The Top-10 Pet Peeves Swimmers Carry Into the Pool Being a seasoned swimmer has its ups and downs: we know our way around any and every pool, we constantly smell of chlorine, our faces have permanent goggle marks and we can all count in fives exceptionally well. Forty-give plus 45 equals 1:30, right?
Whether we like it or not, swimming becomes our identity as we form a legacy for ourselves and our career. With the territory comes unspoken codes of conduct that, when broken, can cause some dissension on the team. Although everyone is different in the water, we all have the same things that creep under our caps and makes our blood boil. Here are 10 pet peeves every swimmer can relate to...
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Ilya Shymanovich Breaststroke is Unconventional But Legal The best male breaststroker during this ISL season has been Ilya Shymanovich, the 27-year-old Belarusian representing Energy Standard. Over the course of the season, Shymanovich has recorded 16 individual wins, with six of those coming in the 200 breast plus five each in the 50 breast and 200 breast. He holds the season’s top time in all three races, and in his last two matches, he has lowered his own world record in the 100 breast, first to 55.32 and then to 55.28. At the recent European Short Course Championships, he matched the world record in the 50 breast.
However, questions have emerged as to the legality of Shymanovich’s breaststroke. He barely pauses his arms at the front end of the stroke, eschewing the smooth glide that has been a staple of breaststroke throughout swimming’s history. There is no legality issue with that technique, although it is unconventional. But Shymanovich swims a power-based stroke where he muscles the water. It’s very effective for him, particularly in short course... |
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 | Texas Announces Plans to Pay Athletes; Other Universities Expected to Follow In June, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Alston v. NCAA that universities could provide financial benefits to athletes beyond the scope of scholarships and benefits such as food. The Court ruled that financial awards for academic achievement should be allowed, and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh both cited establish antitrust laws in their opinions. Now, schools including the University of Texas are taking advantage of that ruling... |
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 | The Con of Michelle Smith: How the Irish Lass Cheated the Swimming World Her presence on the international stage was inconsequential. She didn’t affect the makeup of podiums. She didn’t influence any championship finals. At least, that’s the way the career of Michelle Smith unfolded for most of the years she represented Ireland in global competition.
But at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Smith shined as one of the most successful athletes in Atlanta. To some, her story was about a meteoric rise, a late bloomer rewarded for patience and persistence. Others, though, knew better. This sudden surge was about something entirely different – and suspicious... |
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 | Adam Peaty Awaits Unpaid Wages From The ISL And Urges Athletes To Exert Greater Power Peaty was a mainstay for London Roar in the first two seasons of the International Swimming League and there had been some hope he would return this week in Eindhoven where Ilya Shymanovich has been in blistering form for Energy Standard.
However, Roar general manager Rob Woodhouse confirmed on Monday that the three-time Olympic champion would not be appearing at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium.
Peaty has been an interested observer this time around but his desire for the league to successfully develop conflicts with his own experience... |
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