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Back to swim: How tankers can resume training in quarantine
'Jump straight into the pool, swim, and leave immediately' is the main protocol for swimming during the pandemic

Life after swimming: Enchong Dee motivated to keep fit
Former national swimmer Enchong Dee makes sure that he stays strong and healthy after a life of training 12 times a week

Schooling seeks national service delay after Olympics moved
Swimming star Joseph Schooling requests to defer national military service yet again following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics

Sun Yang lawyer blasts 'lies' after 8-year drug ban
As Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang threatens legal action, his rivals celebrate the lengthy suspension

Sun Yang vows to appeal 'unfair' 8-year doping ban
'I will fight to the end to defend my legitimate rights and interests,' says world swimming record-holder Sun Yang

Olympic swimming star Sun Yang banned for 8 years for doping offense
Chinese superstar Sun Yang has been accused of smashing a vial of his own blood sample during a drug testing session

Sjostrom pips Dressel for 1st ISL MVP crown
'I'm not used to that tough racing that often so it was very good experience to race with that much pressure,' says MVP Sarah Sjostrom

Dressel, Seto clock world records in swim league final
Caeleb Dressel and Daiya Seto splash to record-breaking performances in the International Swimming League finale

IN PHOTOS: Filipinos smash records at SEA Games 2019
The stellar performance of Filipino athletes leads to multiple shattered records in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games

Jasmine Alkhaldi nails Olympic cut, sets PH swim records thrice
'This one is a tough race because because all of us were so close, so to get a medal here, I’m very happy,' says Philippine swimming star Jasmine Alkhaldi

'More sushi for us': Joseph Schooling makes Olympics cut in SEA Games 2019
A relieved Joseph Schooling gets the chance to defend his 100m butterfly gold in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Joseph Schooling targets Olympics return in SEA Games 2019
Swimming star Joseph Schooling competes in the Philippine hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games with an Olympic berth on the line

PH swimming relay salvages bronze as Luke Gebbie shatters record
The women’s 4x200m freestyle team caps Day 2 of the 2019 SEA Games swimming action with a bronze

James Deiparine credits Filipino crowd for record-breaking swim
'I could really hear the crowd really, really loud. I knew that I was out fast,' Fil-Am swimmer James Deiparine says of his 2019 SEA Games golden performance

PH swimmers smash national records in SEA Games opening romp
National record holders James Deiparine, Remedy Rule and Jasmine Alkhaldi eclipse their own swimming marks during the Philippines' stellar SEA Games start

PH swimmer James Deiparine shatters 10-year SEA Games record
James Deiparine makes history right on the first day of swimming action in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games

Ateneo swimming overcomes 'roadblocks' to extend UAAP reign
FAST Ateneo Swimming Team clinches a 6th straight men's title and 3-peat women's championship in UAAP Season 82

LOOK: PH swimming tests 2019 SEA Games venue
Pinoy tankers get a chance to swim in the New Clark City Aquatics Center and stay in the Athlete's Village

Accused Hungarian swimmer allowed to leave South Korea
Olympic medalist Tamas Kenderesi has been allowed to leave South Korea after paying a fine for 'thoughtlessly touching' a nightclub dancer

Swimming Australia denies cover-up of Jack failed drug test
Shayna Jack pulled out of the world championship citing 'personal reasons,' but it has been revealed she failed an out-of-competition test and has been suspended
Dressel treble after nightclub deaths rock world swim championships
American superstar Caeleb Dressel looks untouchable, but controversies continue to hit the world meet

'I'm just protecting athletes,' insists China swim star Sun
Amid the heated podium protests due to doping suspicions, Sun Yang says he has 'nothing to prove' and doesn't deserve the insults from fellow swimmers

2 dead in Korean nightclub balcony collapse at world swim meet
(UPDATED) A 38-year-old and a 27-year-old succumbed to grave injuries after an internal balcony gave away in a South Korea nightclub

Dressel smashes Phelps' 100m butterfly world record
Another Michael Phelps world record goes down this week as American Caeleb Dressel pulls off an incredible semifinal swim

