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 […]
International Women’s Day (IWD): a fine moment to highlight the achievements and work of women pioneers and pathfinders in swimming, including Simone Manuel, advocate for an end to racial discrimination and 2016 Olympic 100m freestyle champion for the USA. To mark IWD, SOS […]
International Women’s Day (IWD): a fine moment to highlight the achievements and work of women pioneers and pathfinders in swimming, including Cate Campbell, the Australia sprinter who spoke truth to power in decisive fashion in 2017. To mark the occasion, SOS rolled […]
Swimming has been frozen out of its element by the coronavirus pandemic for a number of reasons, including those that forced all sports, all of us, in private, educational and business spheres, to adapt, cope and even change professional and […]
Germany’s national open-water swimming coach Stefan Lurz has resigned after being placed on indefinite leave by the German Swimming Federation (DSV) amid accusations of “sexual assault, psychological manipulation and bullying” levelled at him by women swimmers, including one reporting an […]
Scott Miller, the former Australian international swimmer, was arrested on drugs charges in a dawn raid at his home yesterday as part of an investigation in which Sydney police allege that the Olympic medallist heads a gang supplying methamphetamine across […]
More than half of Japanese firms want the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympics postponed or cancelled, a survey by think tank Tokyo Shoko Research found this month. More than 11,000 firms, some under considerable financial pressure because of the […]
Abbie Wood took the plunge in the curtain-closing 200m medley at the Manchester International Swim Meet with a 2:11.6 best that placed her 6th best ever among Brits as the 75th entry on the ranking of the best performances ever […]
Adam Peaty is into dominance on the clock in sprint breaststroke races, as we know, his latest stunning stat-within-a-stat milestone proving the point with a twist at the Manchester International Swim Meet today: he now holds the all-time best 60 […]
The first day of the Manchester International Swim Meet, a moment of relief and race-pace test for the best of Britain swimmers who have not experienced much action of late, produced some sterling efforts, Molly Renshaw topping the bill with […]
Tokyo Olympics Boss Yoshihiro Mori has announced his resignation a week after he made derogatory, discriminatory and sexist remarks about women in the work place. Mori’s demise, announced by Kyodo News reported a moment ago, unfolds despite backing from the […]
Researchers in South Korea have developed an Anti-Doping sweat patch sensor system that is cheap and fast, can be scaled for use at major events such as the Olympics and may bring an end to long waits in control rooms […]
