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Coach Denis Cotterell Quits Chinese Swimming & Will Not Support Sun Yang’s Last Appeal Against Eight-Year Ban

Denis Cotterell, Sun Yang’s Australian coach, has quit Chinese swimming and will not support the swimmer’s further appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the eight-year ban imposed on him by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing.

Coronavirus Impact on Aquatic Sports

Coronavirus And Swimmers: CDC Issues Guidance On Water Transmission & COVID-19

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued clarification and guidance on COVID-19 and treated recreational water venues. The advice and answers provided are useful to swimmers, swim programs and swimming venues.

YMCA Short Course Nationals Cancelled For First Time Since 1947

The YMCA Short Course National Championships have been cancelled for the first time since 1947. Scheduled for March 30-April 3 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, the meet is the latest in a long list of swim events to be hot by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and containment measures around the globe.

YMCA Short Course Nationals Cancelled For First Time Since 1947

The Southern California Swimming (SCS) Junior Olympic Championships will be held from tomorrow until Sunday, as planned, at an alternative venue after the meet was cancelled at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, Santa Clara Swim Club, due to a City mandate issued as part of containment measures in the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health emergency.

Community

To mark International Women’s Day, Swimming World is rolled out a series of features, fresh and from the archive, to highlight the achievements and work of pathfinders in swimming and raising issues that continue to have a massive impact on women in sport.

IWD: An Ode to Swim Moms

It’s race day. The team cheer was energizing, yet you still feel like something is missing. You scan the densely packed stands: it is full of familiar faces, though none stand out. Then a voice pierces through the roaring crowd. It is your mother. She waves as she calls your name, joyfully wearing your team’s colors. As she sits with her fellow swim moms, she texts you – almost as eager as you are – to find out your events. You smile. It is going to be another exciting meet.

IWD: The Day Janet Evans Went A 4:03 Over 8 Laps To Legendary Status

In a series the 25th anniversary of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, John Lohn took a look at a soaring swim that would launch Janet Evans on the path to legendary status in the pantheon of greats. For Olympic gold in Seoul, she clocked 4:03.85 over 400m free. It was sensational, Beamonesque. The American distance freestyler redefined her events during her career and her best times remain competitive a quarter century later.

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