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A Parisian Party: Gold from Leon Marchand Enables Host Nation a Special Celebration The atmosphere inside the Water Cube at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing took appreciation of the sport to another level. The spectators offered rhythmic clapping, booming applause, piercing shrieks and plenty of wh...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Semifinals: Tatjana Smith Targeting Gold in 100 Breaststroke Tatjana Smith knows the feeling of winning an Olympic gold medal, having accomplished the feat at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. During the COVID-19 Games, when known by her maiden name of Tatjana Schoenmaker, the South Afr...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Semifinals: David Popovici Storms to Top Seed for Final of 200 Freestyle The first time David Popovici contested the 200-meter freestyle at the Olympic Games, he walked away from the championship final a mere .02 shy of the podium. That scenario unfolded three years ago in Toky...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Semifinals: Aussie Showdown Set Between Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O'Callaghan in 200 Freestyle An Australian showdown has materialized - as expected - in the women's 200-meter freestyle at the Olympic Games in Paris. One month after Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O'Callaghan both we...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: Ryan Murphy Chasing History in 100 Backstroke; Hubert Kos Earns Top Seed The path toward history started smoothly for Ryan Murphy on Sunday morning, as the six-time Olympic medalist easily advanced to the semifinals of the 100-meter backstroke at the Paris Games. Murph...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Finals: Australia with a Quad Stomp in Women's 400 Freestyle Relay; U.S and China Set National Marks Few events on the Olympic schedule are ever foregone conclusions. Such is the nature of a sport in which the difference between a gold medal and missed podium can be hundredths ...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Semifinals: Upstart Gretchen Walsh Paces Veteran Field into Final of 100 Butterfly Can the newcomer crash the veterans' party? The top-five finishers in the women's 100-meter butterfly from the Tokyo Olympics will return to the final at the Paris Games after successfully negoti...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Prelims: Behind Emma McKeon, Australia Marching Toward Fourth Straight Gold in 400 Free Relay The Australian charge toward a fourth consecutive Olympic title in the women's 400-meter freestyle relay is looking like a formality, as the Dolphins comfortably notched the top seed f...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Prelims: As Next Version of Race of the Century Looms, Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus Pace 400 Freestyle Version 2.0 of the Race of the Century started to take shape on Saturday morning, as the preliminaries of the women’s 400-meter freestyle set the stage for an epic final a...

Olympics Mini Feature: Kaylee McKeown-Regan Smith Rivalry Set for Next Chapter A scroll through the all-time performances list for women’s backstroke tells a simple story: Kaylee McKeown and Regan Smith have been dominant. How about these stats? McKeown and Smith account for the 15-fastest marks in ...

Mini Feature: Sprint Queen Sarah Sjostrom Stalking Gold in 50 Freestyle Blink, and you might miss Sarah Sjostrom in the water. That warning applies not only to the speed which Sjostrom possesses as the world’s premier sprint freestyler, but also to her limited schedule at this summer’s Olympic Games...

Olympics Mini Feature: Leon Marchand Could Be the Face of the Paris Games Most Olympiads feature a Face of the Games. Think Jesse Owens (1936) and Mark Spitz (1972). They will forever be linked to Berlin and Munich. Consider Carl Lewis (1984) and Michael Phelps (2008). Their names are tied to Los An...

Olympics Mini Feature: USA-Australia Battling for Top Billing and Bragging Rights Time for some trivia. When was the last time in which the United States – barring the 1980 boycotted Games – failed to top the medals chart at the Olympics? The answer to the question is 1956, when host Australia claim...

Brent Rutemiller Posthumously Recognized by United States Aquatic Sports with Prestigious Max Ritter Award United States Aquatic Sports President Patty Miller presented the prestigious Max Ritter Award to the family of Brent Rutemiller during a virtual ceremony last week. Rutemiller, who contributed...

Commentary: The Olympic Games Are Back - In the Fashion We Want Remember three years ago? Tokyo was the host, and the Japanese people were beyond welcoming. But there were no spectators. There were no roars from the stands. Athletes wore masks in between events. So did officials and media members. D...

Take the Quiz: How Strong is Your Knowledge of the History of Swimming How strong is your knowledge of the sport? Are you an A+ student when it comes to swimming history, or do you require a sharpening of your facts? Swimming World occasionally offers its readers the chance to take quizzes on the hi...

Canadian Olympic Medalist Elaine Tanner Shares Personal Message Ahead of Paris Games Three-time Canadian Olympic medalist Elaine Tanner, nicknamed Mighty Mouse, reached out to Swimming World this week with a letter drafted to the members of this year's Canadian squad to compete at the Olympic Games ...

When South Africa Soared to Olympic Gold in Athens 400 Freestyle Relay In Swimming World's latest Olympic flashback, attention is paid to the 2004 breakthrough triumph of South Africa in the 400 freestyle relay. The victory arrived on August 15, 2004 at the Athens Games. As they walked to the blocks...

Janet Evans - Ahead of Her Time When Janet Evans stepped onto the blocks for the final of the 400 freestyle at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, the American star already had a gold medal in her grasp. A few days earlier, the 17-year-old bested the field in the 400 individual medley, an event that wa...

The Dolphin Kick Controversy of Kosuke Kitajima vs. Brendan Hansen The final of the 100 breaststroke at the 2004 Olympics in Athens was shrouded in controversy after Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima was shown performing an illegal dolphin kick on the way to defeating American Brendan Hansen. The move by Kita...