Tag: swimming
Second Swimmer Dies Following Hong Kong Cross Harbour Open Water Race
A second swimmer has died after taking part in the Hong Kong Cross Harbour open water race.
A 59-year-old woman, with the reported surname of...
Lochte’s 10 Month Suspension Confirmed by USOC as Three Teammates Handed Four Month Sanctions
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and USA Swimming have confirmed that swimmer Ryan Lochte has been given a 10 month suspension for claiming...
Lochte Reportedly Suspended 10 Months by USOC After False Robbery Story
American swimmer Ryan Lochte has reportedly been handed a 10-month suspension by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and USA Swimming for claiming to...
FINA Doping Control Review Board Chair, Other Members Reportedly Resign in Protest at Response...
Three members of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Doping Control Review Board, including the chairman Andrew Pipe, have reportedly resigned in protest at how...
Efimova Among List of Seven Russian Swimmers Banned from Rio 2016 by FINA
Seven Russian athletes have been banned from competing at next month’s Olympic Games by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in the wake of the...
Park’s Dream Set To Be Realized as CAS Rules He Is Eligible To Compete...
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan looks set to compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
US Coach Claims Doping the “Biggest Threat” to Swimming Competition at Rio 2016
United States' women's swimming coach David Marsh has described doping as the "biggest threat" to Americans hoping to win medals in the pool at...
Hosszú the Star as Hungary Secure Four Gold Medals at LEN European Aquatics Championships
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú reasserted her dominance of the women’s 200 metres individual medley by clinching her fourth straight European Aquatics Championships title in the...
World record-breaking Colombian swimmer named IPC Athlete of the Month
Colombian teenager Carlos Daniel Serrano Zárate has been named the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month for April after breaking his own...
Simmonds and Firth break world records at British Para-Swimming International Meet
Paralympic champions Ellie Simmonds and Bethany Firth broke world records on the penultimate day of action at the British Para-Swimming International Meet in Glasgow.
Simmonds...
