Swimming
22.73 Against 22.56: Stanford's New Sprinter and an Audit of the Pipeline
History Across Seven Fingers: Zhang Zhanshuo's Record Night and Ohashi's World Record Claim
Third Arrest Raises Deeper Questions Over Child Safeguarding and Institutional Accountability in Japanese Swimming
Three Rented Pools, 275 Swimmers, One Job Posting: What an American Club's Notice Says About What Bangladesh's Swimming Lacks
Third Arrest Raises Deeper Questions Over Child Safeguarding and Institutional Accountability in Japanese SwimmingA 44-year-old former part-time swimming instructor in Japan has reportedly be...
Three Rented Pools, 275 Swimmers, One Job Posting: What an American Club's Notice Says About What Bangladesh's Swimming LacksThe line of light crosses the water at the Mirpur outdoor 50m pool before...
26.75 in Niigata: The 17-Year-Old Japanese Who Broke Two World Junior Records in One MonthMorning heats at the Niigata Prefecture Championships. No 100 meters here, no...
Stanford's First 2032 Swim Commit: The Ledger Behind William Canori's 15:18.71Where the Number Starts The last week of July, the 1500-meter freestyle final...
Small Pool, Big Wave: Yusei Imaizumi's 55.82 and the New Geography of BreaststrokeIt is nearly two in the morning in Kathmandu. On the laptop screen, a Japanes...
The Unrecorded Labour Market of Swim Instruction: Manhattan's $40 and Mirpur's Silent MirrorThe Unrecorded Labour Market of Swim Instruction: Manhattan's $40 and Mirpur'...
The Ledger of Eleven Hundredths: Tatjana Smith's 1:04.00 and the Empty Lines in South African BreaststrokeBefore I open a ledger I follow one rule: one federation, one meet, one...
From Mirpur's Open-Air Pool to the Colorado Foothills: Sheril Tankler's Commitment and the Ledger Swimming Keeps ForgettingThe clock in the 25-metre pool stopped at 2:17.93. The same swimmer, the same...
24.07 Seconds, Twelve Names: The Ledger That Counts Medals, Not MinutesFor three weeks a single number has sat on my desk: 24.07. It is the time...
22.73 Against 22.56: Stanford's New Sprinter and an Audit of the PipelineStart with a number, because a story without a number ends up as an...
The First High Diver in the Hall: ISHOF's Class of 2027 and the Arithmetic of a Pond in RangpurThe day the ISHOF Class of 2027 list reached my phone, I was standing at the...
The Announcement in the Empty Lane: Canada Goes to Beijing Without McIntosh, Without Kharun, and Without a Verified NumberDecember 1–6, 2026, Beijing. A twenty-five metre pool, which means every wall...
History Across Seven Fingers: Zhang Zhanshuo's Record Night and Ohashi's World Record ClaimThe Asian Games pool delivered a night of records. When Zhang Zhanshuo hung h...
David Davis Commits to Texas A&M: The 21.48 Relay Split and an Open Long-Course Ledger21.48. The number is a relay leadoff split — the time of a teenager who took...
Stanford's 22.73: The 0.17-Second Gap and an Unfinished Roster AuditHook The 2026 ACC Championships scoring line in women's 50-yard freestyle sat...
Three Rented Pools, 275 Swimmers, One Job Posting: What an American Club's Notice Says About What Bangladesh's Swimming LacksThe line of light crosses the water at the Mirpur outdoor 50m pool before...
26.75 in Niigata: The 17-Year-Old Japanese Who Broke Two World Junior Records in One MonthMorning heats at the Niigata Prefecture Championships. No 100 meters here, no...
Stanford's First 2032 Swim Commit: The Ledger Behind William Canori's 15:18.71Where the Number Starts The last week of July, the 1500-meter freestyle final...
Small Pool, Big Wave: Yusei Imaizumi's 55.82 and the New Geography of BreaststrokeIt is nearly two in the morning in Kathmandu. On the laptop screen, a Japanes...
The Unrecorded Labour Market of Swim Instruction: Manhattan's $40 and Mirpur's Silent MirrorThe Unrecorded Labour Market of Swim Instruction: Manhattan's $40 and Mirpur'...
The Ledger of Eleven Hundredths: Tatjana Smith's 1:04.00 and the Empty Lines in South African BreaststrokeBefore I open a ledger I follow one rule: one federation, one meet, one...
From Mirpur's Open-Air Pool to the Colorado Foothills: Sheril Tankler's Commitment and the Ledger Swimming Keeps ForgettingThe clock in the 25-metre pool stopped at 2:17.93. The same swimmer, the same...
24.07 Seconds, Twelve Names: The Ledger That Counts Medals, Not MinutesFor three weeks a single number has sat on my desk: 24.07. It is the time...
22.73 Against 22.56: Stanford's New Sprinter and an Audit of the PipelineStart with a number, because a story without a number ends up as an...
The First High Diver in the Hall: ISHOF's Class of 2027 and the Arithmetic of a Pond in RangpurThe day the ISHOF Class of 2027 list reached my phone, I was standing at the...
The Announcement in the Empty Lane: Canada Goes to Beijing Without McIntosh, Without Kharun, and Without a Verified NumberDecember 1–6, 2026, Beijing. A twenty-five metre pool, which means every wall...
History Across Seven Fingers: Zhang Zhanshuo's Record Night and Ohashi's World Record ClaimThe Asian Games pool delivered a night of records. When Zhang Zhanshuo hung h...
David Davis Commits to Texas A&M: The 21.48 Relay Split and an Open Long-Course Ledger21.48. The number is a relay leadoff split — the time of a teenager who took...
Stanford's 22.73: The 0.17-Second Gap and an Unfinished Roster AuditHook The 2026 ACC Championships scoring line in women's 50-yard freestyle sat...