Pikiner Nabs Her 3rd Win of the Meet on Day 4 of Ukraine Swimming Champs
Irina Pikiner, who swept the women’s sprint freestyles earlier in the meet, picked up another win with a 27.67 in the 50 fly as she clipped Anastasia Manakov (27.71) at the finish.
UKR Record Holder Zevina Wins 100 Back on Day 3 of Ukraine Swimming Champs
Daryna Zevina picked up another sprint backstroke title.
Sergey Shevtsov Sweeps Sprints on Day 2 of Ukraine Swimming Championships
Shevtsov, who won the 50 free yesterday, turned in a 48.73 for the 100 free title. That’s about a half second off his best, as he’s the National Record holder with a 48.26 from 2017 Worlds.
Day 8 Relay Lineups: No Major Surprises On Medley Rosters
Cate Campbell has given the freestyle leg on Australia’s medley relay despite fading to 6th in the individual race, getting beaten by her sister Bronte.
2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Six Prelims Live Recap
Finally Michael Phelps is up in the men’s 100m butterfly. This event is arguably the toughest on his schedule for him. He wasn’t remarkably fast at the US Olympic Trials but has shown throughout this meet that he’s much better than he was just a few weeks ago.
2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Three Prelims Live Recap
Michael Phelps will be competing in the heats of the men’s 200m butterfly shortly after where he’s not exactly the favorite. It looks to be a three man race right now between Phelps and his two rivals: Chad le Clos of South Africa and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary. Both have said their fair share of talk about Phelps making this one of the most anticipated races of the games.
Russia Announces Rosters For Mare Nostrum Series
Alexander Krasnykh will be among 21 Russians competing on the Mare Nostrum circuit in early June.
Koptelov, van Rouwendaal Triple On Day 2 of 2016 Energy Standard Cup
It was a big day for the Energy Standard Club team on the second and final day of the 2016 Energy Standard Cup, with Evgeny Koptelov’s and Sharon van Rouwendaal’s three wins apiece leading a 14-for-18 day as a team.
34 Make Russian Olympic Team, Jury’s Still Out On 5 (Counting Efimova)
The names are out for the Russian Olympic team. 34 swimmers are officially going to Rio, 4 have another chance at Euros, and, if her suspension falls through, Efimova will jump onto the roster automatically.
Morozov, Ustinova Each Win Second Event at Russian Trials
Vladimir Morozov qualified for the Olympics tonight in the 50 free, clocking 22.01 in the final.
Russian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Live Recap
There Olympic spots in the women’s 200 freestyle and 200 IM as well as the men’s 200 butterfly up for grabs on the fourth night of the Russian Olympic Trials…
Kirill Prigoda Breaks Russian Record in Non-Olympic 50 Breaststroke
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….
China Leads Medal Count after Day One of World Military Games
Chinese star Ning Zetao won gold in the men’s 50 freestyle on the first day of the World Military Games…
2015 World Championship Preview: Men’s 200 Butterfly
Daiya Seto of Japan will look to dethrone South Africa’s Chad Le Clos for the 200m butterfly crown in Kazan.
2015 World University Games: SwimSwam’s post-meet awards
Shannon Vreeland led all swimmers with 4 gold medals at the 2015 World University Games.
