Pan Zhanle and stalwart Zhang Yufei spearheaded China to 12 Olympic medals in the Paris pool, shrugging off intense scrutiny over a doping controversy that engulfed the team ahead of the Games. Britain’s three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty found China’s gold medal-winning success in the 4x100m medley hard to believe, saying on Sunday “there’s no point winning if you’re not winning fair”.
In May 2023, Truwit, then 22, was attacked by a shark while on vacation in Turks and Caicos. A little more than a year later, she’s preparing to head to Paris to compete in the 2024 Paralympic Games.
James Magnussen delivers a compressive review of the Paris swim program, whilst revealing the lengths Australia must go to in order to catch America in the pool for the next Olympics.
(more…)Adam Peaty has criticised Olympic authorities after China won gold in the 4x100m medley relay race.
Two of the four gold medallists, Qin Haiyang and Sun Jiajun, were among the 23 Chinese swimmers who reportedly returned positive doping tests prior to the Tokyo Olympics.
China Anti-Doping Agency said they were not stopped from competing as they had unintentionally ingested a banned substance.
Peaty said the decision to allow them to compete was “a joke”.
King County Council is recognizing some local heroes with a special ceremony this week. Lifeguard and aquatic center staff received recognition for a life-saving rescue of a swimmer at a competition in June.
All eyes are on the Olympics going on right now in Paris. Many people would love to learn a sport from an Olympic champion, and that’s exactly what happened Sunday for some swimmers in Collin County.
Anna Kate Slatton is swimming her way to the top in the Arkansas Special Olympics, finding herself a support system to cheer her on while making waves of victory in the pool.
The swimmer has been a breakout star at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Thousands of swimmers compete at the Madison All-City Swim Meet
