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USA Swimming national team managing director Mintenko resigns a week after parting ways with CEO
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Lindsay Mintenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has resigned her position of managing director of the national team with USA Swimming. Mintenko and USA Swimming announced the move Friday. Her nearly two decades with the governing body will end...
Australia coach fired for supporting a South Korean swimmer at the Olympics
SYDNEY (AP) — Swimming Australia has fired coach Michael Palfrey over comments made at the Paris Olympics where he said he hoped a South Korean athlete would beat Australian swimmers. Palfrey told South Korean television he hoped South Korea’s Kim Woo-min would win the men’s...
Twice is Nice: U.S. swimmer Gia Pergolini carves name into Paralympic history
PARIS (AP) — Gia Pergolini walked into the Paris La Défense Arena Friday to compete in the women’s 100m backstroke finals knowing she had serious business to attend to. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, the American 17-year-old swam an S13 world record time and knew heading into...
USA Swimming and CEO Tim Hinchey part ways after 7 years
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Swimming and CEO Tim Hinchey announced Thursday they are parting ways after a seven-year stint in which Hinchey helped establish new programs to counter sex abuse in the sport but also lost support among grassroots coaches. A big part of...
Caeleb Dressel looks to end Olympic swimming career by racing 'splash-and-dash' event in LA in 2028
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two weeks removed from the Paris Games, gold medal swimmer Caeleb Dressel is already making plans for Los Angeles. The 28-year-old Dressel said Saturday at Daytona International Speedway that he would like to end his competitive career racing the 50-meter...
'Trust your tappers': Blind teenage swimmer David Kratochvíl is Czech medal hopeful at Paralympics
TACHOV, Czech Republic (AP) — Teenage swimmer David Kratochvil headlines the medal hopefuls of the Czech Republic’s team at the upcoming Paralympics in Paris. The 16-year-old Kratochvil used to play ice hockey until losing his sight because of a serious illness about 10 years...
Notre Dame suspends men's swim team for one year after review finds NCAA gambling violations
Notre Dame suspended its men's swimming program Thursday for at least one year after an external review found members of the team violated NCAA rules by wagering among themselves on results of their competitions and failed to “treat one another with dignity and respect." “In...
Three German open water swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in the Seine River
PARIS (AP) — Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a statement released Saturday by...
China claims another gold in artistic swimming, caps perfect two weeks at Olympic Aquatics Centre
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — With Russia out of the way, China is the new force in Olympic artistic swimming. Twins Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi gave their country another gold in the sport formerly known as synchro, winning the duet competition at the Paris Olympics on Saturday night....
Daniel Wiffen's most excellent Olympic adventure ends with a two-hour dip in the Seine
PARIS (AP) — For Daniel Wiffen, it was the beginning of his open water career. And, in all likelihood, the ending. The star of Olympic swimming for Ireland after winning a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle and a bronze in the 1,500 free, Wiffen dove into the...
