Phelps slams World Anti-Doping Agency over China row as US considers defunding 'incapable or unwilling' Phelps and fellow US Olympic swimming star Allison Schmitt gave evidence at a congressional hearing.
Meet Team GB’s Hector Pardoe, Wrexham’s next sporting fairytale interview Pardoe hopes to become the first male Team GB open-water swimmer to win an Olympic medal since 2008.
Aquatics GB ‘extremely concerned’ about China positive drugs tests brewing The country’s governing swimming body Aquatics GB has said it is “extremely concerned” by 23 Chinese athletes being cleared to compete at Tokyo 2020 despite testing positive for a banned substance before the Olympics. The swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), which is a heart medication used to prevent angina attacks, at a training camp [...]
Olympic chiefs urged to extend prize money to all medallists by Team GB star Richards April 16, 2024 Athletics chiefs will pay their Olympic champions £40,000 each this year.
Enhanced Games: Swimmer Magnussen says money key but not deciding factor to join doping Olympics April 8, 2024 Swimmer James Magnussen, the first athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games, admits that a $1m prize was the “tipping point” to agreeing to take part in the so-called doped Olympics but insists his decision was not just about money. Magnussen, a former world champion and Olympic medallist, is coming out of retirement to [...]
Swimming: British Championships are sink or swim for Olympic hopefuls April 1, 2024 It’s a sink or swim week for Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls in the pool as the British Championships offer qualification to Paris. The winners of each event at the London Aquatics Centre in Stratford will automatically qualify for the 2024 Summer games. The other allocated spot will be chosen at a later date by [...]
Sports tech: Why super Speedo is making a splash yet again February 8, 2024 Speedo is no stranger to revolutionary tech. But 15 years on since the ban of a race suit they produced that was deemed “technical doping”, they’re back with a new bit of space age tech that could change the swimming world. Matt Hardy takes a deep dive. Pharmaceutical doping has been at the heart of [...]
Exclusive: Top British swimmers back potential return of private equity November 21, 2023 Two leading British swimmers have said the defunct International Swimming League should be resurrected in the future, albeit with some changes. The league was backed initially by Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Grigorishin and saw team franchises based on locations compete across a series with elevated prize money. It was thought to have been the start of [...]
Richards and Dean bring home British one-two at aquatics worlds July 25, 2023 Britain took home a gold and silver in the 200m freestyle yesterday at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan as Matt Richards toppled Olympic champion Tom Dean. The 20-year-old was outstanding in the four-length race and beat Dean to the gold medal by 0.02 – South Korea’s Hwang Sun-woo took the bronze with defending world [...]
Enhanced Games president likens doping to ‘being gay 50 years ago’ July 3, 2023 Ever thought about watching a 100m race where you knew everyone was using substances to artificially enhance themselves, rather than finding out a couple of years later when a ban is issued? Well the Enhanced Games may be for you. The idea pits competitive sport alongside the world of performance enhancing drugs in an Olympics-style [...]