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The Swiss Court that overturned Chinese swimmer Sun Yang’s eight-year doping ban cited potential anti-Chinese bias by an arbitrator in its decision, according to a press release Friday. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgericht) in December overturned Sun’s eight-year ban for doping, which had ...

After a day of distance events, the TYR Pro Swim Series continued on Friday morning with its first prelims session from San Antonio and Richmond. It started with the women’s events, followed by the men, who started later than expected because of a swim-off on the women's side. The events on Friday a...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Arkansas has picked up their second early verbal commitment for the fall of 2022 from Trenton, Ill. native Chloe Brede. She will join Delaney Harrison of Woodstock, Ga. as a member of the Razorbacks' Class of 2026. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am beyond blesse...

The 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series continued Friday morning from San Antonio and Richmond as many of the United States' best were opening up the Olympic year in their first long course action since late November. This morning's session was a short one with the 200 free, 100 fly, 100 breast and 400 IM on t...

Will There Be a Summer Swim Season? Hope Is In the Air By Sadie Jones, Swimming World Intern The beginning of summer swim season might sound far from now because of the cold weather and stresses of school, but in reality it is less than six months away. With the amount of COVID-19 cases continuously...

The 23rd Euro Meet scheduled for 19-21 March 2021 in Luxembourg has been cancelled as the repercussions of the pandemic continue. The meet - which always attracts a strong field including the likes of Sarah Sjostrom, Adam Peaty and Katinka Hosszu - had been pushed back to March from its traditional ...

Three-time European short-course champion Arno Kamminga has called on FINA to use the technology they have at their disposal and “expose the cheats” who use illegal dolphin kicks during breaststroke. The Netherlands athlete was on the sort of form that indicated an exciting 2020 ahead when he went t...

The Tennessee Women's swimming and diving team knocked off unbeaten No. 10 Kentucky Thursday at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center, defeating the Wildcats 178.5 – 121.5. Despite winning five of the first eight events, Kentucky trailed Tennessee after the first diving break thanks in part to the Lady Vol...

NEW COMMIT: Tulane University has scored their first early verbal commitment for the fall of 2022 from Istanbul, Turkey native Olcaytu Hatipoglu. She told Swimming World: "I am thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my athletic and academic career at Tulane University. I am so excited...

TYR Pro Series: Zane Grothe Outduels Kieran Smith in 800 Free; Haley Anderson Tops Women's Field Following a week of negative storylines outside the pool, the focus of American swimming returned to the water on Thursday night, as the TYR Pro Series opened at two sites with distance action. At the Sa...

Friday’s schedule SEC swim meet between Alabama and Auburn in Tuscaloosa has been canceled due to COVID-19 positive tests. Auburn announced the cancellation, caused by, “a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals" within the program. The meet will not...

An elite swim coach at Virginia Tech and Olympic medalist, Sergio Lopez Miro joined the Champion’s Mojo podcast to talk about the power of harnessing the mind and chasing authenticity, and how he uses those targets as part of his winning mentality. Below is an abridged Q&A of the interview, conducte...

Wisconsin swimming and diving will have to wait a little longer to open its season. The University of Wisconsin announced the team will not be traveling to Iowa City on Saturday, Jan. 16, for a triple dual meet against Iowa and Nebraska as originally scheduled. Iowa will host only Nebraska for the m...

The Swimming Dictionary: A List of Words and Phrases Lost on the Non-Swimmer Like any sport, swimming has its own set of words. Here we have compiled a list of some of the most commonly used and commonly confusing terms and phrases swimmers use that non-swimmers may not understand. Words Heat Sheet ...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Thursday, January 14, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: How often do your parents quiz you about practice? Parents are the foil to what makes age group swimming so enjoyable. If parents are supporting the...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport accused Russia of engaging in "a cover up of the cover up" while also justifying its decision to reduce the country's ban from major sporting events from four years to two. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) had appealed the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) dec...

How the Marathon Swimming Greats Have Been Immortalized Around the World By Ned Denison The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) enshrines the aquatic greats in its Fort Lauderdale Museum and its annual inductions and awards. Aquatic greats are further honored in hundreds of other discipline-...

By Proteeti Sinha Researchers have found that swimming promotes both physical and mental well-being; this isn't news to anyone who regularly frequents the pool deck. But there are additional benefits that you may not be aware of that extend beyond the obvious. The increased blood flow strengthens th...

Taking a Step Back From the Recruiting Process The college recruiting process is a turbulent time. For athletes, the choices they make will determine their experience over the next four years. I know this from my own experience with the process, from September 2018 to September 2019. While I juggled...

NEW COMMIT: The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill has picked up two verbal commitments for the fall of 2022 from in-stater Ede Kosik of Bahama, N.C. and Chattanooga, Tenn. native Ellie Taliaferro. Both talented swimmers will join Emma Karam, Lily Reader, Kyleigh Tankard and Aislin Farris as ...