Tag: Simone Manuel
LANE ONE: As the Int’l Swimming League starts a second season, it aims to...
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THE BIG PICTURE: LA 2028 launches new, dynamic logo concept, starting with 26 versions!
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Canada, Australia say they won’t go to Tokyo in 2020; Athletics...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Sunday was one of...
GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: With gold haul from world meets, Biles and Dressel get...
Courage was the key word on the international sports scene in 2019.
Competitive courage, like the grit alpine skier Lindsey Vonn showed in making her...
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2019, from no. 10 to no. 6, and...
As 2019 comes to a close, there were people, places and events that made a bid impression in this pre-Olympic year. We’ll bring you...
HIGHLIGHTS: Superb Chen routs Hanyu to win ISU Grand Prix Final by almost 44...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
“Stunning” is probably the best way to describe the dominating performance by two-time World Champion Nathan Chen...
TSX INTEL REPORT: Athlete shrieking over the Diamond League obscures the real issue; world...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 11 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Athlete shrieking over dropped Diamond League events misses the point completely
When the...
SWIMMING: Three wins for Ledecky in Tyr Pro Swim opener in Greensboro
Many swimmers use the Tyr Pro Swim Series to check their fitness and see the results of a heavy training period and several American...
TSX INTEL REPORT: IAAF takes lead, and UCI joins, on transgender regulations; WADA chief-to-be...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 7 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● IAAF taking the lead in transgender regulation, working with other IFs on testosterone levels
It...
SWIMMING Preview: FINA World Cup ends in Doha, Tyr Pro Swim Series starts in...
Even without an International Swimming League meet this week, it’s a busy time for swimming, with the finale of the FINA Swimming World Cup...
LANE ONE: A big year ahead, as shown by 718 events in our new...
Trying to cover 41 sports and all of the events on the Olympic and Winter Games program is an almost impossible task. One of...
LANE ONE: How the Gwangju Worlds will change the lives of Caeleb Dressel, Regan...
The two weeks of the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, Korea and its two distinct parts have concluded. The first week domination of...
AQUATICS: U.S. finishes World Champs with two world records and three more golds, but...
One of the oldest lines in show business is “it’s not how you start, it's how you finish” and the U.S. women put on...
SWIMMING: Five golds in six events for U.S. on Saturday, including three for Dressel...
There are days when it becomes absolutely clear that the United States is the world’s undisputed power in swimming and Saturday’s evening session at...
SWIMMING: World records for Caeleb Dressel and Regan Smith; Manuel stuns Campbell in 100...
At the 2003 World Championships, an 18-year-old Michael Phelps announced that he was someone who had to be watched at the Athens Olympics the...
SWIMMING: Hungary’s Milak erases Phelps’s world record, while Pellegrini defeats Father Time in FINA...
There was a time warp at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju (KOR) on Wednesday, with the calendar spinning back to 2009 when Michael...
SWIMMING: Titmus stuns Ledecky with 400 m Free win in final meters; Adrian anchors...
Australia’s 18-year-old distance sensation Ariarne Titmus arrived on the world stage at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju (KOR) and was 62/100ths behind world-record...
SWIMMING Panorama: Ledecky sends a message with world-leading 3:59.28; Titmus sends back a 3:59.35
They were swimming half a world apart, in Santa Clara, California and Brisbane, Australia, but it’s as if stars Kathie Ledecky (USA) and Ariarne...
SWIMMING: Lazor lights up King, moves to no. 2 all-time U.S. in Tyr Pro...
The story of the second and third days of the Tyr Pro Swim Series in Bloomington, Indiana has been Indiana star Lilly King, who...
SWIMMING: Andrew stuns Kalisz in 200 m Medley on final day of Tyr Pro...
“That hurt so bad; I have a massive headache. I didn't expect that at all.”
Neither did anyone else, as 19-year-old Michael Andrew dominated not...