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Energy Standard sprinter Femke Heemskerk missed the opening match of the 202o International Swimming League (ISL) season because of a positive COVID-19 test. On Monday, she tested negative and will begin the process of traveling to Budapest to rejoin her team in the ISL bubble. "results come back ne...

Analyzing the improvements in the International Swimming League's second season.  Live swimming is finally back! In a year that was supposed to see the thrill of the Olympic Games where swimming would dominate the international sporting headlines for eight days, the coronavirus pandemic had other id...

The London Roar surged to a convincing lead at the end of the first day of their opening match in the International Swimming League (ISL) in Budapest on Sunday. The Roar come into Day 2 with 294 points, ahead of the Aqua Centurions (197), Team Iron (194) and DC Trident (181). Out of the 20 events on...

The comment from Rowdy Gaines, just after the 200 backstrokes at ISL Match 2, couldn’t have been more spot on. “We’re not knowledgeable about where everyone sits,” the commentator said, just after assumed favorite Katinka Hosszu was upset in the 200 back, fading to a distant fifth place. With the ra...

Australian Swimming legend Ian Thorpe believes that his sensational 1:44.06 World record over 200 metres freestyle in 2001 remains one off the three most competitive four-length swims of the past two decades because "everyone in the world is swimming the 200 freestyle wrong." "You can't swim 150 met...

Marie Wattel, Maria Kameneva and Christian Diener helped guide London Roar to a convincing lead at the end of the first day of their opening match in the International Swimming League in Budapest. Diener won the men's 50 and 200 backstroke - the former in a new national record of 22.76 as he cut 0.0...

ISL Day Two Notes: Cali Condors' Lilly King Puts On Dominant Show Following an eight-month absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has inflicted havoc around the world, the sight of global racing (in any format) was greatly desired by athletes, coaches, fans and the media. And that is exactly what...

ISL Budapest Day 2: Cali Condors Hand Defending Champs Energy Standard First Loss on Backs of Lilly King & Caeleb Dressel The first match of the 2020 International Swimming League concluded on Saturday from the Budapest bubble as the Cali Condors handed Energy Standard their first loss led by Caeleb...

Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty says that becoming a father has given him a new perspective and clarity as he prepares to start his International Swimming League season with London Roar. Peaty and partner Eiri Munro became first-time parents when son George-Anderson was born last month...

A study by a Stanford postdoctoral fellow published last week finds that Olympic swimmers are more than a third of a second faster, on average, in the evening than in the morning. The study is titled, “Gold, silver or bronze: circadian variation strongly affects performance in Olympic athletes.” It ...

Sarah Sjostrom was dominant, Caeleb Dressel found himself in unfamiliar waters and Lilly King went 19 for 19 as the International Swimming League (ISL) season made a fast and furious start in Budapest. Benedetta Pilato set a world junior record of 28.97 in the 50m breaststroke and so too a national ...

ISL Day One Recap: King, Smoliga, Margalis Break American Records as Condors Lead Live swimming is here! The International Swimming League kicked off its six-week long season Friday morning with defending champs Energy Standard facing off against three American teams in the LA Current, Cali Condors ...

It is a moment that will live long for all those watching when Alia Atkinson won 100m breaststroke gold at the 2014 World Short-Course Championships to become the first black woman to win a world swimming title. The Jamaican stopped the clock first in Doha but her reaction to victory was somewhat de...

The swimming programme at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, will run from 29 July to 3 August. The schedule for the multi-sports Games which will be held in the midlands city - the second biggest in England - was released on Friday. The Games, the largest sports event to be held in...

World 200m freestyle champion Federica Pellegrini has tested positive for Covid-19 with the International Swimming League set to start on Friday in Budapest. The 2008 Olympic gold medallist made the tearful announcement on her Instagram story, saying that she left a training session in Italy on Wedn...

Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Murphy Chasing ‘Race Shape’ as 2020 ISL Season Dawns The restlessness started to set in for Caeleb Dressel in late August. He’d been training somewhat regularly throughout the summer, with only slight intrusions from the COVID-19 pandemic on his training with Gregg Troy at the U...

Sarah Sjostrom & Michael Andrew Embracing Challenges of Budapest Bubble as ISL Season Kicks Off Friday The action from the International Swimming League's Budapest bubble gets underway Friday 4 p.m. local time (10 a.m. New York). The LA Current, Cali Condors, New York Breakers and defending champs E...

International Swimming League founder Konstantin Grigorishin believes the upcoming season will "create superheroes" as competition looms in Budapest, Hungary. More than 300 swimmers will compete for 10 teams at the Duna Arena starting on Thursday 16 October and concluding with the Grand Final on 22 ...

Five Races to Watch as Season Two of ISL Climbs the Blocks The first matchup of the 2020 International Swimming League is just a couple days away as three of the four finalists from last season will be racing in the first weekend after a long year where not a lot of swimming has unfolded because of ...

World 200m fly champion Kristof Milak will miss at least the start of the International Swimming League season after testing positive for Covid-19. The Hungarian was due to take his place among Team Iron at the competition which starts in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday 16 October and will conclude w...