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 al-Musallam, the president of FINA, the global regulator for swimming […]
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 from Olympic trials of Madeleine Groves, the Rio 2016 silver […]
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 to an alleged plot against political rivals in Kuwait. The […]
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 worked under former director Cornel Marculescu at the international swimming […]
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, 2 for the top threat, but in Tokyo the Dolphins […]
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 set to compete in the Dutch city from November 11 […]
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 response to the continued challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationals […]
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 at all, the boy turning man who clocked a 1:45 […]
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 Parent, good and great. Editorial – It was the best […]
“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 the eldest of her son’s and second-born of five children. […]
James Guy, son of Cath and Andrew, and the biggest hauler of Great Britain relay medals on the biggest of occasions there ever was in swimming. This article is part of the following editorial and glimpse into some of the […]
Adam Peaty, who at Tokyo 2020 became the first British swimmer ever too retain an Olympic title when he dominated the 100m breaststroke final for a second successive Games, is to take time out of the water, bypass the Swim […]
It took 1 minute 44.20 seconds to change his life but Tom Dean measures his Olympic dream come true on a different clock: “The public see the final product in 1:45 or less, the relay, the podium, the lights but […]
Alex Baumann is to step down from the role of Chief Executive of Swimming Australia for health reasons, Swimming Australia announced today. During his career, Alex Baumann, a two-times cancer survivor, has made a significant contribution to the sport of […]
Florian Wellbrock is the toast of Germany this morning after racing to gold with what is by far the biggest margin of victory – 25.3sec – in the Olympic marathon since the 10km was introduced eight races ago at Beijing […]
Federica Pellegrini, who is set to race one last time at the Naples rounds of the International Swimming League next month before retiring from the fast lane, is one of four new members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission voted in […]
Try, try and try again: Ana Cunha, 5th at the inaugural Marathon at Beijing 2008, the cut missed for London 2012 and then 10th at a home Rio 2016 Games, the Brazilian dodged flying fish as she fended off a […]
Adam Peaty and the Aslan tattoo draped over his left shoulder reveal much about a Britain swim team, deserving of its Great: an army needs a leader to show the way if you want to beat back the ghosts of […]
