Spanish Superstar Mireia Belmonte Drops Out of World Championships
Spanish powerhouse Mireia Belmonte confirmed this morning that she has pulled out of the 2015 FiNA World Championships.
Chinese Divers Make History; Wu Minxia Claims 8th World Title (Video)
Olympic champion Wu won her eighth world title from her eighth world trip on the second competition day of the FINA World Championships at the Kazan Aquatic Palace here on Saturday.
USA Women Open FINA World Championships With 13-2 Win Over Brazil
Maggie Steffens (Danville, CA/Stanford/Diablo) scored three goals to pace the offense and Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL/Princeton/Miami Riptides) stopped 14 shots in net.
Boudia and Johnson 5th in Synchro 10-meter at FINA World Championships (Video)
David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) and Steele Johnson (Carmel, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) finished fifth in the men’s synchronized 10-meter final.
US Mixed Duet Wins Historic Gold at FINA World Championships
The U.S. duo of Bill May (Cicero, N.Y.) and Christina Jones won gold Sunday in the first-ever mixed duet technical event at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Open Water Aussies Place Top 10 at FINA World Championships
Australia has had an encouraging start to the FINA World Championships in Kazan with Jess Walker finishing fifth and Melissa Gorman seventh in the women’s five-kilometre open water event on the Kazanka River.
How to Nail the Taper
Reach your body’s peak performance level by diminishing training volume—enabling your body to recover from the physiological stress of months of heavy training. Literature suggests the taper period should involve a reduction to 40-60% of one’s training volume to maximize performance gains.
#3 commit in Class of 2016 Grant Shoults gives verbal to Stanford Cardinal
Grant Shoults, one of the top recruits in the nation, has given his verbal commitment to the Stanford Cardinals for 2016 and onwards.
Rooney, Eastin, Andrew head 2015 Junior National psych sheets
USA Swimming has released its psych sheets for the 2015 Junior National Championships, with Maxime Rooney (pictured), Ella Eastin and Michael Andrew among the biggest names.
6’7″ Breaststroker Hank Poppe Verbally Commits to Stanford Cardinal
Hank Poppe will join his sister Heidi at Stanford in the fall of 2016.
German National Team in Turkey preparing for World Champs
The German national team is training at the Gloria Sports Arena in Turkey to prepare for the World Championships.
Steve Sholdra wins 200 fly/1500 free double on final night of PN Senior Champs
Bellevue’s Steve Sholdra pulled off a brutal double on the final night of the Pacific Northwest Senior Championships, winning the 200 fly and 1500 free in quick succession.
Lindsey Clary wins twice on final night of Columbus Sectional
Lindsey Clary won her 4th and 5th individual races of the Columbus Sectional to close down the meet Saturday night.
Denmark’s Ipsen Clocks 400m Free PB at 2015 Portuguese Open Nats
Anton Ipsen (Denmark) logged a new personal best on his way to the 400m freestyle victory in Coimbra, Portugal.
China wins women’s Synchro Springboard at 2015 World Champs (Video)
China’s team of Shi Tingmao and Wu Minxia took home gold in the women’s 3-meter Synchronized Springboard diving event to give China a sweep of the diving gold medals on the second day of the 2015 World Championships.
