Federica Pellegrini will head to her fifth Olympic Games this July not the favourite for the 200m freestyle crown but the living legend in the shoal of four-length freestyle history, after claiming a record 16th national title in 1:56.69 at […]
Martina Carraro does not but Italy has a big decision to make: how do you solve a problem of a match for second inside Olympic target time – and the entire podium inside national-record pace? Day three of action in […]
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, the leading advocate for athletes, safe sport and gender equality in sport, has been appointed to the newly formed Commission on the State of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC Commission). A three-time Olympic gold medallist […]
Sports organizations governing youth activities from soccer to swimming to gymnastics to baseball have a duty to protect athletes from sexual and other abuse, the California Supreme Court has ruled, the AP reports out of Los Angeles. In a case […]
Nicolo’ Martinenghi made the breakthrough he’s been working towards with a thumping 58.37 Italian-record victory in the 100m breaststroke at Spring Swimming Championships in Riccione. Needless to say, a time that makes him the third-fastest man ever in the event […]
Gregorio Paltrinieri has had to wait an extra year to defend the Olympic 1500m freestyle because of the Covid-19 pandemic but on the way to Tokyo 2020 in 2021, Italy’s distance powerhouse is in fine fettle: he set the pace […]
In an Olympic first and sign of the times in a global pandemic, swimmers are to be asked to wear full-face scuba mask and snorkel during warm-up and swim-down at the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to mitigate the risk of […]
Margherita Panziera punched a ticket to the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a 2:05.56 Italian record and two flew inside the 400m freestyle target – Gabriele Detti and Marco de Tullio both on 3:44s on the first day of […]
Jessica Vall claimed a Spanish Championship record of 2:23.25 in a 200m breaststroke final that also led to Marina Garcia confirmed among nine holders of tickets to the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 2:25.86 as Nationals drew to a […]
Kristóf Milák ended his 2021 Hungarian Championships campaign in the most fitting of fashions after five days of gauntlet chucking in Budapest, a 50.47 national record in the 100m butterfly following a 1:46.15 triumph in the 200m freestyle taking his […]
The Kristóf Milák bull run continued on the last evening of heats at the 123rd Hungarian Swimming Championships in Budapest with a 51.07 ticket to lane 4 for what will be the grand finale of a fine week for the […]
Athlete Advocacy groups have joined forces for their contribution to the reform process of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in order to speak with one voice and send a clear message from those they represent. The joint effort is being […]
There is no stopping Kristóf Milák on his bull run of fine form at the 123rd Hungarian Swimming Championships, a 48.00 Hungarian 100m freestyle record ahead of a vanquished, bowed-but-not-out Nándor Németh, on 48.17, this morning another gauntlet-chucking moment that reminds […]
Nándor Németh put his Hungarian 100m freestyle record on notice this evening in Budapest with a sizzling 48.11 in day 3 heats at the 123rd Hungarian Nationals. Németh was just 0.01sec shy of his 2019 standard as he booked a […]
It was not a case of there being no stopping Kristóf Milák this morning but the 200 ‘fly ace was back for a gold and a silver within a quarter of an hour, working on his fitness, honing skills and […]
If a 1:51.40 in morning finals of the 200 m butterfly at the 123rd Hungarian Championships in Budapest tends to make Kristóf Milák one of those athletes who may one day face what I call an “Amanda Beard moment” (reporter […]
Jimena Perez Blanco grabbed a provisional ticket (team announcement pending) to the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with an 8:33.17 victory over 800m freestyle on the first day of action at Spanish Open Championships in Sabadell. Racing for C.D. Gredos […]
The SOS look at swimming in a pandemic reaches part 3 of our top spillover story, an interview with John Atkinson, head of performance for Swimming Canada and advocate for returning the sport to its element throughout the Covid-19 crisis […]
