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Swimming Australia cancels 2012 Canberra Grand Prix due to whooping-cough
Swimming Australia has canceled its last warmup meet before the London Olympics after a water polo coach and two players who train at the venue were diagnosed with whooping-cough. Swimming Australia...
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Adlington on preparing for the Games and dealing with home crowds
Check out double Olympic champion Becky Adlington talk about her preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games in London and competing in front of home crowds.
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Summer Swim Camps - Pitt (Climbing the Stairs)
Several Pennsylvania swimmers from Jersey Shore, Lock Haven, and Williamsport are taking the week to fine tune their swimming techniques by going to swim camps at Pitt, Penn State, and California (PA)....
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London Games ‘scare off other tourists’
The 2012 Games were predicted to be a big money-spinner attracting hordes of holidaymakers to the UK, but bookings for many attractions, hotels and tours are down around 33% and show no sign of picking...
View ArticleAlexandra Paul Going Back to the Beach for Open Water Swim Race
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 20. ALEXANDRA Paul is no stranger to the open water, having starred for five seasons on the hit TV show Baywatch, and on today's edition of The Morning Swim Show she talks a...
View ArticleStreamlined News: Aussie Meet Canceled; Brits Filling Olympic Roster; US...
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 20. THE Australian Grand Prix meet scheduled for this weekend in Canberra was to be a final race tune-up for the Australian Olympic team, but with news of the meet's cancellat...
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Behold, a Korean pop song honoring Tae-Hwan Park
Brilliant, lyrics are translated here.
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A Swimming Opportunity for Second-Grade Students - New York Times
A Swimming Opportunity for Second-Grade StudentsNew York TimesAbout 10 percent of second-grade students in the city are learning to swim because ... through Swim for Life, a name borrowed from a...
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David Boudia, Cassidy Krug Lead Respective Semifinals at U.S. Olympic Diving...
FEDERAL WAY, Washington, June 20. DAVID Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) and Cassidy Krug (Coraopolis, Pa.) finished atop the leaderboard after the men's 10-meter and women's 3-meter semifinals Tuesday at t...
View ArticleOlympic Swimmer Bruck in Trouble Over Ticket Scandal
Yoav Bruck, a former Israeli three-time Olympic swimmer and Auburn Tiger, is under investigation by the IOC for violating rules related to ticket sales for the Olympic Games, according to the Jerusalem...
View ArticleWyoming Hires Yahya Radman as Diving Coach
LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 20. WYOMING swimming and diving and head coach Tom Johnson announced Wednesday the hiring of new diving coach Yahya (YAH-yah) Radman. "We are very excited to have Yahya and h...
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Hornberger moves onto amateur championship
Lancaster Country Club's Craig Hornberger fired 3-under 68 Tuesday at the Country Club of Harrisburg to tie Spring Mill Country Club's James Bea for medalist honors in a qualifier for the Pennsylvania...
View ArticlePoland Pays Plenty
BALTIC SEA, Poland. June 20. TOMASZ Pąchalski announced the entry deadline of June 30th for professional and amateur swimmers who wish to compete in the BCT Gdynia Marathon, a 18.5 km swim i...
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Lancaster County players compete in amateur qualifier
In a Pennsylvania Amateur qualifier Monday at Concord Country Club in Chadds Ford, Brixton Albert of Lititz carded even-par 71 to finish third in an 89-player field that was vying for 17 available...
View Article5-Day SEC Championship Schedule Explained
We have uncovered the schedule for the 2012 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships, which it was revealed last week would run 5 days.It will basically follow the official “4 day meet format” for...
View ArticleThe Superpowers of the US 200 Free
In American swimming, different programs tend to be hubs for certain types of swimmers. USC has great breaststrokers, SwimMAC has great sprinters, North Baltimore turns out great IM'ers. That's no...
View ArticleCarry Adds Name to Olympic Lineup in Sheffield
The second round of British qualifying is underway in Sheffield, England, where more swimmers could be named to the 2012 British Olympic Team.To read all about how swimmers can earn their way onto the...
View ArticleBritish Long Course Nationals: Elizabeth Simmonds Cracks 1:00 in 100 Back;...
SHEFFIELD, England, June 20. WITH nearly half of its Olympic roster spots still up for grabs, the British Long Course Nationals is serving as step two for Olympic qualifying for the host nation, which...
View ArticleOus Mellouli: Focused on London
Guest feature by Sarah Sotoodeh LOS ANGELES, California, June 20. TUNISIAN Olympic gold medalist Oussama "Ous" Mellouli learned how to swim after his mother, a retired teacher, saw a child drowning...
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