The Powerlist

GBR Olympic Selection Tracking: Day 6 Stats

On the final night of competition at the British Olympic Trials James Guy was the only athlete to swim faster than the Olympic qualifying time…

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Guy ‘Over the Moon’ With His Performance in the 200 Freestyle (Video)

James Guy told British Swimming that he was ‘over the moon’ with his time of 1:45.19 in the 200 freestyle…

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O’Connor Not Overly Happy With Her Performances at Trials (Video)

Despite winning three events at the trials Siobhan-Marie O’Connor expressed her disappointment in her performances over the last week…

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Thomas Surprised Herself Winning the 100 Butterfly (Video)

Alys Thomas finished second in the 200 butterfly hitting the wall just five one-hundredths of a second behind Aimee Willmott….

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Greenbank Talks About Winning the 200 Backstroke for the First Time

The men’s 200 backstroke champion Luke Greenbank expressed his joy after finally winning the event after finishing third in this event at the last two British Championships…

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Consistent Adrian, Dominant Ledecky Lead 2016 PSS Points After Mesa

In Mesa, Nathan Adrian remained undefeated in the sprint freestyles on the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series to maintain his men’s points lead, while Katie Ledecky continues to crush the competition on the women’s side.

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2016 British Olympic Trials Day 6 Finals Live Recaps

Olympic team spots in four events up for grabs on the final night of British Olympic Trials…

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Allison Schmitt talks living with Michael Phelps (Video)

Allison Schmitt had a great swim to win the B-final, dropping 6 tenths of a second to be the only one in the heat to dip under 55, posting a very solid 54.88.

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Phelps: The only time I went faster in season, I broke a WR (Video)

Michael Phelps led a NBAC sweep of the top three spots from wall-to-wall, holding off teammates David Nolan and Chase Kalisz

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Grant Hackett Questioned by Federal Police After Airplane Incident

Several Australian media outlets are reporting that Grant Hackett was questioned by Australian Federal Police in Melbourne after an incident aboard…

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Russian Swimming Federation Will Drug-Test All Olympic Qualifiers

2016 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS / OLYMPIC TRIALS April 16-23rd, 2016 Moscow, Russia Prelims 09:00/Finals 18:00 Local Time Prelims 02:00/Finals 11:00 U.S….

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UNC Swimming & Diving Teams Feted At Annual Program Banquet

Members of the University of North Carolina men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were recognized Saturday, April 16 at the program’s annual banquet held at the Pope Box at Kenan Stadium.

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Lochte: I’ve had some of my hardest practices ever with David (Video)

Ryan Lochte swam 0.27 seconds faster than his prelim time from this morning to win the 200 back in 2:01.04

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Svetlana Chimrova Breaks Own Russian Record En Route To Olympic Berth

2016 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS / OLYMPIC TRIALS April 16-23rd, 2016 Moscow, Russia Prelims 09:00/Finals 18:00 Local Time Prelims 02:00/Finals 11:00 U.S….

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