Ilya Kharun’s origin story contains a scene that seems almost too ridiculous to be true. The teenage butterfly swimmer pulled…
Browsing: Swimming Skills
The majority of athletes have at least once seen a picture from that September afternoon in Seoul. Ben Johnson was…
Elite swimmers have a certain type of stubbornness. Due to years of exposure to chlorine and early mornings, the majority…
After a swimming career, there’s a certain silence. Not the familiar, almost reassuring silence of an empty pool at dawn,…
Standing on an all-white pool deck and feeling as though you don’t belong there without anyone saying anything is a…
Swimming scandals are particularly startling. The pool feels the most controlled and sterile of all Olympic sports, with timers, split-second…
You don’t become wealthy by swimming. A small number of swimmers have amassed the kind of wealth that rivals athletes…
Watching an Olympic swimmer touch the wall, set a world record then stealthily return to a life where paying the…
It takes a certain kind of bravery to give up the one thing you’ve always excelled at. Not because you…
A city like Ypsilanti, Michigan, has a quality that is simple to ignore. It’s not the kind of place that…