Swimming
Reading Swimming Results: Without Pool Length and Splits, Every Comparison Collapses
Asian Games 2026: 700 Free Hours of Swimming and the Media-Rights Pricing Behind It
Addie Farrier, Age 10, Swims 27.12 in the 50-Yard Butterfly: A Career Curve Before the Puberty Barrier
Reading Movement Beneath the Lane Rope: When Swimming Teaches Patience With Data
Karly Whitehead Commits to SMU: Boerne's Backstroke Specialist and the 2.40-Second ProblemIn February 2026, at the UIL 5A State Championships in Texas, Karly Whitehead...
Reading Swimming Results: Without Pool Length and Splits, Every Comparison CollapsesTwo years ago, in a commentary booth in Beijing, I was handed a four-page...
2026 World Cup Prize Money: How $730,500 Was Split Evenly by Two Opposite MechanismsThe first thing I checked when the 2026 World Cup prize money table was...
2026 South African SC Championships: Tatjana Smith Won Her Heat Then Left the Pool, Leaving the W 200 Breast Final UnansweredThe Pietermaritzburg crowd held its breath for two seconds when the scoreboar...
The Fateful Touch: Kim Woomin Withdraws, Zhang Zhanshuo Opens the Door to Gold at Asian Games 2026The final touch of Kim Woomin in the men's 1500m freestyle final on the eveni...
2026 Swimming World Cup heads to the Silk Road: Baku, Tashkent, Astana and the wild-card hunt for BeijingWhile much of the global calendar remains tied to familiar European pools,...
The Two Faces of the Swimming Record Book: Why 43 World Records from 2026 Cannot Be Compared to TodayOn the night of July 30, 2026, at the World Aquatics Championships in Rome,...
Nora McCarthy Commits to Princeton: Decoding the Data Profile Behind an Ivy League Roster SpotLast March, on the scoreboard of a club meet in the United States, Nora...
Women's 50m Breaststroke at Asian Games 20: Tang Qianting Touches the Record Threshold, Hareem Malik and Mishael Aisha Hyat Touch the Bottom of the StandingsI sat down after the session and wrote a number in my notebook: 36.52 seconds...
Karina Plaza and the Contract Priced by the PastTwenty-four point seven five. That was Karina Plaza's time for the 50-meter...
The Data Gap in Women's Swimming: Nobody Records the Middle of the RaceIn Nha Trang that year, I did not simply open a channel — I opened a door. Bu...
Lizzy Johnson Commits to Florida State: The Data Map of a 2028 Sprint FreestylerThe day Lizzy Johnson announced her verbal commitment to Florida State...
Lizzy Johnson Commits to Florida State 2028: Reading the Numbers Behind a SignatureIn the 100 freestyle, Lizzy Johnson finished fourth in the state of Florida i...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Missing Data Layer Behind Every LaneOn the electronic board at the My Dinh Aquatic Sports Palace, the digits...
WADA 2026: Testing Rises, Momentum Slows, and an $8.3 Million Funding GapNovember 2026, Busan, South Korea. Delegates at the WADA conference press the...
