Competitor Coach of the Month: Braden Holloway, NC State
In the NCAA, NC State has put a premium on relays, with game-breaking relay performances keying the school’s rise into the NCAA’s upper echelon. It’s clear that focus on relays is extending to the international level, with Held, Ress and Zevnik all putting up huge relay splits at World University Games.
2017 World University Games: Day 7 Finals Live Recap
Ella Eastin is the favorite in tonight’s 200 fly final.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: American Sprinting Is Back At Universiade
In 2015, there was a race among swimming fans to declare the death of American male sprinting. But we’re discovering in 2017 that like Mark Twain’s, reports of the American demise were greatly exaggerated.
2017 WUGs: Ryan Earns Ireland’s First Universiade Gold Since 1991
Ireland’s Shane Ryan earned gold in the men’s 50m backstroke tonight in Taipei, clocking a new national record and making history in the process.
2017 World University Games: Day 4 Finals Live Recap
It’s day 4 of the Summer Universiade (also known as the World University Games) in Taipei, and tonight’s finals session schedule is loaded with big events, including the 200 IM led by Japan’s Yui Ohashi.
2017 WUGs: Shane Ryan Becomes First Irishman Under 25 Sec In 50 Back
Top seed in the men’s 50m backstroke in Taipei, Ireland’s Shane Ryan, clocked his nation’s fastest-ever time in semi-finals.
2017 World University Games: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
Olympic champion Dmitriy Balandin will compete in his signature 200 breaststroke at day 3 prelims from Taipei.
2017 World University Games: Day 2 Finals Live Recap
The USA’s Andrew Wilson put up the fastest time of the meet so far with his 59.6 in prelims, but can he hold off defending champion Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan in the final?
2017 WUGs: USA, Ukraine Earn Multiple Golds Through Day 2
Andrii Govorov became the first man to break 23 seconds in the 50 fly in the history of the World University Games, giving the Ukranians their 2nd gold of the meet
Justin Ress Out-Splits Olympian Teammate Ryan Held on WUGs Free Relay
29TH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES (SUMMER UNIVERSIADE 2017) Sunday, August 20-Sunday, August 20, 2017 50-Meter Course Taipei, Taiwan National Taiwan Sport…
2017 World University Games: Day 1 Finals Live Recap
Yui Ohashi of Japan will be hunting down gold in the 400 IM after taking the top qualifying time in the prelims.
2017 World University Games: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap
Follow along for live updates from the first preliminary session of the 2017 World University Games.
2017 FINA World Championships: Day 8 Finals Preview
Camille Lacourt seeks a three-peat in the men’s 50 back in his final swim.
2017 FINA World Championships: Day 7 Finals Live Recap
Caeleb Dressel goes for the finals double tonight in the 50 free and 100 fly.
2017 FINA World Championships: Day 7 Finals Preview
Day 7 finals will feature the showdown between Joseph Schooling and Caeleb Dressel in the men’s 100 fly.
