2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day 1 Finals Preview
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will look for her first Olympic medal tonight after narrowly missing the wolrd record this morning in the women’s 400 IM.
Canadian Nationals To Pause During Finals To Watch Canadian Olympians Compete
At the Kinsmen Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta where the Canadian Swimming Championships are being held, tonight’s Olympic 100m butterfly semifinal will be shown on the timing board during tonight’s session.
Canadian Women Break 4x100m Freestyle Relay National Record
The Canadian women broke the national record in the 4x100m freestyle relay this morning en route to finishing third overall in the heats and putting themselves in a great position to medal tonight.
Rio Rapid Fire: Day One Prelims (Swimming)
Adam Peaty managed to take a huge chunk off his own world record of 57.92 in the 100m breaststroke with a 57.55 performance. The time makes him a remarkable 0.86-seconds faster than any other swimmer in history in the event.
Canadian Penny Oleksiak Breaks Jr World Record in First Olympic Sw
Penny Oleksiak has broken the Canadian and and Junior-World Records in the first women’s swimming event of the 2016 Olympic Games.
Day 1 Relay Lineups: Cate, Bronte To Race 400 Free Relay Prelims
The Australians will use their top two swimmers, Cate and Bronte Campbell, in the prelims of the women’s 400 free relay.
2016 Rio Olympics: Day 1 Prelims Preview
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will contest the women’s 400 IM this morning, four years after her devastating 4th place finish in London.
Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Opposites Collide In Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay
After missing the podium in this race at the 2015 FINA World Championshps, the defending Olympic champions from Team USA will be pushed hard by the Australian in their attempt at 400 medley relay redemption in Rio.
Olympic Talking Points To Impress Your Non-Swimmer Friends
Take your mark, swimming fans, because after enduring countless Super Bowls and March Madnesses, it’s our time to shine.
Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Australia Chasing WR in Women’s 400 Free Relay
As we head into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Australia looks like the team to beat in the women’s 4×100 free relay. This year, the Aussies have 3 women under 53 seconds, with Cate Campbell (52.06), Bronte Campbell (52.58), and Emma McKeon (52.80) sitting 1st, 2nd, and 4th in the World Rankings.
WATCH: Penny Oleksiak Getting Primed For First Olympics
Young-gun Penny Oleksiak is just days out from her first Olympic Games at 16-years-old where she’s the youngest member of the Canadian squad and will be competing in the most amount of events.
Rio 2016 Olympic Preview: Campbells Look To Go 1-2 In Women’s 100 Free
Newly-minted World Record Holder Cate Campbell of Australia is the one to beat in the women’s 100m freestyle event at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Rio 2016 Olympics Preview: Sarah Sjostrom Looking Like Ledecky In 100 Fly
Sarah Sjostrom has put up so many fast swims in butterfly that have pushed the boundaries of reality in the sport– she’ll attack the 100 fly in Rio, and the WR is very much so in danger.
Rikako Ikee Scores New World Junior Record In Women’s 50 Butterfly
While competing at a Prefecture Swimming Federation meet in Japan, 16-year-old sprinting phenom Rikako Ikee captured a new Japanese National Record…
Pellegrini Posts World’s Second Fastest 200 Freestyle at Settecolli
After setting a new Italian record in the women’s 100 freestyle on Saturday Federica Pellegrini returned to the pool to…