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How American Men Struggled in Paris, Lost Out on Olympic Medals This summer in Paris, the new stars of men’s swimming took their places atop the world. Leon Marchand was the most prominent of those stars with his four gold medals, all in Olympic-record time, while David Popovici, Pan Zhanle and Hube...

USA Swimming has announced the finalists for the 2024 Golden Goggle Awards. The award ceremony will take place Nov. 23 in Indianapolis. Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh lead the field with four nominations based on their performances during the Paris Olympics. The nomination list can be found below, w...

6 American Male Swimmers Who Could Break Out in Time For 2028 Olympic Games No swimmer younger than 18 years old had qualified to represent the United States on the Olympic level for five consecutive cycles until Thomas Heilman did so in 2024, winning the 200 butterfly and taking second in the 100 f...

Katie Ledecky Leads Four 13-Timers on 2024-25 U.S. National Team Katie Ledecky is one of four swimmers named to their 13th national team on Monday by USA Swimming. On the women’s side, she’s joined by Ashley (Twichell) Wall, the duo passing Allison Schmitt and Olivia Smoliga for the most honors ever...

Despite Crushing Disqualification, Alex Walsh Still Proud of Paris Performance Ninety-five percent of the way through the women’s 200 IM Olympic final, a gold medal was still within reach. An excruciating final 10 meters turned that gold medal into bronze but still good enough for a spot on the podi...

Mallory Weggemann has won Paralympic medals before, but this year everything is different. Since the last Paralympics, the U.S. swimmer has given birth after a long fertilty process and her outlook on life changed heading into the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Her total was bumped up to four Paral...

Lindsay Mintenko Resigns as USA Swimming National Team Director Lindsay Mintenko has officially resigned from USA Swimming as the managing director of its national team, the organization announced Friday. Mintenko’s departure, first reported by Swimming World in August, completes a house cleaning th...

Florida’s men’s and women’s swimming head coach Anthony Nesty was honored as the 2024 ASCA George Haines Coach of the Year recipient Thursday night at the Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Celebration during the ASCA World Clinic at the Rosen Centre Resort in Orlando, Florida. This award is present....

Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby is turning pro. The breaststroker from Alaska will forgo her eligibility at the University of Texas and become a professional swimmer. Jacoby made her announcement on Instgram. "After careful consideration and with the support of my coaches and loved ones, I have decide...

9 Rising Female Stars Who Can Make a Team USA Impact on Road to 2028 Olympic Games As the United States women excelled at the Paris Olympics with 18 total medals, experienced swimmers provided the highlights. Of the nine American women who won individual medals, seven were returners from the Tokyo G...

Leah Shackley Has Risen to Swimming World Female High School Swimmer of the Year Via Unusual Setting Elite athletes don’t often come from places like Leah Shackley’s hometown of Bedford, Pennsylvania. A town of some 2,800 people in a county of the same name with a population of 47,000, the facilitie...

Swimming World High School Boys' Mythical Championship Meet: Full Results Recently, Swimming World recognized Carmel High School (girls) and Keller High School (boys) as its national champions for the 2023-24 scholastic season. Now, Swimming World brings its readers a full look at the boys’ mythical...

USA Swimming to Replace CEO Tim Hinchey, Director Lindsay Mintenko (Updated) USA Swimming confirmed in an email and letter posted on its website on Thursday night that CEO Tim Hinchey is resigning from his position. Sources have also told Swimming World that National Team Mnaging Director Lindsay Mi...

Swimming World High School Girls' Mythical Championship Meet: Full Results Recently, Swimming World recognized Carmel High School (girls) and Keller High School (boys) as its national champions for the 2023-24 scholastic season. Now, Swimming World brings its readers a full look at the girls' mythic...

Rylee Erisman Sprinting Through Junior Pan Pacs Toward Senior Level This year, the United States assembled its fastest-ever collection of female 100 freestylers on the way to an American record and silver medal in the 400 freestyle relay at the Paris Olympics. At the U.S. Olympic Trials, a time of 5...

Another Record-Breaking Surge Makes Maximus Williamson Male High School Swimmer of the Year Entering his junior-year high school state meet, Maximus Williamson had conducted his research on the 13-year-old national high school record he was chasing. When David Nolan had clocked 1:41.39 back in 2011,...

Caeleb Dressel Eyeing 2028 Olympic 50 Free as Coda to Career Caeleb Dressel said on Saturday that he has his eyes on the 50 freestyle at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles as a possible end to his storied career. Dressel, a native of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was serving as an honorary official at the...

City Swim Project in Buffalo Thriving With Diversity, Building Toward Future of Swimming Mike Switalski grew up in a mostly white town, went to a mostly white college and competed in a mostly white sport. It gave him a narrow understanding of swimming, but when he got to Buffalo, everything changed....

Junior Pan Pacific Champs: Teagan O'Dell Surges to Gold in 200 IM; Aussie Milla Jansen Takes 50 Free Title One of the themes during the Junior Pan Pacific Championships has been the United States' ability to claim multiple gold-silver finishes in women's competition. So, it was appropriate that one ...

USA Swimming Sends Letter to Membership Addressing Recent Concerns of ASCA and Coach Advisory Council In response to recent letters sent by the American Swimming Coaches Association and the Coach Advisory Council (CAC) to the USA Swimming Board of Directors, USA sent a letter to its membership on Fr...