Three More Elite Russian Swimmers Provisionally Suspended; Double Digit Positives in Last Year
At least 10 Russian swimmers have received sanctions in the last year for positive doping tests, ranging from “warning” to a 6 year suspension. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Late August is Swimming’s Wedding Season: Trio of Swimming Superstar Weddings in Two Weeks
Anastasia Zueva (white dress) and Sergey Fesikov (black suit) was one of three mega-star swimming weddings from the past weekend, plus one American star got engaged. (Photo Posted to Fesikov’s Facebook, labeled courtesy: Georgian’s Swimmers Club)
Tim Phillips To Do Internship In Charlotte For Fall Semester; Returning for Spring Semester
Ohio State’s Tim Phillips will represent Ohio State at the 2014 Big Ten and, hopefully, NCAA Championships. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Ruta Meilutyte Scheduled to Swim at 2013 World Junior Championships
Ruta Meilutyte’s addition increases the meet’s claim to be a Junior World Championship. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)
USA Swimming to Bring In National Child Protection Center For Independent Review of SafeSport Program
USA Swimming has hired a national child protection center to independently review and critique it’s SafeSport prgoram.
Seven More World Records on final night of IPC World Championships
Seven more world records were set on the final night of the IPC Swimming World Championships making it a total of 45 new world marks being recorded through out the seven day competition…. (Photo Credit: Janna Schulze)
NYC Swim’s Governors Island 2 Mile
Swimmers enter the Hudson River for the NYC Swim’s Governors Island swim.
EBay Items of the Week: 2012 Olympic Team Autographed Flag; Famous Artist’s 1928 Swimming Trophy
This trophy is one of just a few of the coolest lot of swimming EBay items that we’ve seen yet. (Photo Courtesy: EBay)
Ranking the 2013 NCAA Women’s Recruiting Classes: #’s 1-4
This shot captured ominously a then 15-year-old Missy Franklin with her future coach Teri McKeever (right). Did Missy and the crew capture the #1 class ranking? (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Sviderska and Vynohradets Both Collect Their Fifth IPC World Titles
Ukrainians Olga Sviderska and Dmytro Vynohradets both collected their fifth gold medals of the competition powering the Ukraine to an…
Femke Heemskerk Breaks Meet Record to Close 2013 Jose Finkel Trophy in Brazil
Femke Heemskerk (above) broke the Championship Record in the women’s 100 free and Julia Sebastian broke her 3rd Argentina National Record to close the Jose Finkel Trophy. (Photo: Satiro Sodre/SSPress)
LSU Hires Chase Kreitler from Eastern Michigan As New Assistant
Dave Geyer (right) has filled out his 2013-2014 coach staff with a new, young hire from Eastern Michigan. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Cal Signs World Championship Breaststroke Finalist Marina Garcia From Spain For Class of 2013
The Cal Golden Bears have completed their incredible medley relays for next season, which will surely break some NCAA Records. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
An Amazing Eight World Records Broken in Montreal
Another swim, another championships and another world record those words are often heard when American Jessica Long is in attendance at an international competition so why should today be any different…
Jakub Jonczyk from Poland Tests Positive For Banned Substance
FINA reported a positive drug test for Polish swimmer Jakub Jonczyk