Tokyo 2020, Africa Recap: RSA Earns 2 Medals, Tunisia Wins 3rd Pool Medal Ever
After a stellar seven days of Tokyo 2020 racing, South Africa walks away with two medals while Tunisia celebrates its third swimming Olympic medal ever.
Emma McKeon Leads All #Tokyo2020 Olympic Swimming Individual Medalists
Emma McKeon leads all Tokyo 2020 Olympic swimming medalists with 7 medals, 4 gold and 3 bronze. Caeleb Dressel had the most golds with five.
SwimSwam’s Top 10 Races of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
For the last day of the 2020 Olympic Games, we brought you our Top 10 swims from Tokyo, Top 5 for men and Top 5 for women
Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 7: Chelius Makes 50 FR Semis, Breaks 4th RSA Record
South African Emma Chelius qualified into the 50 free semifinals in 24.65, a national record. 22 more national records from Africa fell in the 50 free.
Cody Miller Shares Breaststroke Knowledge, Analyzes Women’s 200 WR & Men’s 100
Cody goes DEEP on the women’s 200 breast, revealing what he saw as the difference-maker for Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker
Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 6: Schoenmaker 1st RSA Female Olympic Champ Since 1996
24-year-od Tatjana Schoenmaker has become the first South African woman to win an Olympic swimming title since Penny Heyns in Atlanta 1996.
Chelius Keeps Up South African Momentum With 50 Free National Record
After teammate Tatjana Schoenmaker’s historic 200m breast world record, South African Emma Chelius cracked the nation’s 50m free record.
#Tokyo2020 Cheat Sheet for Non-Swimmers Day 6: The World Record Goes Down!
Tatjana Schoenmaker broke the first individual World Record of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday morning in Tokyo, etching her name in history.
SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the #Tokyo2020 Olympic Games: Day 6
We saw #3, #2, and #1 all-time performance =s in 3 different individual events on Day 6, plus we ask the question: What is USA doing in the mixed medley?
Tatjana Schoenmaker Breaks the Ice With 2:18.95 200 Breast World Record
Schoenmaker threw down the first sub-2:19 women’s 200 breaststroke just 5 years after her country sent 0 women to the Olympic Games.
Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 5: Schoenmaker/Corbett Qualify Into 200 BR OLY Final
RSA’s Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett qualified top 4 into the women’s 200 breast final. The last RSA OLY champ in the pool was in Atlanta 1996.
Tokyo 2020 Day 6 Prelims All-Star: Egypt’s Youssef Ramadan Continues To Improve
Ramadan has qualified for an Olympic semi-final mere weeks after hitting the 100 butterfly FINA A cut for the first time.
Court of Arbitration for Sport Rejects Siphiwe Baleka’s Appeal to Race in Tokyo
Siphiwe Baleka’s quest to become the oldest swimmer to compete in the Olympics has come to an end after the CAS rejected his appeal.
Dressel Ties Olympic Record, Majerski Joins Sub-51 Club In Men’s 100 Fly
Dressel matched Joseph Schooling’s Olympic Record of 50.39, while the defending champion from Singapore finished well outside the semis in 44th.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap
After anchoring Australia to a world record in the 400 free relay, Cate Campbell will contest her first individual race on Day 5 in the women’s 100 free.