By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam 2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024 Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024 La Défense Arena — Paris, France LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Full Schedule SwimSwam Preview Index By The Numbers — Women’s 200 Butterfly World Record: 2:01.81 — Liu Zige, China (2009)…
By Riley Overend on SwimSwam As trash talk between American and Australian swimmers escalates ahead of the Paris Olympics later this month, let’s take a look at how the rivals currently stack up based on last month’s Trials. U.S. swimmers went faster in 18 of 28 individual events at their qualifying meet, including a huge…
By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam Courtesy: Charles Hartley I wanted to find out quickly all I need to know about the upcoming Paris Olympics swimming. Felt a craving for solid answers using an uncanny tool that researches the entire Internet database at supersonic speeds. So I turned to ChatGPT and started pumping it with questions:…
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: Texas A&M Athletics BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association announced Friday that the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2024 will feature eight Aggie legends with Kay Don and Duke Butler III earning Hall of Honor and Lifetime Achievement recognition, respectively. The class consists of Cammile…
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam This article originally appeared in the 2024 Olympic Preview edition of SwimSwam Magazine, courtesy of author James Sutherland. Subscribe to the SwimSwam Magazine here. Note that this article was written prior to some major national Olympic Trials meets, including Australia and the United States. Bobby Finke Men’s 1500 Free: 1-2 (66.6…
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam This article originally appeared in the 2024 Olympic Preview edition of SwimSwam Magazine, courtesy of author Riley Overend. Subscribe to the SwimSwam Magazine here. Janet Evans was just a 17-year-old freshman at Stanford University when she got a call from Billy Payne, who was leading Atlanta’s bid for the 1996 Olympics….
By Riley Overend on SwimSwam 2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, July 2nd – Sunday, July 7th Prelims at 9:30am local/Finals at 6pm local Lazdynai Pool, Vilnius, Lithuania LCM (50m) Meet Central Entries Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap Day 3 Finals Recap Day 4 Prelims Recap/Day 4…
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam The US Olympic Swimming roster team camp is in full swing, as it got underway on July 2nd in Cary, North Carolina at the Triangle Aquatic Center. See a social media recap on what the athletes are up to here. Follow along with all of the swimmers and their personal…
By Braden Keith on SwimSwam Egypt is expected to name two swimmers to its Paris 2024 Olympic Team on Monday: Marwan Elkamash is expected to represent the country in the men’s 800 free, 1500 free, and 10km swim, while Lojine Abdallah is expected to represent the country in the women’s 50 free as a Universality invite….
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam The former #3 ranked recruit coming out of high school Michael Cotter has announced he will transfer to Texas for the 2024-2025 season. Cotter spent two years with NC State. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michael Cotter (@michael_cotter1) Cotter told SwimSwam at the beginning of March…