Swimming Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

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Edited August 4, 2025 by Sindo

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Summer joined the sub 8:10 club in the 800 free! Would love to see a showdown with Ledecky in Singapore.

 

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Mizuki Hirai  clocked 55.10 in the short course 100 butterfly at a domestic meet to set an Asian record and world junior record 

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 Sarah Sjöström is pregnant and will take a break from swimming. But her big goal is still to participate in LA 2028. 

Edited February 26, 2025 by Sindo

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Summer McIntosh did an interciew with our network, CBC. She says she'll swim 5 events at the upcoming world championships.

 

She also said that this will be the last year she trains at her current base with the Sarasota sharks. She's eying training with Bob Bowman who is currently Leon Marchands current coach.

Edited March 1, 2025 by Topicmaster1010

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So Summer went 2:04.00 in the 200m butterfly today and looked disappointed with the time 

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Bulgarian swimming has been on the rise for the past couple of years and we certainly have our best period, since the 80s. But as with most things in  , a lot of good can't be without some bad to compliment it...

 

First Antani Ivanov, who is having a 3 year ban for missing tests (and who is a real moron and i am happy he hits the road) got busted and started feuding with practically everyone and is never at fault for anything. Last year he said he was retiring and getting away from swimming, but recently made the news sites (for more attention) saying, when his ban ends in spring 2026 he is going to start competing for a new country. But like i said, good riddance.

 

But more importantly, today one of our brightest swimmers Josif Miladinov shockingly announced his retirement at 21.. This comes out of the blue without much explanation. He made the 100 m butterfly finals at the Tokyo Olympics and the Doha WCH last year, had won a Silver & Bronze at the Euro.

 

There seems to be no conflict between him and the Federation and he just mentioned in his post, that he wants a new path in his life... Don't know if he is burned out from all the trainings and regimes from a young child or there are some other reasons that are being kept secret, but it's a big blow for this sport here. 

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Bulgarian swimming has been on the rise for the past couple of years and we certainly have our best period, since the 80s. But as with most things in  , a lot of good can't be without some bad to compliment it...

 

First Antani Ivanov, who is having a 3 year ban for missing tests (and who is a real moron and i am happy he hits the road) got busted and started feuding with practically everyone and is never at fault for anything. Last year he said he was retiring and getting away from swimming, but recently made the news sites (for more attention) saying, when his ban ends in spring 2026 he is going to start competing for a new country. But like i said, good riddance.

 

But more importantly, today one of our brightest swimmers Josif Miladinov shockingly announced his retirement at 21.. This comes out of the blue without much explanation. He made the 100 m butterfly finals at the Tokyo Olympics and the Doha WCH last year, had won a Silver & Bronze at the Euro.

 

There seems to be no conflict between him and the Federation and he just mentioned in his post, that he wants a new path in his life... Don't know if he is burned out from all the trainings and regimes from a young child or there are some other reasons that are being kept secret, but it's a big blow for this sport here. 

 

 

Regarding Josif Miladinov case I am not extremely surprised. He is living in Switzerland and does not train with bulgarian team during last couple of years. From his last interviews I only saw lack of any motivation and desire to keep developing his results. He seemed not devoted to the sport and was missing a lot of events due to injuries which was apparently not the only reason. Swimming is really on the rise during last couple of years in Bulgaria but there is some problems too. This year a big olympic size swimming pool was opened in Plovdiv which is super news for the sport in the country. Hopefully further pools will be build in near future, also in small towns.

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Two notable swims from today. First  Kyle Chalmers put up a time of 47.27 in the 100m freestyle at the Bergen Swim Festival.

 

However, he was outdone later in the day by  Luca Urlando who put up a 200m butterfly time of 1:52.37 at the Pro Swim Series . That ranks him as the 4th fastest performer of all time and the 14th fastest performance of all time.

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Meanwhile, there is apparently a swimmer named Autumn McIntosh

 

Ward, McIntosh Lead Group Of Fast Swimmers At Missouri Valley Age Group Championships

 

Now we just need a Spring McIntosh and a Winter McIntosh to complete the full set.