KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee swimmer Jordan Crooks is looking ahead to the SEC Championships in February, but he had a 2024 to remember. The senior sprint freestyle swimmer qualified for an Olympic ...
For land athletes new to the water, passing and exceeding the standards for swimming require a combination of technique, cardio endurance in the pool, and pace. Five hundred meters or 500 yards are ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Simone Manuel was feeling a bit down as she prepared for her final shot to swim an individual event at the Paris Olympics. So she pulled out some video of her greatest hits. Talk about ...
A few days ago, in response to the International Olympic Committee’s announcement that 50-meter stroke events will be held at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, Swimming World looked at potential ...
NANTERRE, France — We are taught, rather early in life, that correlation is not causation. But something is keeping the world’s best swimmers from swimming their usual fastest at these Summer Games.
Not only did Simone Manuel fail to add to her medal count in the 50-meter freestyle, she didn’t even get to compete on the biggest stage. Manuel, one of the biggest stars of America’s women’s swimming ...