Read moreThrowback Thursday: Before Tragic Death, Alexander Dale Oen Wins Emotional Gold at His Final Major Meet14 March 2024Throwback Thursday: Alexander Dale Oen Wins Emotional Gold for Norway at His Final Major Meet The news was a gut punch not just for his family and friends but for the entire swimming community. Late at night on April 30, 2012, Norwegian breaststroker Alexander Dale Oen passed away suddenly, his cau...
Read moreAbbie Wood Finishes Edinburgh International with 200 IM Meet Record10 March 2024Abbie Wood Finishes Edinburgh International with 200 IM Meet Record Abbie Wood capped the final day of the Edinburgh International Sunday with a meet record in the women’s 200 individual medley, besting a loaded field. The English swimmer clocked in at 2:10.06 in the last event of the day to get the...
Read moreMax Litchfield, Oliver Morgan Set Meet Records at Edinburgh Invitational09 March 2024Max Litchfield, Oliver Morgan Set Meet Records at Edinburgh Invitational Two further meet records went down during Saturday evening's finals session at the Edinburgh Invitational following two record-setting swims in Friday evening's events. Great Britain's two leading 400 IMers, both coming off med...
Read moreItalian Championships: Margarita Panziera, Simona Quadarella Snag Olympic A Cuts on Final Day09 March 2024Italian Championships: Margarita Panziera, Simona Quadarella Snag Olympic A Cuts on Final Day A pair of veteran Italian swimmers swam under the Olympic "A" qualification standards on the final day of their country's national championship meet in Riccione. Margarita Panziera, the winner of three cons...
Read moreOliver Morgan, Angharad Evans Spin A Cut Times to Open Edinburgh International08 March 2024Oliver Morgan, Angharad Evans Spin A Cut Times to Open Edinburgh International Englishman Oliver Morgan opened the 25th annual Edinburgh International Swim Meet Friday by going 53.69 seconds in the 100 backstroke. That’s a meet record and is under the Olympic A cut. Morgan, 20, set the meet record i...
Read moreSara Curtis Rips Italian, European Junior Record 24.56 in 50 Free at Italian Championships08 March 2024Sara Curtis Rips Italian, European Junior Record 24.56 in 50 Free at Italian Championships Italian sprinter Sara Curtis took down an Italian record in the 50 free in the morning session of the Italian Championships Friday to book a spot at the Paris Olympics. Curtis won prelims with a time of 24.56....
Read moreAlessandro Miressi Wins 100 Free & Chiara Tarantino Goes Second Italian All-Time07 March 2024Alessandro Miressi Wins 100 Free & Chiara Tarantino Goes Second Italian All-Time Alessandro Miressi and Chiara Tarantino were among the winners as they claimed their respective 100m freestyle crowns at the Italian Olympic trials in Riccione. Link to results Day 1 report Day 2 report The meet represe...
Read moreRebecca Adlington: Swim England Review A Chance For Change07 March 2024Rebecca Adlington: Swim England Review A Chance For Change Rebecca Adlington says the review into safeguarding and Swim England culture offers a chance for change and a positive future. The review - commissioned early last year - by The Behavioural Architects spoke to more than 1,000 people includin...
Read more1Costanza Cocconcelli Takes Maiden Voyage Inside 58 In 100 Fly, Filippo Megli Books Paris Relay Spot At Italian Trials06 March 2024Costanza Cocconcelli Takes Maiden Voyage Inside 58 In 100 Fly; Filippo Megli Books Paris Relay Spot At Italian Trials Costanza Cocconcelli became the third Italian woman inside 58secs in the 100 fly and Filippo Megli booked a spot on the men's 4x200 relay on day two of the Olympic trials in Riccione...
Read moreLisa Angiolini & Leonardo Deplano Book Tickets For Paris At Italian Olympic Trials05 March 2024Lisa Angiolini & Leonardo Deplano Book Tickets For Paris At Italian Olympic Trials Lisa Angiolini and Leonardo Deplano booked places on the Italy team for Paris 2024 at the Olympic trials in Riccione. Link to results It's the third stage of qualifying following last November's Italian Open and the W...
