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Shane Lewis, former Australian international, passed away aged 47 in February this year and while the coroner is yet to determine cause of death, his family believes it was suicide as a result of the abuse he suffered as a […]
Forbes Carlile (3 June 1921 – 2 August 2016) – by Shane Gould The end of life is so final, I’m so glad I went to see Forbes as often as I did in his later life and see Milt [Nelms] […]
Mike Drew, a former senior coach in Britain who was jailed for six years in 2001 after subjecting young boys to sexual abuse has been sent back to prison at 78 after another victim from the 1970s reveals the horrors […]
Sharron Davies and Chelsea Mitchell have both been robbed of rightful rewards in women’s sport by athletes relying on male advantage to deliver gold ahead of female opponents. Here’s where the experience of the two women differ: Davies was awarded […]
Ryan Murphy will arrive in Paris with a tradition to restore after adding the 200m backstroke to his 100m target for a third successive Games on day 6 at U.S. Trials for the Paris Olympics. There were fine wins for […]
Katie Ledecky in 1:55.22 and Luke Hobson in 1:44.89 atop the 200m freestyle finals and Lilly King‘s 1:05.43 win in the 100m breaststroke joined the backstroke bonanza on day 3 at U.S. Trials in the vault of American relay prospects […]
Ariarne Titmus frowned at the scoreboard when she clocked the “disappointing” numbers: 8:14.06 on day four of Australian trials, a 3:55 world-record rattler in the 400m free and a scorching 1:52.23 200m free behind her. Titmus The Terminator Destroys WR […]
Ariarne Titmus, Titmus The Terminator – 1:52.23: for the first time in history, the World 200m freestyle record is faster than Mark Spitz‘s Munich 1972 victory in the week the American swim to sporting immortality with seven Olympic golds. Beaten […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued some thought-police opinions on the truths we’re not supposed to tell, “biologically male”, while highly significant to sports performance and the very reason why transwomen cannot race in female competition at the Olympic […]
Today, we have the pleasure of announcing that Wayne Goldsmith will write an exclusive column – StreamLines – for State of Swimming, with an emphasis on coaching, mentoring and the environment in which athletes, coaches, parents and others experience sport. […]
Steve Nash, who claimed silver on butterfly in the 4x100m medley at the 1974 European Championships along Colin Cunningham on back, David Wilkie on breaststroke, and Brian Brinkley on freestyle, has penned a tribute poem to his former teammate and […]
After Summer McIntosh set the tone with a global ranks topper 2:04.33 in the 200m butterfly as a double World champion gunning for Olympic gold in Paris this summer, Finlay Knox and Josh Liendo thundered up to the cusp of […]
They’ve spent the week competing for headlines but Kaylee McKeown and Mollie O’Callaghan deserved several curtain calls apiece as the Australian Open Championships drew to a close today on the Gold Coast. O’Callaghan was first to wrap up, with a […]
Summer McIntosh, 16, sang a song of swimming greatness at home in Toronto this evening: the first Canadian to hold the World 400m freestyle record, she is now the 400m medley global standard, too, after a phenomenal 4:25.87 blast at […]
Editorial – The week ahead will kick the four-letter word FINA overboard to where it belongs at the bottom of the sea with a bygone, misogynist culture; honorary positions that tow the baggage of failed governance, wilful harm, awards for […]
Today is World Drowning Prevention Day, a good moment to noted that drowning is one of the leading causes of death globally for children and young people aged 1-24 years: every year, an estimated 236,000 people drown. In early coverage […]
“My health began to deteriorate drastically – my strength, my athleticism – was being taken away from me and I couldn’t do anything to stop it!” – Michael Klim Michael Klim, who claimed medals for Australia in the pool at […]
The Vortex is SOS’ weekly digest and soak of swimming news, views and links to big events. Craig Lord is currently on writing retreat and taking break from usual coverage in 2022, barring focus on the European Championships in Rome […]