2017 British Summer Championships Ripe With Talent
The 2017 British Summer Championships kick-off on Tuesday, July 25th.
Ben Proud On 50 Fly Semi-Final: I Could Feel Caeleb’s Splashing
“I’m happy with that swim because it wasn’t perfect,” says British speedster Ben Proud of his 50m butterfly semi-final in Budapest.
From the Research Files: Trends in Women’s World Rankings, 2011-2016
After analyzing trends in men’s world rankings over the last six years, we now turn our attention to the trends in women’s world rankings from 2011 to 2016, as researched by Robin Pla*.
2017 FINA World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Preview
Defending 200 free world champ James Guy will be back in the pool in the heats of his best event on day 2.
2017 FINA World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap
Katie Ledecky will race for gold and try to upend her own world record in the 400 free tonight.
Cate Campbell-Less Aussie Women Battle To Silver In 4×100 Fr Relay
Sans sister C1, Bronte Campbell fired off a monster 52.14 split on her nation’s 4×100 freestyle relay to help secure silver in Budapest.
NA Recap: 5 American, Yet No World Records For U.S. On Day 1
Caeleb Dressel broke two American Records on day 1 in Budapest.
2017 Worlds Day 1 Africa Roundup: Van der Burgh Scratches 100 Breast
Arguably the biggest storyline from the continent of Africa on day 1 was one that didn’t happen: Olympic champ Cameron van der Burgh elected to scratch the 100 breaststroke prior to heats, taking out what was very likely the continent’s biggest medal threat of the first two days.
Aussies, Italians DQed In Men’s 400 Free Relay Final For False Starts
Both the Aussies and Italians were DQed for false starts in the final of the men’s 400 free relay.
Peaty’s 57.75 Gives Him 10 Fastest Swims Ever, Meet Record In 100 BR
Adam Peaty now owns the ten fastest swims in the history of the men’s 100 breaststroke.
Ledecky Hits 2nd Fastest Swim of All-Time, Meet Record In 400 Free
Katie Ledecky re-broke her World Championship Record with a showing of 3:58.34 in the women’s 400 free.
Sarah Sjöström Now Owns the 10 Fastest 100 Fly Times in History
With her 55.96 in heats and 55.77 in semi-finals, Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström now owns the top 10 times in history for the 100 meter butterfly.
Joseph Schooling Resets Asian 50 Fly Record In 22.93
Joseph Schooling reset his Asian Record in the men’s 50 fly again in the semi-finals clocking 22.93.
Emma McKeon Ties Schipper’s 56.23 For Aussie Record, 4th All-Time
Emma McKeon equalled the Australian Record of Jessicah Schipper (56.23) in the women’s 100 fly semi-finals.
Day 1 Relay Lineups: Haas, Pieroni Get The Nod On Men’s 4×100 Free
Blake Pieroni and Townley Haas were fast enough in the prelims to make it through to the final of the men’s 4×100 free relay.
