by admin | Dec 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania is the latest target in the culture-war debate over whether transgender girls and women should be allowed to participate on female sports teams. Lia Thomas, who came out as trans in 2019, set three school records and two...
by admin | Dec 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Lydia Jacoby, the Alaskan teen who stormed to Tokyo Olympic gold, returns to major international swimming this week. But she won’t be wearing her famous goggles. Jacoby, 17, competes at a major meet — the world short course championships in Abu Dhabi (TV schedule...
by admin | Dec 12, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Chelsea’s Sam Kerr who took down a pitch invader during a UEFA Champions League group stage match. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Swimming Australia who claimed to have no knowledge of sexual...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Swimming Australia has defended its response to allegations made by the Olympic swimmer Maddie Groves that she was sexually assaulted over five years by a man still involved in the sport. On Wednesday night Groves alleged on the ABC’s 7:30 Report she was sexually...
by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky tied Michael Phelps‘ record with her seventh USA Swimming Athlete of the Year, awarded at the Golden Goggles in Miami on Tuesday night. Ledecky, who bagged four medals and two golds at the Tokyo Olympics, earned Female Athlete of the Year over fellow...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky did it again. After pulling out a body length ahead by the end of the first 100, Ledecky won the event in 4:00.51, breaking her own U.S. Open meet record from 2019. She finished with a sub-1:00 time, mimicking her speed from prelims when she swam the...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After a four-month break from racing and a cross-country move, Katie Ledecky still looked like Katie Ledecky. The 10-time Olympic medalist won her first race since the Tokyo Games, taking her trademark 800m freestyle by nearly 11 seconds at the U.S. Open in...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Michael Phelps, the winningest swimmer of all time, has nothing but praise for Simone Biles, widely-regarded as the gymnastics G.O.A.T., for sharing her mental health struggles with the world when she withdrew from events at the Tokyo Olympics this past summer....
by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel became the first woman to swim from the Rhode Island mainland to Block Island on Saturday, completing the grueling 10.4-mile route to raise money for cancer research in memory of her late father. Beisel, who competed in three Olympics...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky has joined the Florida swimming and diving program as a volunteer swimming coach. Ledecky announced on Wednesday that she will train for the 2024 Olympics in Gainesville with Florida head coach Anthony Nesty, who was an...
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