Portugal’s Camila Rebelo was speechless following her historic victory in the 200m Backstroke with a time of 2:08.95! Rebelo earned her nation its first European gold medal.
Also speaking to European Aquatics reporter Nick Hope was Stergios Bilas, Barbora Seemanova and Anja Kesely, who reflected on their big wins on day two of the pool program in Belgrade.
A federal lawsuit against USAW Swimming claims the organization did not do enough to protect former athlete, Amanda Le, from alleged rape and sexual assault. The lawsuit names former Olympic coach, Joseph Bernal, as the man behind these allegation, and the lawsuit claims he’s a “known child rapist”.
Le’s attorney, Jon Little, joins FOX59 live to discuss Bernal’s history, why there are complaints against USAW Swimming and other, and why Le decided to file now.
Dave Benjamin, co-founder and executive director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, said the beginning of “drowning season” coincides with the beginning of summer. Benjamin talked with CBS 2’s Joe Donlon.
Some of swimming’s biggest names locked up Olympic spots during the swim trials in Indianapolis.
The home state favorite Lilly King showed up and showed out in her home state, booking her ticket to a third Olympic Games in the 100m breaststroke.
100m backstroke Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy secures his spot on his third U.S. Olympic Team.
The combination of heat and humidity makes this one of the hottest days so far this year. It means plenty of people are out finding ways to stay cool. Our Jason Rantala caught up with people trying to beat the heat.
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The SwimTrial24 champion and Paris Olympics qualifier in the men’s 100m breaststroke is 30-year-old Nic Fink!
