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LA28 confirmed that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Stadium in Inglewood will serve as the official venues for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games on May 8. Largely consistent with the 2017 bid plan, this announcement follows updates to the Olympic v...

Claire Weinstein Making Inroads on World’s Best in Mid-Distance Freestyle Each of the last three seasons has seen Claire Weinstein make a substantial jump in her ascent to international prominence in the freestyle events. In 2022, she was just 15 years old and less than a year removed from joining t...

An Epic Roll: The 13 Individual World Records of Gretchen Walsh Since June 2024 When Gretchen Walsh went 54.60 in the 100-meter butterfly at last weekend's TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale, it marked her 13th individual world record in less than a year. Since last June's United States Olympic Trial...

Applications are now being accepted for the ASCA Timothy Welsh Fellows Program. In its 23nd year, this excellent career development program aims to identify and foster future swimming coach leaders. Annually, ASCA selects a group of coaches to spend a year of research, education, and career exposure...

USA Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in the United States, and its philanthropic arm, the USA Swimming Foundation, today announced the 2025 Community Impact Grant recipients. Nine additional USA Swimming member clubs will be receiving a $5,000 grant, eligible for renewal annually f...

Gretchen Walsh Tracking to Bring Individual Dominance to Long Course Worlds While she wracked up NCAA titles and American records in short course yards, Gretchen Walsh took a little longer to find her footing in long course. And even while representing the United States and winning medals at the 202...

Poll: What Is Katie Ledecky's Greatest World Record? (Vote Here!) During her spectacular career, Katie Ledecky has set 17 world records - 15 in the long-course pool. Her latest world mark was produced last weekend, when the 28-year-old covered the 800-meter freestyle in 8:04.12 at the TYR Pro Series...

Caymanian World Champion Jordan Crooks ‘Stepping Away from Competing’ Jordan Crooks, the NCAA champion at Tennessee and World Short-Course champion, is taking a step back from competitive swimming. Crooks posted to social media on Tuesday that, “for now, I’ll be stepping away from competing. Looking...

Who Went Overlooked at the TYR Pro Series; Alex Shackell Knocking on 2:05 Door As the TYR Pro Series wrapped up in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday night, all attention was on the world-record swims of Katie Ledecky in thr 800-meter freestyle and Gretchen Walsh in the 100 butterfly. Meanwhile, Regan Smit...

Fairness in Sport is Not Optional: Why USMS Needs to Change Transgender Policy Guest Editorial By Angie Griffin Every morning before the sun comes up, I pull on my swimsuit, lace up my work boots, and head to the pool. I wear a swim cap before work and a hard hat on the job. As a female utility work...

Led by Jack Harvey Records, Caribbean Swimmers Impress at Pro Swim Series Caribbean swimming, especially on the men’s side, is having a moment of renewed international relevance. That group showed its danger in more than just the short-course pool at last week’s TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdal...

Gary Hall Jr. Receives Replacement Olympic Medals in Swiss Ceremony American sprinter Gary Hall Jr. lost the 10 Olympic medals he earned over a stellar career during wildfires that swept through Los Angeles in January. Monday, he received replica medals as a replacement in a private ceremony at Olym...

Amid Historic Career, Katie Ledecky Just Had Her Greatest Achievement With Latest World Record Two main factors have made Katie Ledecky the consensus greatest female swimmer in history. The first is an unflinching consistency in the distance freestyle events, leading to a streak of dominance unparal...

The Para Swimming World Series recently touched down in Indianapolis, and many of the nation's greatest Para swimmers staked claim to wins across the three day competition. On a national level in the United States, Paralympic swimming has not received the enthusiasm it rightfully deserves. Jessica L...

Reminder: The USA Swimming World Champs Selection Criteria; 50-Meter Winners Receive Higher Priority Here is a reminder of the USA Swimming selection criteria for the 2025 World Championships team. The national governing body will bring up to 26 female swimmers and 26 male swimmers to the next editi...

Ilya Kharun Sets 50 Fly Canadian Record, Two Pro Swim Series Marks Ilya Kharun’s weekend at the TYR Pro Swim Series didn’t begin auspiciously. But it ended with a national record and two Pro Swim Series records. Kharun took Finlay Knox’s national mark in the 50 fly by going 23.09 seconds to win the ...

Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex Once Again a World-Record Centerpiece The Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex, originally built in 1965, has been no stranger to world records through the years. Some of the biggest names in the sport have competed at the venue since its unveiling, including numerous memb...

Watch Katie Ledecky and Gretchen Walsh Set World Records at TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale The USA Swimming TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale brought four sensational days of swimming, including world-record performances from Katie Ledecky and Gretchen Walsh. The speed on display at the City of F...

Several years ago, Dave Bartlett and Brenda Borgh Bartlett wrote this wonderful article on the men's 400-meter freestyle from the 1976 United States Olympic Trials. The epic race featured some of the greats of the sport. Great Races: 1976 US Olympic Trials Men’s 400-Meter Freestyle (From the Archive...

FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Swims 54.60 to Crush Hours-Old 100 Fly World Record Gretchen Walsh stunned the world in prelims at the TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale when she knocked nine hundredths from her own world record in the 100 butterfly. That new standard lasted less than nine hours before Walsh r...