Tag: USA Swimming
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Diack calls son “a thug,” Tokyo sponsors wavering on 2021, Australia-New...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● Further to our Lane One column for 10 June...
LANE ONE: IOC followed World Health Organization advice, not athlete criticism, to arrive at...
The World Health Organization and Africa. Those were the triggers that led the International Olympic Committee to decide, in concert with the Japanese government...
LANE ONE: Vise is tightening on Tokyo 2020 as USA Swimming, USA Track &...
Until Friday, the calls for postponement or cancellation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games had mostly come from individual athletes. Some were expansive, some...
SWIMMING: Sensational 1:56.01 win for Allison Schmitt in Tyr Pro Swim 200 m Free
/Updated to include Sunday's results/Early-season meets are hardly predictors of summer success, but Allison Schmitt served notice that she is going to be a...
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...
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...
TSX REPORT: IOC chief Bach worried about Salazar case + upsets galore at track...
= TSX REPORT ~ 4 October 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: IOC’s Bach says Salazar case “raises serious concerns”; no vote on 2032 Games...
TSX DAILY: Track & field fans who want the sport to be more popular...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 23 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: If you think track & field could once again be a high-profile sport,...
PAN AMERICAN GAMES: Nothing miraculous about U.S. women dominating wrestling, as well as two...
Among the wrestling cognoscenti, the power of the United States women’s program is well known, but after four victories and a silver medal at...
TSX DAILY: As U.S. swimmers collect 11 more medals, what is the future for...
= TSX DAILY ~ 9 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: Lima has done well, but what is the future of the Pan American Games?
After some...
LANE ONE: Lima has done well, but what is the future of the Pan...
If you have been watching the XVIII Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, you have seen some compelling competition and some amazing stories, the...
TSX DAILY: Stunning results at U.S. swim Nationals, anti-Games activists channeling Groucho, and remembering...
= TSX DAILY ~ 5 August 2019 =
| 1. | SWIMMING: New talent shines at the 2019 USA Swimming Nationals, as if the U.S. didn’t...
SWIMMING: Held and Weitzeil re-writing 2019 world list on first day of U.S. Nationals
The FINA World Championships are over, but the sensational swimming went on at the Avery Aquatic Center at Stanford University on Wednesday, as U.S....
SWIMMING Preview: Ryan Lochte and Madisyn Cox have something to prove at Nationals, but...
Say this for swimmers: they love to swim. So for many members of the U.S. team at the FINA World Championships, coming back from...
LANE ONE: “The World Championships aren’t important. The Olympics are important.”
Olympic sport is often ignored in the U.S., even at the level of the World Championships, when the same athletes who will be in...
ATHLETICS Panorama: USATF names “new” Pan Am Games team, and best Olympic Trials tickets...
USA Track & Field followed through on the arbitrator’s ruling from last week and released a new roster for its Pan American Games team...
SWIMMING: Ledecky withdraws from Worlds 1,500 m Freestyle final
Whatever is bothering Katie Ledecky, it’s enough to keep her out of the pool entirely on Day 3 of the World Championships in Gwangju,...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Diack indictment shows corruption on a grand scale; USA Synchro tries...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The German ARD network managed to obtain a copy of...
SWIMMING: Urlando closes Tyr Pro Swim Clovis with third win, but Pickrem wins four;...
The final day of the final leg of the 2019 Tyr Pro Swim Series saw 17-year-old star Luca Urlando score a dominant win in...
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