Paul Biedermann

Biedermann comes out with big 100 free win, two more age records fall at finals of German Nationals day three

Paul Biedermann continues to impress in his return to the German swimming scene, taking another national championship on day 3 of the national championship meet in Berlin.

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Hosszu Breaks Three More Meet Records On The Final Day Of Euro Meet

On the final day of the Euro Meet in Luxembourg Katinka Hosszu completed her 16 event schedule by breaking three meet records…

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Ten Meet Records Set On Day Two Of Euro Meet

There were 10 new meet records set at the 2014 Euro Meet in Luxembourg on Saturday…

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Katinka Hosszu Enters All 16 Events at Euro Meet 2014 in Luxembourg

Aside from Katinka Hosszu, Germany’s Paul Biedermann will race his first meet outside of Germany in almost a year.

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Michalak Breaks German Record; Four More Qualify For Herning

There have been many national age group records broken over the last few days at the German Short Course National…

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14 German Athletes Set To Go To Herning

After two days of competition at the German Short Course National Championships 14 athletes have successful met the qualification criteria…

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Markus Deibler To Skip German National Championships

One of Germany’s top swimmers has announced that he will not be competing at the German Short Course National Championships…

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Biedermann On The Comeback Trail

200 freestyle world record holder Paul Biedermann of Germany made the first step on the comeback trail leading into the…

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Biedermann Begins Comeback This Weekend In Riesa

World record holder in the 200 and 400 freestyle, Paul Biedermann will begin his comeback after illness at this weekend’s Saxon…

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Biedermann Returns To Competition At German SC Championships

German world record Paul Biedermann will make his return to competition at the German Short Course Championships, which are being…

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Germany’s Britta Steffen Latest World Record Holder to Retire

This week, we’ve seen now three current and former World Record holders announce their retirement from swimming; the latest is Germany’s Britta Steffen, who according to the German Swimming Federation has retired.

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Nerding Out: All-Time Leaders in World Championship Medal Counts

If Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte were their own country at World Championships, they’d sit in 6th place in the total gold medal count for all sports, both men and women.

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 6 Finals Real-Time Recaps

Before the events began Australian Cate Campbell was asked if this race felt like revenge after missing the 2012 individual event at the Olympics due to illness, she corrected the interviewer, not revenge, motivation…. (Photo Credit Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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FINA Strips Glaesner of World Championship As Well; Paltrinieri Becomes 1500 Champ

FINA has stripped both of Mads Glaesner’s World Championship medals, and awarded them to the next-highest placed finishers. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Germans Soften their qualification standards for Barcelona

After having a successful campaign at the 2008 Olympics, winning two gold and bronze to finish fifth in the medal…

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