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Week in Review: Leon Marchand Cites Need for Rest; Dressel Family Growing Quickly https://youtu.be/FBx-oYoDX3A The past week featured several headline-grabbing stories from the sport of swimming, highlighted by the news that France's Leon Marchand will not compete at the upcoming World Short Course ...

Bypassing Short Course Worlds a Difficult But Sensible Decision for Leon Marchand, Kaylee McKeown and Others Four months after the conclusion of the Paris Olympics, another swimming competition will bear the title of global championship as World Aquatics hosts the biennial Short Course World Champio...

Versatile Mary-Sophie Harvey Visits Social Kick Podcast; Targeting 2028 Olympic Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaBg11dDlns The Social Kick Podcast has presented interviews with many of the top names in the sport, and it recently offered back-to-back chats with a pair of Canadian standouts. Fo...

Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack Return For A Dose Of Racing And Reality At Queensland Championships Australian Olympic golden girls Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack will headline the starting line ups for next month’s 2024 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships, running from December 14.....

As Young Career Continues to Surge, Ilya Kharun Joins Social Kick Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejDhCFdTYAc During the early portion of this collegiate season, Arizona State's Ilya Kharun has been posting times typically associated with the NCAA championship season. The Sun Devil standout ...

Australia’s Most Decorated Olympian Emma McKeon Hangs Up Her Goggles Australia’s most decorated Olympian Emma McKeon has today officially announced her retirement from all levels of swimming – hanging up her goggles after the most celebrated career of any Australian swimmer. McKeon boasts an unsurpa...

Bulgarian Olympian Antani Ivanov Retires From Swimming Amid Controversial Suspension Following a tumultuous few years, Bulgarian Olympian Antani Ivanov has officially signaled his retirement from competitive swimming. A graduate of Virginia Tech, Ivanov broke out in 2017 at the World Championships i...

Ana Cunha & Marc-Antoine Olivier Crowned World Cup Champions; Johnson & Wellbrock Claim Finale Wins Ana Cunha and Marc-Antoine Olivier clinched the overall Open Water World Cup 2024 titles following the season-ending race in Neom, Saudi Arabia. Cunha of Brazil was seventh in the women's race to fini...

World Aquatics Opens The Door For Neutral Athletes To Enter Relay Teams Neutral Athletes (NAs) will now be able to compete in relays at World Aquatics events after updated guidelines for athlete participation came into force on 18 November 2024. The Guidelines for Athlete Participation in World Aqua...

How To Swim the 100 Breaststroke: Breaking Down Swimming's Most Perplexing Race What makes a great 100 breaststroker? Many would point to a dominant kick, gliding them through the water. Others would point to a strong stroke, using their upper body to push forward with efficiency. Some might even po...

Sara Curtis 50 Free Record Highlights Four Wins at Italian Championships Sara Curtis set the Italian record in the women’s 50 freestyle on Sunday to cap a four-win performance at the Italian Short-Course Championships. Curtis’ started the final session of the three-day meet at the Swimming Stadium R...

Carles Coll Marti Sets Three National Records at Spanish Short-Course Championships Carles Coll Marti came out of the weekend’s Spanish Short-Course Championships with three Spanish records in a bravura performance in Madrid. Coll Marti reset marks in the men’s 50 breaststroke, 100 breast and 100 in...

Olympic Champ Tatjana Smith Appears on Social Kick Podcast to Discuss Legendary Career https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lKtIn0wzk These days, Tatjana Smith (nee Schoenmaker) is looking forward. Her competitive career now in the rearview mirror following an exceptional career, Smith is eager to embr...

The World Championships in Budapest has a kingly mascot. World Aquatics and local officials unveiled the mascot in a clever video showing the iconic lions on the Chain Bridge missing, then later showed the lion as the mascot of the championships. The 2024 World Short-Course Championships will take p...

Kyle Chalmers Coach Peter Bishop The Shock Appointment As The New Head Coach Of Dutch National Team In a shock move, celebrated Australian coach Peter Bishop – the man behind the career of Australia’s Olympic freestyle sprint king Kyle Chalmers – has been appointed as the new head coach of the Dutc....

South African Standout Pieter Coetze Analyzes Backstroke Rise on Social Kick Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJDD1KI8bos&t=53s Although just 20 years old, South African Pieter Coetze is already a two-time Olympian, having competed at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021 and the recently ...

The three-stop World Aquatics World Cup saw short-course world records fall and many of the sport's biggest stars build toward the World Championships. But it was also a huge financial boost for a lot of professional swimmers across the globe. The World Cup provided prize money based on finishes as ...

Throwback Thursday: When Cesar Cielo Captured Olympic Gold and the Emotional Aftermath (Video) In this edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, when Brazilian Cesar Cielo confirmed his status as the world's fastest man in water. It was a night that also featu...

Swimming's World Cup Proving Valuable Hub For Autumn Racing An event entitled “World Cup” naturally carries some weight. After all, that’s the moniker used by global football’s signature event, held every four years and capturing the attention of fans across the globe. The Olympics is the only globa...

Passing the Torch: Swimming Has Been Defined by Inspirational Legacies Over the course of the 21st century, we have seen countless stories of legendary swimmers inspiring around the world as they have established themselves among the greatest in history. With that in mind, let's take a look at some ...