By Retta Race on SwimSwam 19-year-old Pan Zhanle of China decided to drop one of his original trio of events with swimming action beginning in Paris on Saturday. Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2024 Olympic Heat Sheets: Pan Zhanle & Kim Woomin Among Those Who Dropped Events ..read more

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Massabie was one of several Paralympic swimmers getting into form at the six-day pool meet, which runs through Monday at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. Read the full story on SwimSwam: Massabie Kicks Off Canadian Championships by Smashing National Record in S4 200 Free ..read more

By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam Courtesy of Malmsten, a SwimSwam partner. Malmsten is proud to be the certified sole and exclusive supplier of aquatic equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. We are on site at Paris La Defense Arena right now for the second test event, making sure everything is perfect for the upcoming Games. See you in Paris! Gold PRO available in the USA The teaming with S&R Sports is a great partnership. With a similar closeness to aquatic sports, we understand each other. S&R Sports, with over 30 years of supplying the world with water polo and swimmin ..read more

By SwimSwam Staff on SwimSwam See the ad-free, one-off, full 245 page editorial guide. See the an ad-free, one-off, 43-page editorial guide. Swimming Stats and SwimSwam are proud to present our definitive Paris 2024 Olympic Editorial Guide, which will provide all of the information you need to follow along with the swimming events at the upcoming Olympic Games.  The full guide, 245-pages, is recommended for mainstream media, press, commentators, and coaches. We also are proud to present a lighter, LOWER COST version of the 2024 Olympic Editorial Guide, which will help you to p ..read more

By Aidan Burns on SwimSwam Swammer Spotlight: Brittany MacLean Life after swimming can be a difficult thing to navigate, there are decades of passion and knowledge and experience that do not directly translate into the next stage of life. Outside of ‘swim coach,’ there are very few other professional avenues where immense knowledge of swimming is handy. Another option is sports writing or commentating, but it takes a certain personality type to be able to get in front of the camera or behind a microphone and excel. Canadian Olympian and NCAA Champion Brittany MacLean is a bright light of pers ..read more

By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam 2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024 Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024 La Défense Arena — Paris, France LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Full Schedule Initial Entry Lists SwimSwam Preview Index BY THE NUMBERS — MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY World Record: 49.45 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2021) World Junior Record: 50.62 —  Kristof Milak, Hungary (2017) Olympic Record: 49.45 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2021) 2020 Olympic Champion: Caeleb Dressel, United States, 49.45 In 2009, Michael Phelps and Milorad Cavic ..read more

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam This is an ad-free, one-off, 43-page editorial guide.  (The full guide is 245-pages.) Swimming Stats and SwimSwam are proud to present a lighter, LOWER COST version of the 2024 Olympic Editorial Guide, which will help you to prepare for ultimate fandom for the Games and to help guide your predictions of what will happen in Paris. . This light guide, 43-pages, is recommended for bloggers, creators, and swimming nerds. (The full guide, 245-pages, is recommended mainstream media, press, commentators, and coaches.) . Both guides are available only in digital format ..read more

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam Swimming Canada has released its qualifying standards for the next Olympic quad, including the cuts for its newly-added Short Course National Championship meet. See the full set of Canadian standards 2025-2028 here. See the full set of Canadian standards 2021-2024 here. The standards will feed into the country’s new ‘Canadian Way’ scheduling system that will bring a bit more organization to the country’s annual rotation. The locations for most of the major meets, including the 2028 Olympic Trials in Toronto, have already been named. The standards also have a note ..read more

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam At least 12 swimmers have been named flag bearers for their respective countries at the opening ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games. That includes Olympic gold medalist Florent Manaudou, who will carry the flag of the host nation France in shared duties with discus thrower Melina Robert-Michon on July 26th in the Parade of Nations. Each country is allowed to name one male and one female flag bearer for the Parade of Nations, with most countries choosing either their most famous athlete or the athlete they expect to have the best results at the Ga ..read more

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam 2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024 Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024 La Défense Arena — Paris, France LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Full Schedule SwimSwam Preview Index Entry Lists Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh has pared down her schedule at the Paris Olympics by opting out of the women’s 200 freestyle, leaving her with four individual entries at the Games. McIntosh was the 2023 World Championship bronze medalist in the 200 free, breaking the World Junior Record last summer in Fukuoka in a time o ..read more