Keri-anne Payne won silver at the 2008 Olympic Games Keri-anne Payne, a two-time open water world champion and Olympic silver medallist, has retired. Payne, 29, was born in South Africa but represented Great Britain for over 12 years, having made her debu
Mie Nielsen became the first woman in the world to post a sub-minute 100m backstroke this year when she dominated a two-lap final at the Flanders Cup today. In 59.81, the Danish ace was more than two seconds ahead of Duane Da Rocha, of Spain, and Daryna Z
Little, if anything, has transpired as far as the clock is concerned over the first week or so of the 2017 campaign. But as this new year continues to unfold, the picture of the next Olympic cycle will see its first brush strokes applied to the canvas. If
Little, if anything, has transpired as far as the clock is concerned over the first week or so of the 2017 campaign. But as this new year continues to unfold, the picture of the next Olympic cycle will see its first brush strokes applied to the canvas. If
Editorial Twelfth Night, Epiphany, “a moment of sudden and great revelation or realisation” [Koine Greek ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia, meaning manifestation or appearance]. The latter may be regarded as the beginning of change. In English tradition
Frank Embacher, the coach who steered Paul Biedermann to four World and 13 European crowns, is taking legal action against the German Swimming Federation (DSV) after he was told on Christmas Eve that his coaching contract at Halle would not be renewed.
Frank Embacher, the coach who steered Paul Biedermann to four World and 13 European crowns, is taking legal action against the German Swimming Federation (DSV) after he was told on Christmas Eve that his coaching contract at Halle would not be renewed.
This time a decade ago, Speedo, so long so much a part of the good things in and development of swimming, was preparing to weave the worst thing it ever delivered to the sport: hugely significant suit-assistance that altered natural angles of buoyancy and
And so it begins. Post-Olympic World-Championships season dawns with race plans well in place across the world of elite swimming. This weekend brings the first tests of the year for Italian sprinter Michele Santucci; a week later the USA Pro-Swim series
After decades of improvement in longevity, size, physical and intellectual performance, human beings have reached their limits on all those scores, according to research. After an Olympic century and a bit of “faster, higher, stronger”, will the next