Phelps hails 'incredible' Milak after losing world record
Hungarian teen Kristof Milak shatters American legend Michael Phelps' long-standing 200m butterfly record

2019 SEA Age Group: PH swimming records best haul in 9 years
The Philippine swimming team doubles its gold medal haul in the 2019 edition of the regional age group contest

PH swimming targets podium finish in 2019 SEA Age group
The Philippine junior swimming team hopes to surpass its 13-gold medal haul in 2010


Davao swimmer Villanueva shatters own Palaro record
Juliana Marien Villanueva defends her crown in the secondary girls 800m freestyle

Tankers push PH gold tally to 28 in 2019 Arafura Games Day 3
All 6 gold medalists from the Philippine swimming team pull off record-breaking feats

Why your tourist brain may try to drown you
Tourist brain occurs when visual cues in unfamiliar places coax vacationers into taking risks

Former PH swimming head Mark Joseph dies
Mark Joseph was an active figure in Philippine swimming since 1986

Batang Pinoy: Amoguis sisters make waves in Mindanao leg
Swimming sisters Liaa Margarette and Lora Micah Amoguis boost Davao City’s medal haul

2019 SEA Games swimming to serve as Olympic qualifier
FINA approves the 30th Southeast Asian Games in Manila as an Olympic qualifying meet

Philippine Swimming Inc warns member teams of 'other group'
Only the FINA-recognized swimming body of the Philippines can conduct national tryouts for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games

Hong Kong domestic helpers get free swimming lessons
British Simon Holliday sets up 'Splash Foundation,' which offers free swimming lessons for domestic helpers in Hong Kong, including OFWs

PH para swim star Ernie Gawilan to get over P4 million bonus
The Paralympic swimmer emerges as the most bemedalled Filipino in the 2018 Asian Para Games

PH swimmer Nicole Oliva bows out of Youth Olympics
The 16-year-old fails to secure a medal but her sixth-place finish gives the Philippine swimming team hope for the future

PH caps Asian Para Games campaign with golden spree
The country hikes its gold medal haul to 10 – a major turnaround from its zero-gold finish in previous editions
Ernie Gawilan cops 2nd gold in Asian Para Games
The bemedalled para swimmer continues to make history for the Philippines

Ernie Gawilan clinches 1st PH gold in Asian Para Games history
The Filipino para swimmer immediately opens the country's campaign with a historic gold

Cold weather hampers tanker Mojdeh from 4th gold
Jasmine Mojdeh settles for a silver in the 2018 Batang Pinoy National Finals 12-under 200m breaststroke, on top of her 3 preivous gold medals

New target: Beef up athletics, aquatics for 2019 SEA Games
After the centerpiece sports failed to produce a medal again in the Asian Games, POC president Ricky Vargas says it shouldn't be the case in next year's SEA Games

Beef, sushi on menu as Japan's Ikee scoops Asian Games MVP
Teen swimming sensation Rikako Ikee of Japan becomes the first female athlete to win the Asiad Most Valuable Player award

Japan's Ikee captures record 6th Asian Games swim gold
Rikako Ikee becomes the first woman in any sport to scoop six gold medals at a single Asiad

Japan swimmer Ikee seeks Asian Games record haul
Rikako Ikee continues to stamp her name all over the Asian Games while Singapore's Olympic champion Joseph Schooling pulls off a fingertip win

2018 Asian Games: Japan goes from prostitutes to podium
Japan bags gold medals in swimming after its campaign got rocked by the expulsion of basketball players caught paying for sex

Phelps: Saving a life more important than a gold medal
Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps opens up again on his ongoing battle with depression

LOOK: Michael Phelps congratulates Pinoy Clark Kent
(UPDATED) The world's most decorated Olympian praises 10-year-old Clark Kent 'Superman' Apuada for smashing his record

Swimmer Ryan Lochte banned 14 months for anti-doping violation
The 6-time Olympic gold medalist was suspended for 10 months two years ago for claiming he and 3 other US swimmers were robbed in the Rio Games