017 Budapest, Hungary Open water results Live Results (all disciplines) The world’s best…

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Monmouth County Captures 2017 USLA National Lifeguard Title

The 2017 United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) National Lifeguard Championships capped off an exciting week of competition on Saturday, crowning…

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NCAP Butterflyer Brooke Matthias Verbally Commits to Penn State

Brooke Matthias, a rising senior at Stone Bridge High School who also swims for NCAP, has made a verbal commitment to Penn State University.

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Back Half Mastery: Watch Mireia Belmonte’s 4:18.94 Short Course 400 IM

Spanish Olympic champion Mireia Belmonte blasted a new short course 400 IM world record while competing in Eindhoven this week. Watch how her monster race unfolded.

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Reno Aquatic Club Hires Former Arizona St Assistant Ryan Mallam

The Reno Aquatic Club has announced Ryan Mallam as its new head coach. He replaces Brian Holm as the team’s head…

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Berlin après Moscou : Katinka Hosszu dame le pion à Sarah Sjöström : un à un ?

Ancien nageur, Eric Lahmy est journaliste, écrivain, rédacteur en chef, et reporter. Il anime depuis 2013 Galaxie-Natation, un blog dédié à son sport…

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Rome : Chad Le Clos devance Nathan Adrian sur 100 libre, un triomphe de l’ « Energie » !

Ancien nageur, Eric Lahmy est journaliste, écrivain, rédacteur en chef, et reporter. Il anime depuis 2013 Galaxie-Natation, un blog dédié à son sport…

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Cielo Hits 21.9 50 Free To Close Out Jose Finkel Trophy

Cesar Cielo went 21.96 in the 50 free on the final night of the Jose Finkel Trophy.

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Here’s to the Volunteers – We Did It!

The Long Island Aquatic Club has been the epicenter of American swimming for the last two weeks/

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