World Cup, round 3, day 2 = Astana, Kazhakstan - women's events: Four women's finals end in a £10k triple-crown winner, Marrit Steenbergen landing one in the 100IM, Kasia Wasick holding her off in the 50 free for her own fine pay day
TIMELINE - January - April- The SOS Daily Trawl of official World long-course records (plus all pre 1954 standards, all pools and metrics) set this day throughout history.
It's early days for swimming Integrity Units - there's a long way to go before the system is working as it should, it seems to many in aquatics. AQIU now has before it a submission from the Slovak swim community that makes the eyes water. What happens next will test the entire integrity ecosystem
An argument that ought never to have started is, effectively, won, yet women still find themselves having to fight to see fair play, safe play and sex-based rights back where they should be: as the three pillars holding up the two gateways to sport
Red flags fly over troubled waters. What happens when a federation president shuts down almost half of a nation's swim clubs, athletes are told their races won't be recognised, over a million euros in public funding is lost in the wash and those reporting concerns are suspended?
A $250 million lawsuit against Nancy Hogshead, Champion Women, and Deb DiMatteo has been dismissed - Federal Court Declares Women's Sports Advocates Have First Amendment Right to Warn of the Risks of Sexually Abusive Coaches
The China Open was striking for four reasons: McEvoy's master-class 20.88; money magnets that drew foreign stars to a charm offensive that doubled as domestic championships; the speed of Zhang as he beat Märtens in the 200, 400 & 800 free; and the very young age of many Chinese finalists
