Adrian Shocks the Field, Wins 100 Free Gold by .01 in Day 5 Finals
On Wednesday, Nathan Adrian did something that no American has done in nearly a quarter of a century. (Photo Courtesy: US Presswire)
Picks: Phelps Holds the Key to American 400 Free Relay
Michael Phelps will have to be the Americans’ silver bullet if they want to clip the Aussies. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimpictures.com)
Picks: Phelps and Lochte Gunning for World Records in 200 IM
Replace the caps with American flags, and you’ll have the scene for gold in London (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
A Happy Homecoming for Ricky Berens
Give Garrett 5 minutes and he’ll catch you up on everything you need to know from the Charlotte UltraSwim, German Olympic Trials, and the CIF Central Coast High School Championships. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)
Upsets Reign on Day 4 in Germany; Di Carli Misses Olympic Team
“GERMAN OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS, drama, upsets and more in Berlin…” (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)
Deibler, Two Others Break National Records at German Trials
Day 3 was full of action, with nary a moment for a breath.
Germany Names European Championship Team
USC’s Dimitri Colupaev is among the 32 Germans being sent to this year’s World Championships. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
In Briefs: Lyndsay DePaul, Paul Biedermann, Danish/Dutch Women Jump into British Olympic Trials Field
Several more swimmers have thrown their names into the ring for the first 2012 British Olympic Trials meet from March…
Di Carli, Deibler Brothers Light Up Hamburg Sprint Cup in Germany
The elite, sprint trio of the German National Team, Marco Di Carli, Steffen Deibler, and Markus Deibler, kicked off the…
Roland Schoeman Guest Editorial: Steroids, Swimming, and Dangerous Precedents
Today we welcome a very special guest, Roland Schoeman, to The Swimmers Circle to weigh in on the Cesar Cielo debate. Roland…
5 Things to Watch for on Day 4 of the World Championships
Day 4 at the 2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships – Pool Swimming – will feature another very light preliminary schedule. The…
Where is the Anti-Doping Process Failing Us? Fix the Code, Not the Court.
Though a small minority have fallen on the side of the Brazilians in their now-infamous doping scandal, a majority (or…
Athletes React to Cielo Announcement Via Twitter; Poll Results
As is evidenced by the Tweet of Dutch swimmer Sebastiaan Verschuren above above, the first reactions from other athletes about the…
Cracking the Shanghai Relays: Men's 400 Free
With all of the predicting done, we’ve still got almost a week before the actual swimming begins in Shanghai. In that…
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…
