You are working on Staging2

Africa

Van Niekerk Hits New South African LCM 50 Breast Record In Pretoria

The 2021 Northern Tigers Swimming Championships took place in Pretoria, with swimmers given a chance to compete in long course meters before the holidays.

  8 Comments

South African NAG Record-holder Veronique Rossouw Announces Verbal to Princeton

Veronique Rossouw, who hails from Pretoria, South Africa, has verbally committed to Princeton for 2023-24.

  Comment First!

Egypt Breaks African Record in 200 Medley Relay Again in Finals, Finishes 5th

Youssef Ramadan (above) swam the butterfly leg of Egypt’s medley relay that cleared almost two seconds off the continental record on Monday.

  Comment First!

Egypt Shatters African Record in Men’s 4×50 Medley Relay with Prelims 1:33.19

The Egyptian squad down the African Record, which was held by a South African team featuring Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos.

  5 Comments

$1.9 Million in Prizes Awarded Through 4 Days of SC World Championships

With 3 gold and 1 silver medal so far, Russian Kliment Kolesnikov has the most money earned so far at the World Championships excluding World Record bonuses.

  4 Comments

FINA Confirms 7 Positive Tests for COVID; Nigerian Swimmers Question Protocols

Nigerian swimmer Philip Adejumo (right) who is a MD and PhD candidate at Yale University, believes that the Nigerian delegation has been treated unfairly by FINA.

  10 Comments

Olympic Champion Tom Dean No-Shows 200 Free Prelims at SC Worlds

Tom Dean, the Olympic champion in the 200 free, was a no-show for prelims of the short course version of the same event on Friday morning at Worlds.

  1 Comment

Tom Dean & Chad Le Los No-Show Men’s 200 Free Prelim

Two major players in the men’s 200m freestyle opted out of this mornings prelims, with GBR’s Tom Dean and RSA’s Chad Le Clos as no-shows.

  3 Comments

Matthew Sates Still Planning to Join Georgia Bulldogs for Spring 2022 Semester

The University of Georgia says that Matt Sates is still planning to enroll for the spring semester, and he echoed those…

  26 Comments

2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Men’s Breaststroke Events

Belarusian 27-year-old Ilya Shymanovich is a top 2 seed in all 3 men’s breast events.

  11 Comments

17-Yr-Old Pieter Coetze Is Sole Day One Start List Absence

Start lists for day one of the 2021 Short Course World Championships have been published and we noted one particular absence.

  2 Comments

2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Women’s 50, 100, and 200 Freestyle

Siobhan Haughey has been on a tear in 2021, and enters this week as the top seed in the women’s 100 and 200 free.

  12 Comments

2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Men’s Butterfly Events

The men’s butterfly events here in Abu Dhabi bring both veterans and newcomers to the potential medal contenders conversation.

  13 Comments

Schoenmaker, Matt Sates Out of World SC Championships Amid Omicron Surge

World Record holder Tatjana Schoenmaker and Matt Sates, star of this year’s World Cup series, are both expected to miss this week’s World Championships.

  19 Comments

2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Men’s IM Events

The men’s 100m, 200m and 400m IM events at these Short Course World Championships will be a battle to the wall with some of the world’s best-ever in the mix.

  37 Comments