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Katie Ledecky Leaves Stanford In Shift To Surinam Olympic Legend & Florida Gators Coach Anthony Nesty For Next Wave Of Her Career

Katie Ledecky, who added two gold and three silver medals to her growing-legend pantheon in the pool at the Tokyo 2020ne Olympic Games this summer, is moving to train with coach Anthony Nesty at the Florida Gators for the next […]

Craig Lord 2021-09-22 4 minutes

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ISL Called Out For “Lightness Of Practice” By Former Commercial Head Of League & Ex-Manager Of Energy As Bills “Remain Unpaid”

The International Swimming League – ISL) – has been called out for “lightness of practices towards suppliers and employees” by two senior figures who resigned from from the pro-swim organisation...

Craig Lord 2021-09-17 2 minutes

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Shayna Jack Free To Swim After CAS Backs 2-Year Over 4-Year WADA-Code Suspension

Australian sprinter Shayna Jack is free to return to swimming after an appeal lodged by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) was dismissed by the Court...

Craig Lord 2021-09-16 3 minutes

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The Tale Of Tokyo & Hints Of A Change In An American Swim Season Of Plenty

An Olympic swim season like no other is well and truly behind us, the result book of the 32nd Olympiad sealed, the ripples from the Tale of Tokyo 202One on...

Craig Lord 2021-09-16 No comments 36 minutes

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Kristof Milak Leaves Long-Time Coach Selmeci In Shift To Kapas Mentor Virth

Kristof Milak, the Olympic 200m butterfly champion, has switched coach, leaving behind his long-term mentor Attila Selmeci in favour of working with Balazs Virth, guide to Hungary’s other ‘fly World-title...

Craig Lord 2021-09-16 4 minutes

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Sheikh’s Conviction – appeal pending – Raises Big ‘First 100 Days In Office’ Test of ‘New’ FINA Leadership

Sunday Editorial – This week marks the biggest test of the “review and reform” credentials of the established leadership figures still in charge at swimming regulator FINA but yet to...

Craig Lord 2021-09-12 8 minutes

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Katie Ledecky & A Legend’s Perspective In The Space Between Loss, Loss, Gain, Retain

The exacting standards of Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky and where they led her and her sport to in a time of pandemic and heightened empathy and perspective at the Tokyo Olympic...

Craig Lord 2021-09-08 17 minutes

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U.S. Justice Department Sought Help Of Kuwaiti Authorities In Probe Into Alleged FIFA Co-Conspirator Roles Of FINA President & His OCA Boss The Olympic Sheikh

Documents new to the public domain have revealed that the United States Department of Justice has sought assistance from Kuwaiti authorities in its investigation into the alleged roles of Husain...

Craig Lord 2021-09-03 5 minutes

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Groves Takes Aim At Perkins “Shocking” Denial Of Cultural Crisis As Swimming Australia Backs Independent Integrity Process In Wake Of Misogyny Claims

Swimming Australia’s Board has voted to adopt an independent compliance process in line with its country’s National Integrity Framework in the wake of concerns highlighted this year by the withdrawal...

Craig Lord 2021-09-03 5 minutes

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Olympic Sheikh Faces Five Hours Of Questions In Geneva Forgery Trial

Olympic kingmaker and power broker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah faced more than five hours of questioning in a Geneva courtroom at the start of a forgery trial involving parties connected...

Craig Lord 2021-09-02 4 minutes

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FINA HQ Rocked By Purge Of Senior Staff As Assistant Director, Legal Counsel, Head of Media & Events Manager Shown The Door

The assistant director, director of communications, the sports and events project manager and head of legal have been dismissed with immediate effect in a purge of senior FINA staff who...

Craig Lord 2021-09-01 4 minutes

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How Dolphins Leapt To Their Best Olympic Swim Campaign Since Melbourne 1956 As Win For Aussie Women In Tokyo Tests USA Might

There was no topping the USA in the pool, as was the case for Australia at a home Games in Melbourne back in 1956 with 8 golds for the hosts,...

Craig Lord 2021-08-19 18 minutes

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Eindhoven To Host Swim League Season 3 Play Offs At Pieter van den Hoogenband Pool

The International Swimming League – ISL – today announces that Eindhoven has been chosen to host the Play-off phase of Season 3 – with some of the world’s best swimmers...

Craig Lord 2021-08-16 3 minutes

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Australia Opts Out Of World S/C Champs & Cancels Nationals In Response To Covid Challenges

Australia will not send an official team to the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from December 15-20 and has cancelled the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships in...

Craig Lord 2021-08-16 2 minutes

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The Odyssey & Excellence Of Duncan Scott & Why He’s Still Revisiting Every Race Two Weeks After Awe-Of-Four Olympic Triumph

The Swim Sunday Essay – Duncan Scott is still racing, or at least his mind is. It’s been two weeks since silver in the men’s medley relay in Tokyo made...

Craig Lord 2021-08-15 16 minutes

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Matt Richards, by Georgie Kerr, courtesy of British Swimming

Matt Richards – “You have to give up your baby and miss out on a lot of his growing up. I’d cry all the way home on a Sunday” – Mum

At 18, Matt Richards swam a superb leg of the 4x200m free in his first Olympic final. Like many who reach the Olympic podium, a final or even the Olympics...

Craig Lord 2021-08-15 5 minutes

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Song For Unsung Heroes – The Good Swim Parent Was Ever There But In Tokyo Was More Seen & Heard Through The Pain Of A Pandemic

State of Swimming continues to reflect on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the gold in the grind with a look at Unsung Heroes and the role of the Swim...

Craig Lord 2021-08-14 9 minutes

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Swimming ‘taught the children self-discipline, time management and how to conduct yourself when you’re disappointed’ – Tom Dean’s Mum

“They’re as much her’s as they are mine“, says Tom Dean looking down at his two gold medals with a nod to Jacquie Hughes. 58. She’s his mum and he’s...

Craig Lord 2021-08-14 5 minutes