Triple Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu, of Hungary and American national-team swimmers Tom Shields and Michael Andrew have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all swimmers against FINA in the...

From The Archive – The SwimVortex Safe Sport Series – USA Swimming was handed what amounts to a manifesto matching many of the core principles of its 2010 Safe Sport program almost 27 years...

In Lund in 2014 at the World Aquatics Development Conference organised by the Swedish Center for Aquatic Research, Prof. Joan Duda talked about quality environments, the lack of them, the conditions...

Rob Greenwood, the coach accused of “bullying” Paralympic swimmers in a report that led to British Swimming issuing an apology to athletes and parents, has broken his silence to issue...

Rob Greenwood, the coach of the year who has been accused of “bullying” para-swimmers, has been given the “full support & backing” of the British Swimming Coaches Association in the face of an...

Editorial – Anthony Ervin, the American sprinter who in Rio last year became the oldest Olympic swimming champion in history when he reclaimed the 50m freestyle crown 16 years after...

British Swimming has issued an apology after an independent investigation concluded a former member of staff “created a climate of fear” for a number of athletes in the British Para-Swimming...

Hansje Bunschoten, the European Junior 400 and 800m freestyle champion of 1971 and 1973, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. She was 59. Back in 1972 at...

Adam Peaty (GBR) and his 57.13sec world record in the 100m breaststroke accounted for the single most outstanding performance in the pool at the 2016 Olympic Games. The following is the SwimVortex version...

Forbes Carlile (3 June 1921 – 2 August 2016) – by Shane Gould The end of life is so final, I’m so glad I went to see Forbes as often as...

Obituary – Legendary Australian swim coach Forbes Carlile, MBE, passed away today on the eve of racing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He was 95. The following is the...

Book Review – The Three Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory. By Julie Checkoway Julie Checkoway’s book tells the story...

From The SwimVortex Archive – Michael Phelps, the greatest of greats on the scale of Olympic achievement with 18 golds atop 22 medals in all, referred to a possible return...

Obituary – from the Craig Lord archive – June 15, 2003 – James Malcolm Cameron, a professor of forensic medicine at the University of London, pathologist and head of swimming’s...