Category: Competition
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Female Olympic Swimmer Decries ‘Injustice’ of Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports
Former British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies spoke out on Friday about the “injustice†of transgender athletes being allowed to compete in women’s athletics. See The Daily Caller
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Splash – The Story of LPHS Swimmer Prestin Butcher
Prestin Butcher, a swimmer at LaPorte High School, tells his story of getting a life threatening illness and the battle for his life.
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Why This Olympic Swimmer Left Medicine for MMA
From representing Singapore in the 1992 Olympics to completing a medical degree, May Ooi has lived many lives. Did we mention she’s also a successful mixed martial arts fighter who’s helping to grow Singaporean sports culture? Get to know this incredible, motivated woman who knows that you’re only as good as your last fight.
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2019 Make a Splash PSA :60
Make a Splash with the USA Swimming Foundation and Olympian Simone Manuel.
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From the Archives: Why Ian Thorpe had to quit
It took just 12 last-gasp laps in a roped-off section of the Caringbah Leisure Centre for Ian Thorpe’s arms and legs to confirm what his heart and lungs had been telling him for weeks – that he was too sick to compete in the Commonwealth Games. “When he climbed out he was very, very distressed,”…
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WADA files appeal against China’s Sun Yang doping decision
The World Anti-doping Agency said Wednesday it had filed an appeal against a decision to clear Chinese swimming star Sun Yang of missing an out of competition doping test. WADA, meeting in Lausanne, told AFP that it had filed the appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport following a decision by swimming’s world governing…