2019 SWIMMING SOUTH AFRICA GRAND PRIX #2 – STELLENBOSCH Friday, February 22nd – Sunday, February 24th Stellenbosch, South Africa LCM SwimSwam Preview Entries: Meet Mobile – 2019 Grand Prix Invitational Swimming Meet Although entered in the meet as her first racing post-heart surgery in January, Danish Olympic champion Pernille Blume wound up not racing her signature 50m […]
La piscina da 50 metri situata all’esterno dello “Stadio del Nuoto” di Riccione avrà presto una copertura. E’ stato lo stesso sindaco di Riccione, Renata Tosi, ad annunciare l’inizio dei lavori. Alla notizia, il presidente della Federazione Italiana Nuoto, Paolo Barelli ha dichiarato: “Grande notizia. Il Sindaco Renata Tosi è stata di parola con la realizzazione […]
Courtesy: S.R. Smith S.R.Smith will display several commercial pool products at the Association of Aquatic Professionals Annual Convention & Expo, February 25-28 – Embassy Suites Convention Center in Frisco, Texas. The company’s Dual Post Velocity Starting Block will be on display, which features a track start that can be easily tucked away when the full […]
For decades, the growth of swimming as a profession was inhibited by a lack of ways for swimmers to train or support themselves after their college careers were complete. Even today, most US-based professionals swimmers tend to congregate at a couple key college programs. Yet Team Elite stands apart as a post-grad group that, while […]
2019 BUCS LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS Commonwealth Games champion James Wilby completed his trifecta of breaststroke wins at the 2019 Brutish Universities & Colleges Championships, taking the 100m sprint this evening in Sheffield. He helped Loughborough take home its overall title with a total of 389 points. Below are the top 5 squads, combined men’s and women’s: Team Place […]
2019 BUCS LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS A Sheffield si stanno svolgendo i Campionati Universitari inglesi in vasca lunga. Non essendo uno studente universitario, il campione olimpico e mondiale Adam Peaty poteva gareggiare soltanto nelle batterie. Ha gareggiato dunque nelle batterie dei 50 metri rana, fermando il cronometro a 26.74. Nuovo record dei Campionati Universitari e prima prestazione […]
2019 BUCS LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS Multiple meet records fell on day 2 of the British Universities & Colleges Championships (BUCS) in Sheffield, led by Commonwealth Games champion James Wilby. Representing Loughborough University, 25-year-old Wilby fired off a 50m breaststroke winning time of 27.45 to shave .10 off of his meet record from last year. His outing […]
2019 KONAMI OPEN Saturday, February 16th & Sunday, February 17th International Swimming Centre, Chiba Prefecture Prelims at 9am local (7pm previous night EST)/Finals at 6pm local (4am EST) LCM Meet Site SwimSwam Preview Results The 2019 Konami Open kicked off tonight, but without one of Japan’s main aquatic powerhouses, Rikako Ikee. As the 18-year-old recently announced […]
SwimSwam went behind the scenes at the Speedo photo shoot for their global release of the new Fastskin LZR Pure Intent and Fastskin LZR Pure Valor. At the shoot we caught up with Olympic and World Champion Caeleb Dressel. Dressel prefers this period of time now, when the big taper meet is far off and he can focus […]
2018 ACC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday-Sauturday, February 20-23rd Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone) Defending Champion: Virginia (1x) Psych sheets Live results (link available soon) Live Video Championship Central The women’s ACC Championships is set to kick off next Wednesday, February 20th, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Virginia returned to the top of the ACC last […]