Kieran Smith

Tokyo Day 1 Prelims: Seto And Hosszu Prepare For Battle In The 400 IM

Defending Olympic champion, 2019 World Champion, world record holder, and top seed Katinka Hosszu is back in action at the Olympic Games.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: Brits Seeking Breakthrough In M 4×200 FRR

Russia beat Great Britain at Euros, but in Tokyo, Duncan Scott and Tom Dean will both be fresh for the final of the 4×200 free relay.

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8 Tokyo Olympic Swimming SportsBook Odds That Might Surprise You

Anton Chupkov has won every major 200 breaststroke (World & European Championships) in this Olympic cycle – but he’s not the betting favorite for Tokyo gold.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: The 1:44s Have Arrived In Men’s 200 Free

Great Britain’s Duncan Scott (pictured) leads a group of five men who have broken 1:45 in the men’s 200 free in 2021.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: New Cast of Characters In Men’s 400 Free

Elijah Winnington comes in as the odds-on favorite in the men’s 400 frees due to the absence of reigning Olympic and World Champions Mack Horton and Sun Yang.

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USA Swimming Futures Championship Set for Late July

As the American swimming calendar begins to normalize, late July will host the first “as-usual” national-level events around the country.

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More US Trials Awards: The Most Improved Olympians At Omaha 2021

Kate Douglass, Erika Brown, Patrick Callan, Natalie Hinds, Rhyan White, and Bryce Mefford came back for redemption in 2021, improving upon their 2016 swims.

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2021 US Olympic Trials: SwimSwam’s Awards

It was a fun, exhausting, and at-times surprising week in Omaha. Check out our full list of Olympic Trials award winners here.

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Early Olympic Relay Look: Men’s 4×200 Free Relay

Aggregate math says Great Britain. But head-to-head battles at Worlds and Euros have gone to Russia, including a Euro title last month.

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Follow the 2020 U.S. Olympic Roster on Instagram and Twitter

Here is a complete list of each U.S. Olympic swimming athlete’s Instagram and Twitter usernames. Follow along as they prepare for Tokyo.

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Only 11 Out of 26 US Olympic Swimmers Were On 2018 Pan Pacs Team

Paige Madden (above) is part of an unusually-large group of swimmers to make the Olympic Team in spite of not racing at the previous Pan Pacs.

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Current and Former Florida Gators Sweep Men’s Freestyle Events at U.S. Trials

Florida swimmers managed to pull off a sweep of the men’s free events, winning the 50, 100, 200, 400, 800,and 1500.

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2021 US Olympic Trials: Here’s a Look at the Final Olympic Roster

With the completion of wave II of the US Olympic Trials meet, the US Olympic Swimming Team for Tokyo is now finalized featuring 26 women and 23 men.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

Michael Andrew has a chance to become the third man in history under 1:55 in tonight’s final of the men’s 200 IM in Omaha.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II: Day 6 Finals Preview

Tonight will feature finals in the women’s 200 breast and 100 free and the men’s 200 back and 200 IM, and semis of the women’s 200 back and men’s 100 fly

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