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24 hours after breaking a 12-year-old African record in the 200 breaststroke, 23-year-old Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa narrowly broke her own African record in the 100 breaststroke in short course meters. Schoenmaker, who finished sixth in this event at the 2019 Worlds, swam a 1:05.40 to just...

Great Races: Women's 100-Meter Backstroke at the 1964 Olympics By Dave Bartlett and Brenda Borgh Bartlett “In one drop of water is found all the secrets of all the oceans.” – Kahlil Gibran Dedication: We would like to dedicate our article to all female swim coaches over the decades, including one of...

The English Channel has been crossed by swimmers on record for more than a century. But most crossings happen between similar points, on in England and the other across the channel in France. Kirstie Beechey was determined to swim the channel from one of her favorite points to another, so she set ou...

Japan’s new prime minister Yoshihide Suga insists the Tokyo Olympics will take place next year as “proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic.” Tokyo 2020 was postponed in March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and there are ongoing doubts that the rescheduled Games will go ahead in J...

South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker broke the 12-year-old national record in the 200 breaststroke in short course meters on Friday at the Regional Short Course Championships in Pretoria. Schoenmaker swam a 2:18.20 to take down Suzaan Van Biljon's record of 2:18.73 set in 2008. Schoenmaker's time woul...

Thursday’s Google Doodle honored Arati Saha, on what would’ve been the Indian Channel swimmer’s 80th birthday. Saha was a trailblazer in the pool, born in Kolkata in 1940. She learned to swim under the guidance of Indian Olympian Sachin Nag, winning medals in national competition against adults at a...

The Toronto Titans Thursday revealed their final roster for the 2020 International Swimming League season, the first for the expansion side. It involves three changes from the early September league-wide unveiling of rosters. The big changes include the absence of Anastasia Fesikova and Kayla Sanche...

As Head Coach of the Tokyo Frog Kings, Dave Salo Eager to Leap Into ISL Season Dave Salo loves fast swimming. Now, he is making the move to the forefront of racing and competition by venturing into the International Swimming League (ISL) as the head coach of the Tokyo Frog Kings. “In swimming, it's ...

Konosuke Yanagimoto has a stellar week at the 2020 Tokyo Special Swimming Tournament, setting a pair of national high school records. Yanagimoto went 1:47.85 in the 200 freestyle. That time is a cut of some two seconds from his previous best, per reports. It would’ve made the A final of the 2019 Wor...

The International Swimming League (ISL) has appeared to take a swipe at Swimming Australia while accusing "some national swimming federations' leaders" of bullying and intimidation after several athletes withdrew from the second season. All was well exactly two weeks ago when founder Konstantin Grig...

Adam Peaty is among 53 athletes who have been selected for the British Swimming World-Class Programme (WCP) for the 2020-2021 season. There is though no place for IMers Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott - who boast four Olympic finals, eight European medals and the last three Commonwealth titles b...

Swimming Without the Black Line: How Blind Athletes Adapt By McClain Hermes, Swimming World Intern When I began swimming at the age of four, I told my parents that I wanted to go to the Olympics. As I grew older, my eyesight slowly began to deteriorate. At the age of eight, I had several eye surgeri...

Of the three new Olympic swimming events added to the program in 2017, none will draw more attention at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics than the women’s 1500 free, largely because of the woman who won the race at three straight World Championships, including by almost 15 seconds in 2015 and then more than 1...

Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson is part of a coalition of 102 national governing bodies and sporting organisations that has asked prime minister Boris Johnson for emergency funding for the sports and activity sector. The coalition - which also includes the Football Association, Premier L...

Mel Marshall says that creating independent athletes is paramount for a coach if they are to succeed on the biggest stage of all. Marshall has coached Adam Peaty to Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth gold with the Briton having taken the 100m breaststroke into new waters. The double Olympian ...

Farida Osman has been honored by Forbes Middle East as one of the 30 most influential people from the Middle East under the age of 30. "Thank you @forbesmiddleeast for featuring me alongside such inspiring group of men and women," Osman posted on Instagram. Forbes posted this: "Farida Osman is a pro...

The Emergence of Eric the Eel In Swimming Lore (Video Included) It's been 20 years since Eric Mousambani, from Equatorial Guinea, entered Olympic waters and doubt emerged as to whether he would need to be saved. Here is the piece that Craig Lord wrote for Swimming World at the 2000 Olympic Games in ...

When Jim and Jonty Chased Sub-50: A Unique Summer Pursuit (Swimming World Magazine - Sept. Issue) The most iconic barrier-breaking performance in sports history is not difficult to decipher. It is the 3:59.4 mile run by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954, marking the first time the four-minute ...

The International Swimming League (ISL) announced a multi-year media rights agreement with CBS Sports on Thursday to showcase the league's events across CBS Sports platforms to the American audience, according to a release sent out by the league. The ISL, which debuted in 2019 on ESPN's online strea...

Name Your Race: Which All-Time Head-to-Head Showdown Would be the Best? A couple of weeks ago, we asked our readers to offer their opinions for the title of Greatest Female Swimmer in History, since there is a valid debate on the topic. The feedback we received was plentiful, with fans of the sport ...