By Sidney Zacharias on SwimSwam Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their…
By Retta Race on SwimSwam The nation of Lithuania has been dealt a major relay blow by World Aquatics with the 2024 Olympic Games beginning just days from now. LTU Aquatics, the governing body of Lithuanian water sports, received an official letter from World Aquatics stating that one member of the Lithuanian team who had…
By Sidney Zacharias on SwimSwam Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their…
By Anya Pelshaw 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 WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE— BY THE NUMBERS: World Record: 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023) World…
By Braden Keith on SwimSwam The World Friendship Games, being organized by Russia as an alternative to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, have been postponed to 2025. Originally scheduled for September 2024, the International Friendship Association (IFA) cited concerns over athlete safety, opposition from international sporting federations, and create conflicts for athletes from countries that…
By James Sutherland on SwimSwam The independent prosecutor investigating the handling of the Chinese doping case in 2021 found that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) made an “indisputably reasonable” decision not to challenge the conclusion reached by China’s anti-doping authorities. Eric Cottier, who was tabbed by WADA to review the case in April, released his…
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…
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: Swimming Australia Just weeks out from the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics, four-time Olympian Bronte Campbell revealed staying calm amongst the noise was just as important as banking time in the water. The Dolphins have settled into their last block of hard training in Canet, deep in the…
By Braden Keith on SwimSwam When retired swimmers appear on reality television shows, there are moments when they….embellish….their athletic achievements for the sake of clout and ratings. But when former Vietnamese-American swimmer Thomas Nguyen made his debut on dating show The Bachelorette on Monday, there was an honest and accurate description of his achievements, making…
By Aidan Burns on SwimSwam “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Or as Bon Jovi says: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Nearly 100 years to the day after the 1924 Olympic Games closed in Paris, they will commence yet again in the City of…