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How Fast to Qualify For United States Swimming Relays in Paris? In the final leadup to next month’s Olympic Trials, plenty of top contenders are putting an inordinate focus on the 100 and 200 freestyle. Rightfully so, with the top-six male and female swimmers in each race likely to earn relay bids o...

Morgan Pearson Makes History with World Triathlon Series Win Morgan Pearson won the World Triathlon Series Championships Series race in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, the first American man to win a world series event since 2009. Pearson had medaled three times before on the world circuit, but no Americ...

USA Swimming Announces Support Staff, Physicians for 2024 Olympics USA Swimming on Monday revealed the support staff for the American swim team at the 22024 Olympics in Paris. The pool team will be accompanied by physicians Katie Edenfield and Brian Krabak. Carrie Belleson is the team chiropractor, ...

Jon Urbanchek Inspired Entire Swimming Community to 'Keep it Moving' Last week, the U.S. swimming community lost a legend when Jon Urbanchek died at age 87. Over the next few days, tributes poured in from across the swimming community, athletes who swam for Urbanchek at the University of Michigan or...

Lilly King ‘Not Confident’ in Clean Olympic Field after China Doping Revelation Lilly King, long an outspoken critic of the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports, told the New York Times on Sunday that she is “not confident” in the sports’ anti-doping process. King spoke to the Times, which w...

Michael Phelps Soaks Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show' (VIDEO) Michael Phelps is used to being soaked, but on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, he got to soak the host. Fallon and Phelps played a game on the show called "Water War" which is just the card game war, where the high card wins. Loser ...

Todd DeSorbo Named College Coach of the Year by USOPC The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Thursday named Todd DeSorbo its national college coach of the year. The USOPC honored eight coaches and staffers in its annual awards for outstanding leadership across Olympic sports. DeSorbo ...

Adjustments in College Season Have Aiden Hayes Looking Toward Trials Chances are, if you knew of Aiden Hayes before he arrived at NC State, the two talking points would’ve been Oklahoma and the 50 free. The native of Norman and Swimming World’s 2021 Boys High School Swimmer of the Year, Hayes made h...

Now Honored With Medal of Freedom, Katie Ledecky Represents Complete All-American Status Before Katie Ledecky, no Olympic swimmer had ever been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. The 27-year-old received the honor Friday in Washington, a ...

Dylan Gravley Caps Open Water Nationals with 5K Men’s Title Dylan Gravley finished up the 2024 Open Water Nationals by winning the men’s 5-kilometer swim in Sarasota, Fla., Sunday. Gravely, the Las Vegas native and Sandpipers of Nevada alum competing for Sun Devil Swimming, clocked in at 54 minutes,...

Teammates Brinkleigh Hansen, Cobe Hehenberger Win Open Water Nationals Junior Titles  Saint Petersburg Aquatics teammates Brinkleigh Hansen and Cobe Hehenberger won junior titles at the 2024 Open Water Nationals on Saturday. Hansen clocked in at 1 hour, 43 seconds to win the junior girls 5-kilometer...

Katie Ledecky Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom; Will Continue Swimming Through 2028 While Katie Ledecky has achieved the highest level of competition possible in the pool as an Olympic champion - several times - she also has received the highest honor an athlete can receive outside the pool. O...

Michael Andrew Will Have Best Chance at Paris Olympics in 100 Breaststroke It has been 10 months since Michael Andrew, for the first time since his 19th birthday, did not qualify for the year's senior-level U.S. international team, with a spot at the World Championships in the 50 butterfly evaporati...

Bobby Finke Challenges Gretchen Walsh to 50 Freestyle Showdown on USA Swimming Podcast Over the past three years, Bobby Finke has established himself among the world's top distance swimmers. After winning Olympic gold medals in both the 800 and 1500 freestyle in 2021, both upsets and both in come-fr...

Anthony Nesty Shares Florida Gators' Training Plans at Central States Clinic Over the weekend, University of Florida head coach Anthony Nesty gave presentations to fellow coaches at the 42nd Annual Central States Clinic in Chicago. In his talk, Nesty outlined his training plans for guiding both spri...

Missy Franklin Pool Dedicated at Regis Jesuit High School Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo., has chosen to honor its most famous alum by dedicating its pool in her honor. Missy Franklin began her Hall-of-Fame career during her time attending the school, winning four Olympic gold medals plus ...

USA Swimming today announced the names of the 112 athletes selected for the 2024 Zone Select Camps. To optimize opportunities for athletes in an Olympic year, the two camps will each select athletes from two zones. One camp will host athletes from the Western and Central Zones (May 30-June2) while t...

USA Swimming today announced the names of 55 up-and-coming athletes selected for its National Diversity Select Camp, scheduled for June 13-16, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The unique three-day camp experience includes pool training, motivational and educational sessions, and team-building activiti...

USA Swimming Adds Colts, Pacers as Partners for U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis USA Swimming on Friday named both the Indianapolis Colts and Pacers Sports and Entertainment as Centennial Partners for June’s U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. The meet to determine American qualifiers for the 20...

Matt Fallon Established as Leading American 200 Breaststroker, Chasing Olympic Medal Whenever a swimmer takes down Leon Marchand in one of the Frenchman’s main events, that accomplishment deserves recognition. Marchand is clearly established as the world’s best swimmer, and he is coming off an NCAA ...