Swimming
World Swimming Stars Try Ice Hockey in Astana: The Conditioning Philosophy Behind the Cultural Exchange
Asian 100m Butterfly Record Changes Hands: Yu Yiting's 55.17 and the Back-Half Equation
Thirty-Three Years and a Wheelchair: How the Irish Swimming System Failed
The 1:55.44 Time Trial in Evanston: Lillie Nordmann, the Transition Ghost, and the Hidden Order of an October Dual Meet
Vietnamese Swimming Through the Lens of the Lane: What the Data Says About Squad Depth
Two Pools, One Signature: Nicolas Kokidko, Colombia, and the Florida State Door
Treyvn Krauss Commits to Michigan: The Profile of a Distance Freestyle SpecialistThere is a night in Nha Trang when I switch on the desk lamp, open three...
26.75 Seconds in Niigata: Yusei Imaizumi, a World Junior Record and Three Data Gaps Nobody Has FilledThe scoreboard at the prefectural pool in Niigata stopped at 26.75. Heats of...
World Swimming Stars Try Ice Hockey in Astana: The Conditioning Philosophy Behind the Cultural ExchangeThere is a moment in Astana I have replayed many times. Cameron McEvoy — the...
Arizona Smith Commits to Florida: The Improvement Curve the Rankings Have Not Caught Up WithOn a shaky phone video shot from the stands at the Cary aquatic centre in Nor...
22.94 Seconds and the Silence Before Kate Douglass Broke the U.S. Open RecordThere is a moment inside a swimming pool that no camera ever captures: the...
When the Pool Gives No Answer: The Discipline of Null DataIn Rome in July 2026, 43 world records fell across eight days of competition....
Douglass Beats Walsh 50.20-50.32: When America Races Itself in the 25-Meter PoolTwo hands touched the wall almost simultaneously. The small grandstand in the...
Asian 100m Butterfly Record Changes Hands: Yu Yiting's 55.17 and the Back-Half EquationAt the 100th metre of her lane, Yu Yiting touched the wall and the scoreboard...
Marrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Own Short-Course 200m Freestyle European Record to 1:50.23, Moves to #2 All-TimeIn the water of Astana, there was a moment when the stands held their breath:...
A 15-Year Model and a 546-Day Window: USA Swimming Sets 2028 Olympic Standards by AlgorithmOn December 2, 2026, a stopwatch started running in Colorado Springs. It will...
Vietnamese Swimming After the Golden Generation: The Lane Gap and the Succession ProblemAt the 2026 SEA Games in Singapore, a swimmer born in 2026 in Can Tho stepped...
Vietnam's Swimming Lanes After Ánh Viên: Reading a Transition Cycle Through Split DataI sat in the stands facing the electronic board, about forty metres from lane...
Data Voids and the Discipline of a Swimming AnalystIn my office in Hanoi, I reopened an analysis file and found every cell empty...
Tomonobu Gomi breaks Asian SCM 100m butterfly record: 48.58 seconds and an unverified limitA 25-metre pool. Three turns. And a time of 48.58 seconds. I rewatched that...
Thirty-Three Years and a Wheelchair: How the Irish Swimming System FailedOn Monday, at Ireland's Central Criminal Court in Dublin, a 78-year-old man w...
Alex Wood (Class of 2027) Commits to Johns Hopkins: The 100/200 Breaststroke Yard Times and the Question of an 'A' Final StandardTwenty-one point three eight. A flat-start lead-off leg in the 200-yard...
The Uncounted Lane: Vietnam's Missing Data on Women's SwimmingIn 2026, in Da Nang, during a live broadcast of the qualifying rounds of the...
Cameron McEvoy Lowers His Own Short-Course World Cup 50m Freestyle Record with 20.13 SecondsThe Sound of Water Breaking in Tashkent The sound of water breaking in Tashke...
Cal 2026, Virginia 2026 and Cal 2028: Three Swimming Recruiting Classes and an Unsolved EquationIt was October, the pool was empty, and on American swimming news sites one...
MacKenzie Lung and the Lane of Two HeartbeatsShe sat in front of her phone camera, not crying, only smiling. "And I was...
