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How the Tsar, Alexander Popov, Claimed the Sprint Throne He knew how to play the all-important mental game of high-level sports with the skill of a chess master. Every move was calculated. As Alexander Popov scanned the ready room before a major race, it was not unusual for the Russian star to chat ...

United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) congratulates Dale Neuburger on his recent appointment by the FINA Bureau to serve as FINA Treasurer, following the resignation of Pipat Paniangvait who had served in this position since 2009. “I am very pleased that Dale Neuburger will serve in this important rol...

Aleksey Tarasenko attained an Olympic A cut in the 100 free at the Uzbekistan Swimming Championships this week. Tarasenko went 48.55 on Day 1 of the multi-day meet Thursday to win the event by more than three seconds. It was just .02 under the Olympic A cut in the event. Uzbekistan already has an A ...

Akihiro Yamaguchi, the Japanese breaststroker who held the world record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke for more than four years, announced his retirement from the sport. Yamaguchi announced his retirement via Instagram, posting a picture with several members of the Japanese national team – Kats...

The International Swimming League (ISL) has announced that Season 3 will include a swimmer draft as the league aims for more competition. The draft will include a list of athletes retained by their original teams and what spots will be open for free-agent-style swimmers and new additions to...

The countdown to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics has reached 100 days. That in itself is a representation of the hopes of athletes after the games were postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. In 2020, the 100-day-countdown mark never happened as the pandemic postponed the games by a year before the st...

Social Kick Podcast: Dick Pound Weighs In On Continued Fight Against Doping & Upcoming Olympics Dick Pound, the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, sat down with the Social Kick Podcast with hosts Luke Paddington, John Mullen and Bryan Lundquist about the improvements WADA has made in t...

The 2021 Swimming South Africa National Aquatic Championships successfully concluded this evening with a total of seven Olympic and ten Paralympic Qualification times during the six day competition in Gqeberha. Emma Chelius’ outstanding performance in the morning heats of the 50m freestyle earned he...

An Olympic Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay Showdown: Russia vs. USA The United States has been on a tear in the men’s 400 freestyle relay in recent years. After taking gold at the 2016 Olympic Games, the U.S. followed that performance up with gold at both the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. Led by 100 ...

COVID Pandemic Has Opened Olympic Door For Rapidly Developing Youngsters In less than a minute Saturday evening at an under-the-radar swim meet in Cary, N.C., two teenagers changed the complexion of the women’s 100 butterfly in the United States. 16-year-old Claire Curzan swam a time of 56.20, and 1...

Tatjana Schoenmaker and Christian Sadie continued to impress during the fifth day of the SA National Aquatic Championships, taking place at the Newton Park Swimming Pool in Gqeberha. Schoenmaker added the 100m breaststroke title to her tally with a new African Record and Olympic Qualification time o...

Kaylene Corbett Time Trials an Olympic Qualification Swim in 200 Breast at South African Nationals After four days of competition, South African’s top athletes have no intentions of slowing down, with a new African and three South African Records broken at the SA National Aquatic Championships in Gq...

Rikako Ikee Caps Magical Week at Japanese Olympic Trials With Two More Wins Over the past week, the Japanese Olympic Trials have been defined by performances that will generate hope for a strong showing at a home Games this summer in Tokyo. But when the meet is revisited in the coming years, it will...

Tatjana Schoenmaker and Christian Sadie led the way as the Olympic and Paralympic Qualification short list continued to grow on the third night of swimming action at the SA National Aquatic Championships taking place in Gqeberha. Schoenmaker cruised ahead of the pack in the 200m breaststroke to an i...

Louise Hansson Blasts 56.73 in 100 Butterfly at Stockholm Open; Katinka Hosszu Prevails in 400 IM The theme around the world over the past week has been swift swimming, and the athletes competing at the Stockholm Open in Sweden are doing their part to maintain consistency. On the second night of act...

FINA has announced the re-scheduling of the FINA Diving World Cup for the new dates of May 1-6, 2021. The competition will take place in Tokyo, as originally planned, and will serve as both a qualification and test event for the Olympic Games, taking place from July 23-August 8, 2021 in the Japanese...

Naoki Mizunuma Flies Ahead of Field at Japanese Olympic Trials; Rikako Ikee Chasing 50 Free Title The final days of the Japanese Olympic Trials have not tailed off when it comes to speed, and the championship heat of the men’s 100-meter butterfly on Friday night served as proof. Six men broke the 52...

Off Strong Start in 50 Freestyle, Rikako Ikee in Position to Win Third Event at Japanese Olympic Trials As the Japanese Olympic Trials near their conclusion, all eyes will be on Rikako Ikee as she seeks to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in an individual event. Already ticketed for Tokyo as ...

Mzansi’s top athletes turned up the tempo during the second day of the South Africa National Aquatic Championships taking place at the Newton Park Swimming Pool in Gqeberha. Chad le Clos cruised to a sterling finish in the 200m butterfly, winning the title in an Olympic Qualification time of 1:55.88...

Rikako Ikee Shines Again at Japanese Trials; Daiya Seto Wins Medley Duel The highlights keep coming from the Japanese Olympic Trials, as Rikako Ikee continued her fairytale story on Thursday night while the country’s two-biggest male stars dueled in a down-to-the-wire finish. A few days after she se...