Swimming World Magazine

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here In this issue of Swimming World, read about the 2022 World Swimmers of the Year, Romania's David Popovici and Australia's Ariarne Titmus, ...

Celebrating the Career Of Sprint Icon Tom Jager, A Transformative Figure In the Dash Game In our latest installment of The Missed Turn, Swimming World examines the career of Tom Jager, who played a critical role in legitimizing the 50 meter freestyle as a respected event on international programs. H...

The Swimming World December 2022 issue is about to go to print.  Click here to pre-order your hard copy now! If you are not already a subscriber, you can start today by becoming a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) ISHOF Membership/Swimming World Subscription Optio...

Goldminds: How to Become a Better Swimmer By Doing Nothing* ******************************************** There’s an old saying about success: “The harder I work, the more successful I get.” Seems logical: I want to succeed, I want to improve. I want to swim faster…so...I work harder, I train more of...

Podium Potpourri: Getting to Know Olympic Champion Bobby Finke Swimming World takes a get-to-know-you look with Olympic medalists in our “Podium Potpourri” series. Next up is U.S. Olympic medalist Bobby Finke. WHAT IS YOUR PUMP-UP SONG BEFORE YOU GET BEHIND THE BLOCKS OR WHILE YOU’RE IN THE READY RO...

Ana Marcela Cunha and Gregorio Paltrinieri Crowned Swimming World's Open Water Swimmers of the Year In a year full of spectacular races and finishes, two swimmers stood alone in their conquests of open water swimming: Three-time Swimmer of the Year Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and Italy’s Gregorio Pa...

Gutter Talk: What Are You Most Grateful For In Swimming? International Stars Weigh In In this month's edition of Gutter Talk, some of the sport's stars weighed in on what they are most grateful for from the sport of swimming. KATE DOUGLASS, USA 2020 Olympic Bronze Medalist in 200 IM [caption id="att...

Kate Douglass Has Built A Special Legacy At UVA ... And There's More to Come Besides the statistics that make the University of Virginia’s Kate Douglass one of the all-time greats in program history, the eight-time NCAA champion and Olympic/World Championship medalist is mindful of the legacy she wi...

Another Choice: The Case For Division III Swimming (Part II) Last month, in the first of two installments, college coaches weighed in on the benefits of NCAA D-III swimming (524 teams at last count) and the realities of finding an aquatic home in college. In Part II, we share the thoughts of Don Hei...

Voice For the Sport: Keeping Michael Klim In Our Thoughts As He Battles A Very Different Opponent As he walked toward the starting block inside the Sydney Aquatic Centre, an entire nation roared. It was a moment of opportunity for a swim-crazed country and for a relay that could disrupt the sport’s ...

How They Train Nic Fink: A Look At the Work Of the American Breaststroke Star A graduate of The Pingry School and the University of Georgia (2015), 6-3 Nic Fink has spent the last seven years traversing a less traveled road. A 15-time CSCAA All-American and twice an NCAA runnerup in the 100 breastst...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here In this issue of Swimming World, read about the 2022 Open Water Swimmers of the Year- Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri and Brazil's Ana Marcel...

The Swimming World November 2022 issue is about to go to print.  Click here to pre-order your hard copy now! If you are not already a subscriber, you can start today by becoming a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) ISHOF Membership/Swimming World Subscription Op...

Behind the Beep: Catching Up With U.S. National Team Member Nick Albiero Louisville Cardinals’ Nicolas (Nick) Albiero used his fifth NCAA competitive year to his advantage. After losing the opportunity to compete at the 2020 NCAA Division I Championships, which were canceled because of the COVID pan...

Q&A With Ian Murray, Highly Successful Coach At Dynamo Swim Club Life is good when one of your former swimmers (National Team member Brooks Curry) wins an Olympic gold medal one year and takes the NCAA 50 and 100 yard freestyle titles the next. Another of Ian Murray’s swimmers currently holds three ...

Age-Group Swimmer of the Month: Brandon Anand of Scarlet Aquatics Brandon Anand, 14, of Scarlet Aquatics: Rutgers Division (N.J.) has made his mark this season as a versatile and highly competitive swimmer. Last August, he became a three-time Eastern Zone age group champion in the 100 meter backstro...

How They Train: A Look At Brooks Curry and Ian Grum At Dynamo Swim Club Before Brooks Curry and Ian Grum became standouts at LSU and Georgia, respectively, they rose up the ranks as members of the Dynamo Swim Club, where Ian Murray oversaw their training. Here is a look at the work logged by Curry a...

With Home Olympics Calling, Leon Marchand Eager to Embrace Challenges Ahead The Paris Games figure to come at the perfect juncture in Leon Marchand’s career, when the Frenchman will be at his best physically. The rest, when it comes to being in a position to exploit that strength, is up to how he pr...

World Record Flashback: When Ian Crocker Dazzled in 100 Butterfly in Montreal As Swimming World continues its World Record Flashback series, we celebrate the day in which Ian Crocker clocked 50.40 in the 100 meter butterfly. Racing at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, the 22-year-old deliver...

Technique: The Effect Of Hand Paddles On Swimming Performance BY ROD HAVRILUK, Ph.D. Swimming with hand paddles is often promoted for benefiting strength, technique and swimming velocity, while also being criticized for causing shoulder pain. However, research shows that neither the commonly stated ...