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Dean Vs Scott – When British Mates Split By 0.04 For Olympic Gold & Silver Race In Rival Camps

Swimming will pack a pugilistic punch in Birmingham from today as racing starts at the Commonwealth Games and Tom Dean and Duncan Scott get set to rejoin battle as Britain...
Craig Lord 2022-07-29 No comments 9 minutes
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Bypassed Or Boycotted, 2024 FINA Showcase In Doha Is Destined To Become ‘Intercalated’ Worlds Time Forgot

Editorial – How do you solve a problem like Doha 2024, the FINA World Championships destined to be the biggest damp squib in the history of the global showcase dating...
Craig Lord 2022-07-28 10 minutes
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Commonwealth Games Vortex (July 27 – August 4) – McIntosh Out Of 200 ‘Fly With Eye On Freestyle Fight With Titmus & Medley Gold For Maples

Swimming Canada has confirmed that 15-year-old world champion Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from the 200m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where six days of racing gets underway on...
Craig Lord 2022-07-27 3 minutes
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Birmingham Uni Research Points To Debilitating Psychological Effect Of Irrational Beliefs As Athletes Get Set At Commonwealth Games

The University of Birmingham has a fine team of world-leading experts in sports performance and psychological wellbeing lined up to talk to media during the Commonwealth Games in Britain’s second-largest...
Craig Lord 2022-07-27 5 minutes
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World Drowning Prevention Day – “Anyone Can Drown No-One Should”, Says WHO

Today is World Drowning Prevention Day, a good moment to noted that drowning is one of the leading causes of death globally for children and young people aged 1-24 years:...
Craig Lord 2022-07-25 4 minutes
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Ariarne Titmus celebrates her 3:56.40 World 400m free record, the first solo global standard of her career, in Adelaide - by Delly Carr, courtesy of Swimming Australia

The Vortex (July 18 – 24) – Ariarne Titmus Heads To Commonwealth Games With More World Records in Mind

In The Vortex – Ariarne Titmus heads into the Commonwealth Games in pioneering form, plus: Isaac Cooper says wellbeing issues, not banned substances, behind return home before start of commonwealth...
Craig Lord 2022-07-22 9 minutes
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Michael Klim Charts Experience Of Living With Rare Type Of Autoimmune Disorder

“My health began to deteriorate drastically – my strength, my athleticism – was being taken away from me and I couldn’t do anything to stop it!” – Michael Klim Michael...
Craig Lord 2022-07-20 9 minutes
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Benjamin PROUD of Great Britain on his way winning in the Men's 50m Freestyle Final during the swimming events of the 19th Fina World Championships held at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 24, 2022. (Photo by Patrick B. Kraemer / MAGICPBK)

Britain Selects Strong Squad For Europeans Topped By Peaty, Dean, Proud, Lukebank & Guy But Scott Will Not Race For GBR in 2022

Four-times Olympic medallist Duncan Scott will not race for Great Britain in 2022, having missed the World Championships as a result of a Covid infection last month and now having...
Craig Lord 2022-07-19 6 minutes
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Don’t Blame Cornel Marculescu – New FINA & IOC Make Their Own ‘Golden Thrones’ Move To Force Relay Teams To Attend Doha 2024 World Titles Weeks Before Paris Olympics Trials Season

The International Olympic Committee and FINA have gone against the wishes of many of the world’s leading swimming nations and, in a move that favours the United States above all...
Craig Lord 2022-07-18 5 minutes
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The Vortex (July 11 – July 17) – Penn School District Restricts Trans Students To Birth-Sex Category In Sport As Swimming Controversy Thomas Honoured By NCAA

The Vortex is SOS’ weekly digest and soak of swimming news, views and links to big events. Craig Lord is currently on writing retreat and taking break from usual coverage...
Craig Lord 2022-07-17 9 minutes
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Justice For Jim Thorpe 110 Years On Removes Last Hope Of IOC Clinging To ‘Statue Of Limitations’ Argument Against Calls For Recognition & Reconciliation For GDR Doping Victims

It does not take a genius to work it out: in going back in time to correct Olympic injustice and declare American Jim Thorpe as the sole gold medalist in...
Craig Lord 2022-07-16 9 minutes
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Swimmers compete in the Men's 50m Breaststroke Heat 4 during the swimming events of the 19th Fina World Championships held at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 20, 2022.

FINA Sets February Dates For Doha World Titles Many Big Guns Will Place No Focus On At Start Of Olympic Year

FINA, the global regulator for aquatics, has sent a signal to the World swimming community that it will remain deaf to myriad calls for a rethink on staging a World...
Craig Lord 2022-07-12 3 minutes
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The Vortex – David Popovici Makes It 9 Career 47s Over 100 Free & Gold No4 At Home European Juniors As Brits Finish Meet On A High

The Vortex is SOS’ weekly digest and soak of swimnews, views and links to big events such as European Junior Championships and notable coverage of swimming elsewhere when time allows....
Craig Lord 2022-07-10 13 minutes
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Canada’s Mary-Sophie Harvey Says “I Was Drugged” In Mystery Assault On Last Night Of Budapest World Titles

Mary-Sophie Harvey, the Canadian medley ace, says she was drugged on the final night at the World Championships in Budapest last month, leaving her with a concussion and rib sprain...
Craig Lord 2022-07-07 2 minutes
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Running Up That Hill – What Would Your Deal Be If You Were FINA God For The Day?

Editorial & Essay On Reform – Let’s exchange the experience, sings Kate Bush in her Deal with God that’s Running Up That Hill to the top of music charts the...
Craig Lord 2022-07-04 2 comments 24 minutes
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Fair Play Cited As FINA Asked To Rethink Plan To Make Doha January 2024 Worlds The Olympic Relays Qualification Meet For All But Top 3 at Fukuoka 2023

FINA is being called on to drop what has been described as a plan to force national federations to send elite teams to a World Championships in Doha at the...
Craig Lord 2022-06-30 6 minutes
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Benjamin PROUD of Great Britain on his way winning in the Men's 50m Freestyle Final during the swimming events of the 19th Fina World Championships held at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 24, 2022. (Photo by Patrick B. Kraemer / MAGICPBK)

Great Britain Forced To Rehash Summer 2022 After Budapest Worlds ‘Parachuted In’ Alongside Commonwealth & European Targets

Great Britain was forced to reset its summer 2022 competition plans as a result of Budapest World Championships being “parachuted in” on a “crammed” calendar, Bill Furniss, head coach, acknowledged...
Craig Lord 2022-06-30 8 minutes
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Paltrinieri & Acerenza Punch Italian 1-2 Ahead Of Wellbrock As Europe Celebrates Distance-Free Dominance On Lupa Lake

What a fortnight for Gregorio Paltrinieri, what a World Championships for Europe’s top distance swimmers, the Italian joined bay Florian Wellbrock, Mykhailo Romanchuk, Domenico Acerenza and others making open water...
Craig Lord 2022-06-29 6 minutes

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