Read moreHugo Gonzalez And Maria De Valdes Among Five Selected By Spain For Paris 2024; Final Team Announced After Olympic Trials In June04 March 2024Hugo Gonzalez And Maria De Valdes Among Five Selected By Spain For Paris 2024; Final Team Announced After Olympic Trials In June Hugo Gonzalez and Maria De Valdes are among five swimmers to have been named to the Spain team for Paris 2024. Gonzalez won the 200m backstroke at last month's World Champ...
Read more1Thanks to Schedule Change, Leon Marchand Has Chance at Four Gold Medals in Paris03 March 2024Thanks to Schedule Change, Leon Marchand Has Chance at Four Gold Medals in Paris Over the past two years, Leon Marchand has established himself as the world's dominant force in both individual medley races, winning two world titles over both 200 and 400 meters while shattering the world record in th...
Read moreRuta Meilutyte Undergoes Surgery On Foot Injury As Paris Beckons01 March 2024Ruta Meilutyte Undergoes Surgery On Foot Injury As Paris Beckons Ruta Meilutyte has undergone surgery on a foot injury, less than five months before the Olympics get under way in Paris. The London 2012 100m breaststroke champion, who claimed her third straight 50m title at last month's World Champio...
Read moreBritish Swimming Nominate Eight Coaches To Team GB For Paris 202428 February 2024British Swimming Nominate Eight Coaches To Team GB For Paris 2024 Eight coaches have been nominated by British Swimming to Team GB for the Olympics in Paris, three years after their record-breaking eight-medal haul at Tokyo 2020. David Hemmings, Mel Marshall, David McNulty and Steven Tigg all oversa...
Read moreDaniel Wiffen Completes Freestyle Treble With 3:49 400 At BUCS Meet In Sheffield26 February 2024Daniel Wiffen Completes Freestyle Treble With 3:49 400 At BUCS Meet In Sheffield Daniel Wiffen wrapped up the freestyle treble with victory over 400m on the final day of the BUCS Long Course Championships in Sheffield. BUCS Long Course Championships Results Day 1 report Day 2 report The double world...
Read moreDaniel Wiffen Posts 7:43.03 For Third-Swiftest 800 Free Of His Career At BUCS Long Course Championships24 February 2024Daniel Wiffen Posts 7:43.03 For Third-Swiftest 800 Free Of His Career At BUCS Long Course Championships Ten days after winning the 800 free world title in Doha, Daniel Wiffen posted the third-fastest time of his career at the BUCS Long Course Championships in Sheffield. The 22-year-old went 7:43.03 ...
Read moreCAS Rejects Russian Olympic Committee Appeal against IOC23 February 2024CAS Rejects Russian Olympic Committee Appeal against IOC The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the Russian Olympic Committee against its suspension of membership by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC executive board last October suspended the ROC “with i...
Read moreDaniel Wiffen Sets BUCS 1500 Free Record As Freya Colbert Also Makes Winning Return After World Titles23 February 2024Daniel Wiffen Sets BUCS 1500 Free Record As Freya Colbert Also Makes Winning Return After World Titles Daniel Wiffen set a BUCS 1500 free record while Freya Colbert also made a winning return to the water following Doha 2024 at the BUCS Long Course Championships in Sheffield. BUCS Long Course Champi...
Read moreTech Tuesday: How Fluidion is Monitoring River Seine Ahead of Paris Olympics; Mayor Promises to Swim20 February 2024For nearly a century, swimming in the River Seine has been against the law because of pollution levels. But the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have led an effort to clean up the waterway so it can be used for open water and triathlon events in the Olympics. The company Fluidion developed a technology of I...
Read more2Leon Marchand Set to Be the Face of the Olympic Games in Paris20 February 2024Leon Marchand Set to Be the Face of the Olympic Games in Paris Leon Marchand has accomplished so much in the last three years that his career won’t be solely defined by 10 days in Paris in the summer of 2024, swimming at the Olympics in his home country. But he has a chance to author an unforgettabl...