Three second-generation Olympians made their way onto the Australian team for Paris on the first night of the Australian Olympic trials in Brisbane: Lani Pallister, the daughter of 1988 Olympian Janelle Elford, and Ella Ramsay, the daughter of 2000 Olympic […]
Kaylee McKeown, queen of consistent world-class speed in and out of season, strikes again: in 2:06.63 over 200m medley at Australian Olympic Trials in Brisbane, the 22-year-old triple Olympic gold medalist of Tokyo2020ne took down the 2:06.99 Aussie mark she […]
Ariarne Titmus gave her own World record a fright with a 3:55.44 victory in the 400m freestyle on the opening night of finals at the Australian Olympic Trials in Brisbane that also witnessed Paris-ticket stamping victories for Kaylee McKeown, Sam […]
Elijah Winnington and Sam Short, World champions over 400m freestyle on the last two occasions when the best in the world gathered in global competition, are rarely more that 0.something apart and today’s duel at Olympic trials in Brisbane was […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued some thought-police opinions on the truths we’re not supposed to tell, “biologically male”, while highly significant to sports performance and the very reason why transwomen cannot race in female competition at the Olympic […]
StreamLines is an exclusive column for State of Swimming by Wayne Goldsmith. An influential figure in swimming for the past 30 years, Wayne lives a passion for helping swimmers, coaches and parents / carers to learn to love the sport […]
There was no Tom Dean at the AP Race International in London but as the meet wrapped up after three days of action, three quarters of the Great Britain Olympic-champion 4x200m free quartet and the new man, all led by […]
Angharad Evans shattered the British 100m breaststroke record in 1:05.54 (31.02; 34.52) over the weekend at the three-day AP Race London International, part of the growing stable of brands and positive projects unfolding in the name of Adam Peaty. The […]
Today, we have the pleasure of announcing that Wayne Goldsmith will write an exclusive column – StreamLines – for State of Swimming, with an emphasis on coaching, mentoring and the environment in which athletes, coaches, parents and others experience sport. […]
Steve Nash, who claimed silver on butterfly in the 4x100m medley at the 1974 European Championships along Colin Cunningham on back, David Wilkie on breaststroke, and Brian Brinkley on freestyle, has penned a tribute poem to his former teammate and […]
Between Henry Taylor in 1908 and Adam Peaty in 2021, the “best swimmer Britain ever had” was David Wilkie. Many fond memories of the man and his achievements flooded back when I heard of David’s passing much earlier today just […]
Summer McIntosh rattled her own national 200m medley record to complete a stellar seven days at Canadian Trials with a 2:07.06 victory in a terrific clash with Sydney Pickrem, who emerged from the fight sporting anew career best of 2:07.68. […]
Josh Liendo completed an excellent week at Canadian Olympic Trials in Toronto with a soaring 50.06 Commonwealth and Canadian 100m butterfly record for third ticket to a solo event at the Paris Games this summer. The Commonwealth standard had stood […]
After Summer McIntosh set the tone with a global ranks topper 2:04.33 in the 200m butterfly as a double World champion gunning for Olympic gold in Paris this summer, Finlay Knox and Josh Liendo thundered up to the cusp of […]
Blake Tierney, Sydney Pickrem, Kelsey Wog and Ilya Kharun stamped tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on day 5 of Canadian Trials in Toronto, Tierney’s 1:56.74 a Canadian record 200m backstroke record. There was disappointment and joy in the women’s […]
The anti-doping schism grew today when founding president of the World Anti Doping Agency (Wada) Dick Pound accused the United States Anti-Doping Agency of “lies and distortions” designed to undermine the global regulator. His comments sparked another backlash from Usada. […]
Summer McIntosh had already thrilled the home crowd at Olympic Trials in Toronto this week but tonight she mesmerised them and the rest of World swimming with a scorching 4:24.38 World record in the 400m medley. The ticket to the […]
Josh Liendo matched his Commonwealth gold standard from 2022 with a 47.55 victory in the 100m freestyle ahead of a podium of sprinters inside the Paris 2024 Olympic cut and Kyle Masse clocked a 2:06.24 in the 200m backstroke to […]
