Category: History
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The Swimming Stadium at the Olympic Stadium Berlin
During the 1936 Olympic Games, the swimming stadium held about 17 000 visitors. Its capacity was larger than today, as additional temporary stands were built in the north and south. Thus, the audience framed the swimming arena on four sides and in some cases almost up to the edge of the pool. Eyewitnesses have enthusiastically…
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When Hitler Used The Olympics For Nazi Propaganda | The 1936 Olympic Games | Timeline
On the 1st August 1936, 100,000 spectators watched as Hitler and the Olympic delegates arrived at the Olympic opening ceremony in Berlin. The Olympic flags hung cheerfully side-by-side banners bearing the Nazi swastika. With the help of specialists and images from Léni Riefenstahl’s 1938 film, ‘Olympia’, we see what really went on behind the scenes…
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Ultimate Swimmer Podcast: Penny Heyns
Penny Heyns is one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers in the history of the sport. She won gold in the 100 and 200 Meter Breaststroke at the Olympics in 1996 and is the only female swimmer ever to win both breaststroke events in the same Olympics. We hope you enjoy this interview with the great…
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Australian swimming great, Olympic gold medalist John Konrads dies at 78
John Konrads, who set 26 individual freestyle swimming world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1960, has died, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame announced Monday. He was 78. Konrads was born in Latvia in 1942 and moved to Australia with his parents, his two sisters, and a grandmother in 1949. “As a…
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Michael Phelps series on Peacock to premiere April 14
“Michael Phelps: Medals, Memories & More†will premiere exclusively for free on Peacock, NBC Universal’s new streaming service, on April 14, marking 100 days until the Tokyo Olympics. The three-part documentary series features Phelps looking back at each race of his Olympic career with NBC Sports swimming commentators Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines. The episodes are titled “Greatness Begins, 
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Trailblazing Swimmer Cullen Jones | Trans World Sport
Back in 2007, we caught up with American swimmer Cullen Jones as he was training for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Cullen became the first African-American swimmer to hold a swimming world record and spoke to us about his wish for more diversity in swimming and other sports.
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The Comeback Story Of Olympic Swimmer Dara Torres
Swimmer Dara Torres won 12 Olympic medals over a nearly 25-year span from age 17 to 41. But success in the pool early on in her career hid struggles with a serious eating disorder. Torres talks about that in-depth for the first time in a documentary that airs on the SEC Network on Monday called “Once Upon…
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