South Africa Takes Home 78 Medals From Junior Africa C’ships
The 2019 CANA Junior Africa Swimming Championships in Tunis, Tunisia concluded on Saturday, September 14th, with South Africa coming out as the big winner.
College Swimming Previews: #5 Michigan Men Relying on Distance/IM Individually
Senior leader Felix Auboeck is back after a heroic win in the mile at the 2019 NCAA Championships. He needs to be as lethal in the 200/500 free this year.
College Swimming Previews: Peaking At The Right Time Is Key For #5 Tennessee
A lot of Tennessee’s success will run through Erika Brown, who will be a contender for three individual NCAA titles once again in her senior year.
Shioura Takes Men’s 50 Free Title To Close Out JPN Sports Festival
The 2019 Japan National Sports Festival wrapped up last night with seasoned veteran Shinri Shioura taking away the men’s 50m freestyle title.
Japan Releases Stiff Qualifying Standards For The 2020 Home Olympic Games
The Japanese Swimming Federation has just released the selection criteria for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games set to be hosted in Tokyo.
Italy Concludes 2019 Para World Championships Atop Medal Table
Italian Simone Barlaam won his fourth gold medal in four attempts this week Sunday, setting a world record in the men’s S9 50 free.
Kosuke Matsui Digs Deep For 21.88 50 Free On JPN Festival Day 2
Kosuke Matsui nailed a new PB in the men’s 50m freestyle, hitting 21.88 for a new meet record on the Niigata men’s 4x50m free relay.
Horton No-Shows 800 Free But Steers MVC To Relay Gold At Vic Open
Mack Horton was set to race the 800 free but wound up not swimming the event at the Vic Open. Gabriella Peiniger did more damage to Aussie Age Records.
Russia’s Roman Zhdanov Breaks 11-Year-Old S4 200 Free World Record
Zhdanov broke the longstanding record by over two seconds; Great Britain’s Brock Whiston also downed a 7-year-old world record.
Sunama Tops Hagino, Ohashi Gets Double Gold On Night 1 Of JPN Sports Festival
World Championships medalist Yui Ohashi walked away with 2 gold medals on just the first day of Japan Sports Festival competition.
17-Year-Old Peiniger Beats Seebohm’s 200 IM Aussie Age Record
17-year-old Gabriella Peiniger busted out 3 powerful performances on day 1 of the 2019 Vic Open, taking the 200m IM, 200m free and 50m fly.
The ’19-’20 NCAA Season is Here: Alabama Wins in Coley Stickels’ Crimson Debut
Alabama won their first meet of the Coley Stickels era, but the Crimson Tide’s new head coach named the meet a “Wakeup Call” for some of his athletes.
S12 Becca Meyers Hits American Record Minutes After World Record in London
Meyers swam a WR in the S12 200 IM, taking silver in the mixed-class event, less than 30 minutes before her AR 100 free.
College Swimming Previews: #6 Texas Women Reload with Freshman Freestylers
Claire Adams, with A-final potential in the 100 back and 100 free, is a relay weapon and a senior leader for the Texas Longhorns.
S8 Alice Tai is 4-for-4 in Gold Medals After Para Worlds Day 4 Performance
Tai has now won the women’s S8 400 free, 100 fly, 100 back and 100 free this week in London. She was classed down from S9 to S8 last year.
