By Riley Overend on SwimSwam Australian Olympian, world champion, and former world record holder Kiah Melverton has announced her retirement from competitive swimming at 27 years old. The decision came a few weeks after last month’s Australian Olympic Trials, where she placed 3rd in the 400 IM (4:42.82), 4th in the 400 freestyle (4:06.17), and…
By Bradley Bush on SwimSwam Since the 1896 debut of swimming at the first Olympic Games in Athens, 49 countries still existing today have won a medal in the sport. Of these 49 countries, 10 lie within North or South America, including the most decorated nation in the history of the sport, the United States…
By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam Mike Pelton, a former swim coach at Mission Viejo High School, died of cardiac arrest at the age of 76 in mid-June. Prior to his death, Pelton had a history of heart disease and a rapid heartbeat. Pelton led the Mission Viejo boys’ swim team for about 25 years, guiding…
By Bradley Bush on SwimSwam Since the 1896 debut of swimming at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, 49 countries still existing today have won a medal in the sport. Of these 49 countries, 27 lie within the continent of Europe, with at least one European country medaling in every Olympic Games since the…
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By James Sutherland on SwimSwam After a three-year battle with cancer, former International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) CEO and a colleague of everyone in the swimming community Brent Rutemiller died in the early hours of Monday morning. Rutemiller was diagnosed with plasma-cell leukemia in May 2021, which he battled into remission despite no known…