How Fast Was Shiwen Ye's Closing 50 in the 200 IM? A Historical Perspective
In the women’s 200 IM, China’s Shiwen Ye came from out of nowhere to win the gold medal. She went…
World #2 Jiao Liuyang Looks Flat in 200 Fly at Military World Games; Fabiola Molina Makes Comeback
For those who are still completing their last-minute predictions for the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, they’ll be interested at…
Shanghai Roundup: China Remains Perfect on Diving, Food Safety Enforced
China’s Minxia Wu and Zi He finished gold and silver, respectively, on the women’s 3 meter springboard to continue China’s…
Cracking the Shanghai Relays: Womens 400 Medley
The medley relays are where things really get dicey in Shanghai. In the free relays, it’s more clear-cut who is…
Cracking the Relays: Women's 800 Free Relay
Halfway through our relay breakdown, next up us the women’s 800 free relay. Looking back on what we’ve done so…
Cracking the Relays: Men's 800 free
Two down, four to go. As we inch closer and closer to the meet, we move onto a closer inspection…
Cracking the Relays: Women's 400 Free
Next up, we’ll take a look at the women’s 400 free relay As a reminder, to see the full selections for…
Will Matsuda's Focus Allow Him to Challenge Phelps in the 200 Fly?
Michael Phelps has been vulnerable in the 200 fly this year. In fact, he’s lost the race the last three…
5 World Records That Won't Go Down in Shanghai [with videos]
After the 2009 World Championships, and when FINA and USA Swimming removed the rubber-suits from competition, there was a lot…
Shanghai 2011: Men's Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Relay Predictions
In the first part of the men’s meet, we picked Ryan Lochte to have a huge meet, and sweep gold…
Shanghai 2011: Men's Freestyle, Backstroke, and IM Picks
Now that we’re done with the women’s picks (Free/Back/IM’s | Breast/Fly/Relays), it’s time to start on the men, which usually…
Shanghai 2011: Women's Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Relay Predictions
Women’s Breast, Fly, and Relay picks here. In part 1 of our women’s predictions, we looked at the freesytles, backstrokes,…
Shanghai 2011: China Announces Lineups for 2011 World Championships
China is always the big mystery team headed into any World Championship meet. They don’t often swim in other countries,…
World Championships Roundup: WR Holder Zhao Jing Out of 50 Backstroke
Big news coming out of China for those making your World Championship selections is that the World Record holder in the…
Shanghai 2011: Women's Freestyle, Backstroke, and IM Predictions
As the 2011 FINA World Championships looms now only a week away (with the swimming portion beginning a week later…
