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  • Chanel Miller was 22 when she was sexually assaulted at a Stanford University frat party in 2015. Within 24 hours, she had decided to press charges against the assailant, unaware that the next four years of her life would be spent in court. Brock Turner would eventually become known as the “Stanford swimmer” accused of sexual assault while Chanel Miller’s identity was kept hidden, known only to the world as Emily Doe. We spoke with Chanel Miller about her recent memoir entitled “Know My Name” where she describes the four long years it took to sentence Turner and the traumatic impact it had on her and her family. She recalls feeling almost excited to share the 12-page victim impact statement she had prepared that would later go viral, but quickly realized that she would be “constantly discredited and diminished” during her time in court. “I was spoken about in terms of how many shots I had that night, or how many times I’ve blacked out previously in my life,” she says. “All other traits were dismissed. But that’s all I got to exist as and present myself as inside the courtroom.” Turner would later be sentenced to six months in county jail for sexual assault, but would only serve three of those months.

  • In this episode of the #AskASwimPro Show, we’re in Ann Arbor Michigan, with 4x Olympic Medalist and now author Kaitlin Sandeno!

  • Starting winter swimming with Colin Hill. When should you start? What’s the best thing to wear? Top tips for getting started…

  • The full crew is back for a recap on the first ever match of the new professional swim league, the International Swim League aka ISL. Luke the Historian returns from travels to share some perspective on why he chose NOT to watch ISL over the weekend while the rest of the guys geek out on the excitement of this new innovation in swim racing. The breakdown covers the ISL production, how teams fared, how Olympic training programs will impact certain swimmers, and which audience the ISL should target. The excitement begins for match 2 of ISL in Naples, Italy. Check back next week for more on the early ISL season!

  • Highlights of the first day of ISL Naples.

    Watch Kelsi Dahlia’s 100m Butterfly win for Cali Condors.

    Watch the full Men’s 100m Butterfly race where Caeleb Dressel and Chad Le Clos go head-to-head in Day One of ISL Naples.

    Watch highlights of the Men’s 50m Freestyle race featuring Caeleb Dressel and Florent Manaudou.

    Watch the full Men’s 50m Freestyle race where Caeleb Dressel and Florent Manaudou face-off in an epic encounter.

    Aqua Centurions pick up the win in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay.

    An impressive 1-2 in the 50m backstroke for Cali Condors as Olivia Smoliga comes first followed by her teammate Kylie Masse.

    “I don’t really care about my body right now, it’s just about getting points for the team”

    Caeleb Dressel gives his thoughts after his first appearance at an ISL event.

     

     

  • Power, determination & reflexes from Ranomi Kromowidjojo make the difference as she takes gold in the Women’s 50m Butterfly, but an incredibly tight podium means three swimmers share Bronze on day 2 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019. Such fine margins when the level is this high!

    Vladimir Morozov always finds that extra level in the final stretch! The Russian brought his A-game out again to wow Berlin and leave his opponents trailing with gold in the Men’s 50m Backstroke on day 2 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019. Job done!

    Kira Toussaint couldn’t quite believe how good her own display was on Friday but she has done it again! Gold in the Women’s 100m Backstroke for the 25-year-old who left no less than Katinka Hosszu in her wake on day 2 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 in Berlin.

    Now you see him, now you don’t. Kristof Milak turns on the afterburners in the final 50 to surge away from his rivals and take a well-deserved first place in the Men’s 200m Butterfly on day 2 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 in Berlin.

  • A stacked field in the Men’s 400m Freestyle on day 1 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 in Berlin where we looked forward to another dust-up between home-favorite Florian Wellbrock, an on-fire Danas Rapsys of Lithuania and Hungarian young gun, Kristof Milak!

    The 50m races on day 1 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 in Berlin provided some exciting finishes, with Sweden’s Michelle Coleman edging out the big hitters in the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Australia’s Cate Campbell in the freestyle.

    Russian favourite Vladimir Morozov didn’t disappoint in the men’s 50m Freestyle on day 1 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 in Berlin, clocking 21.55 to go close to his World Cup record of 21.27 he set in Singapore in August.

    It was just another day at the office in the Berlin leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 for Hungarian butterflier Kristof Milak, who both took home gold in the men’s 100m.

  • Conor Dwyer, a two-time Olympic swimming relay champion, announced retirement after being banned through the Tokyo Olympics for having testosterone pellets surgically implanted into his body and failing three drug tests in late 2018.

    “This is an unfortunate end to an incredible chapter of my life,” was posted on Dwyer’s social media. “I believe that things happen for a reason, and I can’t wait to share with you all the next chapter of my life.”

    Dwyer said in a press release that he “made an honest but unfortunate mistake” with the pellets, saying a doctor assured him they were legal.

    An independent panel banned him 20 months, retroactive to Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

    Read for instance NBC Sports, the Washington Post, USA Today and SwimmingWorld Magazine

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  • Energy Standard joint-captain Sarah Sjöström became ISL’s first-ever MVP in Indianapolis.

    Here’s why…