Tag: Sarah Sjostrom
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: MacNeil stuns Sjostrom in 100 m Fly final and Dressel takes 50 m...
If Katie Ledecky’s loss in the 400 m Freestyle was an upset, the idea of seeing Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom beaten in the final of...
SWIMMING Preview/Women: Will Australia, Sjostrom and Hosszu bury the U.S. women in Gwangju?
Time for the main event: the swimming portion of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju (KOR), starting on Sunday morning. And for the world’s...
SWIMMING Panorama: Strong marks at Australian Trials and Mare Nostrum in France
With the FINA World Championships coming quickly, swimmers are ramping up to top form, both at the Australian World Championships Trials and at the...
LANE ONE: Is the FINA Champions Swim Series the way forward, or a bridge...
The first edition of the FINA Champions Swim Series has now been completed, with three meets and more than $2 million in prize money...
SWIMMING: King sweeps Efimova, but Flickinger and Hosszu also claim world leaders in Champs...
The final day of the final stop in the inaugural FINA Champions Swim Series in Indianapolis saw three world-leading swims, and further confirmation that...
SWIMMING: King out-touches Efimova twice, plus two more wins for Sjostrom in Champions Series...
There aren’t a lot of well-known feuds in world-class swimming, but the Rio rivalry between breaststroke stars Lilly King of the U.S. and Russia’s...
SWIMMING Preview: Sjostrom looking for second straight five-sprint sweep in final FINA Champions Swim...
The third and final leg of the inaugural FINA Champions Swim Series comes to the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana on Friday and Saturday...
SWIMMING: Sjostrom wins 5, Hosszu and Efimova win 3 in Budapest FINA Champs Series
One of the goals of the FINA Champions Series was to showcase the world’s finest swimmers. It has created a focus on one swimmer...
SWIMMING: Two wins for Sjostrom and Efimova, two new world leaders in day one...
The crowd at the Duna Arena in Budapest (HUN) was in a lather after the first two events of the FINA Champions Series went...
SWIMMING Preview: Sjostrom is back, but will Hosszu be the star of the second...
FINA’s new Champions Series had an entertaining debut in front of an interested crowd in Guangzhou (CHN) in late April and is now ready...
SWIMMING: Sjostrom stars with four wins and $51,000 at Champions Swim Series opener
The debut of the FINA Champions Swim Series will be remembered for its unique concept and seeing a lot of Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), Katinka...
SWIMMING: Seven wins for China, two for Sjostrom, $29,000 for Hosszu in Champs Series...
The debut of the FINA Champions Swim Series, a new concept designed as a showcase for the top swimmers in the world – and...
SWIMMING Preview: New, $1.03 million FINA Champions Series debuts Saturday in Guangzhou
Well, it’s here. While the International Swimming League promises to revolutionize professional swimming with its team-based meet series that is supposed to start in...
SWIMMING: Energy for Swim meet canceled under pressure from FINA
A nasty fight inside swimming has expanded outside as the second edition of the Energy for Swim meet scheduled for Turin (ITA) in December...
SWIMMING: Sjostrom wins five, takes seasonal World Cup title
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom (pictured) won her second consecutive FINA Swimming World Cup title with a dominating performance in the final meet in Singapore.
Leading Hungary’s...
SWIMMING Preview: Hosszu chasing Sjostrom in final FINA World Cup
We’re down to the final meet in the seven-leg FINA Swimming World Cup with Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom trying to win her second straight seasonal...
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