Olympic star Missy Franklin retires due to chronic shoulder pain
Five-time Olympic champion Missy Franklin is retiring from swimming at age 23, citing chronic shoulder pain that has affected her for the last 2½ years. She announced her plans Wednesday in ...
Michael Phelps is picking up more hardware — this time for what he's been doing outside the pool. The Boston-based Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading voice in calling for more opportunities ...
Yasuhiro Koseki finishes fourth in 200-meter breaststroke at short course world championships
Yasuhiro Koseki missed the podium and finished fourth in the men's 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday, the third day of the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships. Koseki sat in second after ...
Yasuhiro Koseki set a new national record Wednesday as he took bronze in the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships. The 26-year-old Koseki touched in a time of 56.13 seconds, 0.03 seconds behind silver medalist Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus. South ...
Daiya Seto breaks 200-meter butterfly short-course record to stun Chad Le Clos
Daiya Seto smashed Chad le Clos' short-course record in the men's 200-meter butterfly as he grabbed gold at the world championships to stun the South African on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Seto pipped his more famous rival by only 0.08 second to make a piece of ...
Teenage sensation Rikako Ikee slashed 0.24 second from her national record in the women's 100-meter freestyle on Sunday at the Kosuke Kitajima Cup. The 18-year-old Ikee clocked 52.79 seconds on the final day of the two-day meet at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. She set ...
Junya Koga has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his four-year ban for failed drug tests, his lawyer said Friday. An appeal was filed with the CAS on behalf of the 31-year-old on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Koga, a Rio Olympic ...
Swim star Rikako Ikee's prospective school engulfed in new scandal
Nihon University, whose sports program has been mired in controversy and questions about accountability this year stemming from violence within its American football program, took another hit on that front on Wednesday. The school's head swim coach, Koji Ueno, apologized for an incident of physical ...
Rio Olympic relay swimmer and 2009 world champion Junya Koga is set to be issued a four-year ban by a FINA doping panel for violating anti-doping rules, sources said late Monday evening. Should the sport's ruling body announce the decision, the 31-year-old Koga, who said ...
Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee vowed Sunday she will continue to excel on the global stage after winning more medals, six gold and eight total, than any other athlete during the multisport event in Indonesia. Ikee was named the Asian Games' MVP after she became ...
Singapore's Joseph Schooling pleased with Indonesian experience
Joseph Schooling and his Singapore team came up short of the podium, finishing fourth in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay, which wrapped up the six-day swimming competition at the Asian Games. But the 23-year-old butterfly specialist was happy with his second Asiad experience in Jakarta. "I ...
Breaststroke specialist Satomi Suzuki gains confidence, renewed focus in pool
This summer, veteran swimmer Satomi Suzuki sent a strong message to Japanese fans, reminding them that she can still compete at the highest level. At the ongoing Asian Games, many supporters perhaps have their eyes on younger prospects with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics less two ...
