2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day 1 Finals Preview
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will look for her first Olympic medal tonight after narrowly missing the wolrd record this morning in the women’s 400 IM.
Mack Horton Calls Out Sun Yang: ‘I don’t have time for drug cheats’
Mack Horton called out Sun Yang after this morning’s 400 free heats.
2016 Rio Olympics: Day 1 Prelims Preview
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will contest the women’s 400 IM this morning, four years after her devastating 4th place finish in London.
Rio 2016 Olympics Preview: Wide Open Men’s 200 Freestyle Battle Begins
Can China’s Sun Yang prevent France’s Yannick Agnel from defending his 200m freestyle Olympic gold? Britain’s James Guy and America’s Conor Dwyer may have something to say about it.
Sun Yang Reportedly Antagonizes Rival Mack Horton In Rio Warm-up Pool
Sun Yang has reportedly been involved in another warm-up ‘altercation’.
The 5 Quintessential Swimming Storylines For the 2016 Rio Olympics
Has Olympic fever hit yet? Check out this guide to catch up on the 5 biggest stories you need to know to follow all the Olympic swimming action from Rio 2016, beginning Saturday morning.
The Official SwimSwam Rio 2016 Olympics Preview Schedule
Don’t miss a second of our pre-Olympic coverage with this handy central bookmark post, where we’ll link out to our event-by-event previews as they drop and track our medalist predictions as we make them.
Rio 2016 Olympics Previews: Paltrinieri-Sun Showdown Leads Men’s 1500
Italy’s 21-year-old dynamic duo of Gabriele Detti (left) and Gregorio Paltrinieri have rocketed up the world distance rankings since 2012
Cochrane Feels Clean Russian Athletes Should Compete in Rio
“I don’t think it’s fair that an entire country can’t go, because there are clean athletes in Russia.”
Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Horton Threatens Sun Repeat In M 400 Free
The men’s 400 freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games looks like it’ll bring a lot more competition than the field in 2012, with 8 men already under 3:45 this year.
Chinese Olympians Must Sign No-Cheat Pledge Before Arriving In Rio
Sun Yang is one of 416 Chinese athletes who reportedly must sign a no-cheat pledge and also score a passing grade on a banned substances test before he can arrive in Rio.
China Announces Rio Olympic Roster: Ye in 400 IM, Wang and Qiu Out
China has announced its Olympic roster for the 2016 Rio Olympics, with two notable absences: junior world record-holding breaststroker Wang Lizhuo and top-10 world ranked 200 freestyler Qiu Yuhan.
Sun Yang, Ye Shiwen Among Chinese Olympians Training Stateside Pre-Rio
Sun Yang and Yi Shiwen are among the 50 Chinese swimmers, coaches and staff currently training stateside at SwimSeventy located in Norwalk, CT.
VIDEOS: Progression Up Close – Sun Yang Since London
We at SwimSwam did some digging and pulled up a series of race videos from Sun Yang at his biggest meets since the 2012 London Olympics – and we’ve compiled them all here.
Ranking The World Records Heading Into Rio: Men’s Edition
Michael Phelps will be searching for his first world record since 2009 this summer at his fifth and final Olympics.