Vietnamese Swimming: Technique, Results and the Road Toward Continental LevelVIETNAMESE SWIMMING: TECHNIQUE, RESULTS AND THE ROAD TOWARD CONTINENTAL LEVEL...
The Tablet in the Judge's Hand: The Quiet Revolution of Artistic SwimmingIn 2026, I sat in the stands of a pool in Nha Trang. An artistic swimming...
26.75 Seconds in Niigata: Yusei Imaizumi, a World Junior Record and Three Data Gaps Nobody Has FilledThe scoreboard at the prefectural pool in Niigata stopped at 26.75. Heats of...
World Swimming Stars Try Ice Hockey in Astana: The Conditioning Philosophy Behind the Cultural ExchangeThere is a moment in Astana I have replayed many times. Cameron McEvoy — the...
Arizona Smith Commits to Florida: The Improvement Curve the Rankings Have Not Caught Up WithOn a shaky phone video shot from the stands at the Cary aquatic centre in Nor...
22.94 Seconds and the Silence Before Kate Douglass Broke the U.S. Open RecordThere is a moment inside a swimming pool that no camera ever captures: the...
When the Pool Gives No Answer: The Discipline of Null DataIn Rome in July 2026, 43 world records fell across eight days of competition....
Douglass Beats Walsh 50.20-50.32: When America Races Itself in the 25-Meter PoolTwo hands touched the wall almost simultaneously. The small grandstand in the...
Asian 100m Butterfly Record Changes Hands: Yu Yiting's 55.17 and the Back-Half EquationAt the 100th metre of her lane, Yu Yiting touched the wall and the scoreboard...
Marrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Own Short-Course 200m Freestyle European Record to 1:50.23, Moves to #2 All-TimeIn the water of Astana, there was a moment when the stands held their breath:...
A 15-Year Model and a 546-Day Window: USA Swimming Sets 2028 Olympic Standards by AlgorithmOn December 2, 2026, a stopwatch started running in Colorado Springs. It will...
Vietnamese Swimming After the Golden Generation: The Lane Gap and the Succession ProblemAt the 2026 SEA Games in Singapore, a swimmer born in 2026 in Can Tho stepped...
Vietnam's Swimming Lanes After Ánh Viên: Reading a Transition Cycle Through Split DataI sat in the stands facing the electronic board, about forty metres from lane...
Data Voids and the Discipline of a Swimming AnalystIn my office in Hanoi, I reopened an analysis file and found every cell empty...
Tomonobu Gomi breaks Asian SCM 100m butterfly record: 48.58 seconds and an unverified limitA 25-metre pool. Three turns. And a time of 48.58 seconds. I rewatched that...
Thirty-Three Years and a Wheelchair: How the Irish Swimming System FailedOn Monday, at Ireland's Central Criminal Court in Dublin, a 78-year-old man w...
Alex Wood (Class of 2027) Commits to Johns Hopkins: The 100/200 Breaststroke Yard Times and the Question of an 'A' Final StandardTwenty-one point three eight. A flat-start lead-off leg in the 200-yard...
The Uncounted Lane: Vietnam's Missing Data on Women's SwimmingIn 2026, in Da Nang, during a live broadcast of the qualifying rounds of the...
Cameron McEvoy Lowers His Own Short-Course World Cup 50m Freestyle Record with 20.13 SecondsThe Sound of Water Breaking in Tashkent The sound of water breaking in Tashke...
Cal 2026, Virginia 2026 and Cal 2028: Three Swimming Recruiting Classes and an Unsolved EquationIt was October, the pool was empty, and on American swimming news sites one...
MacKenzie Lung and the Lane of Two HeartbeatsShe sat in front of her phone camera, not crying, only smiling. "And I was...
Vietnamese Swimming: Technique, Results and the Road Toward Continental LevelVIETNAMESE SWIMMING: TECHNIQUE, RESULTS AND THE ROAD TOWARD CONTINENTAL LEVEL...
The Tablet in the Judge's Hand: The Quiet Revolution of Artistic SwimmingIn 2026, I sat in the stands of a pool in Nha Trang. An artistic swimming...
