The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault [PHOTO CREDIT: MICHAEL PHELPS BY PETER H. BICK] In this issue of SW Biweekly, take a look back at the best of the last 10 years: The top 10 USA highlights, the top 10 Australian highlights, and Swimming World’s top water polo stories. Also featured: Remnants of the “shiny suit era”, the controversial polyurethane swimsuits that were banned 10 years ago, but not before leaving a major impact on swim times; “The End of a Career” features the thoughts and feelings of a swimmer about to embark on their last race; Gretchen Walsh joins her sister Alex with a big verbal commitment to swim for Virginia; Ashleigh Johnson and Francesco Di Fulvio chosen as Swimming World’s Water Polo Players of 2019; Swimming World staff give their top picks for which races to watch in 2020; Adam Peaty ends the decade as the first swimmer to exceed the German Democratic Republic’s “Human Limit” speed; The 2019 NCAA Performances of the Year go to Abbey Weitzeil and Dean Farris; and train with University of Minnesota’s Sarah Bacon. Get Swimming World Magazine and Swimming World Biweekly FREE When You Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Want More? Subscribe With This Special 2-Year Offer! New! 1-Year Digital Only Subscription for just $39.95 Order Now! Non-Subscribers can click here to download this issue for only $.99 – Limited Time Offer FEATURES 008 TOM SHIELDS OPENS UP ABOUT WHAT LED HIM TO NEAR-SUICIDE EXPERIENCE IN 2018 by Andy Ross 010 THE END OF A CAREER: WHEN THAT FINAL RACE LOOMS by Frank C. Elenio 011 GRETCHEN WALSH JOINS SISTER, ALEX, WITH HUGE VERBAL COMMITMENT TO VIRGINIA by Chandler Brandes 012 DIFULVIO, JOHNSON ARE SWIMMING WORLD’S TOP WATER POLO PLAYERS FOR 2019 by Michael Randazzo 014 TOP FIVE SWIM MEETS TO WATCH IN 2020 by Andy Ross 016 SWIMMING WORLD STAFF PICKS: TOP RACES TO WATCH IN 2020 by Swimming World Editorial Team 020 DECADE IN THE MIRROR—MY TOP 10 USA HIGHLIGHTS by John Lohn 028 DECADE IN THE MIRROR: 10 REMAINS OF THE DAY WHEN SHINY SUITS RULED THE POOL by Craig Lord 030 HOW ADAM PEATY ENDS THE DECADE AS THE FIRST SWIMMER TO EXCEED GDR’S “HUMAN LIMIT” by Craig Lord 032 DECADE IN THE MIRROR: THE BEST FROM DOWN UNDER by Ian Hanson 036 DECADE IN THE MIRROR: SWIMMING WORLD’S TOP WATER POLO STORIES by Michael Randazzo 040 2019 NCAA PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR: ABBEY WEITZEIL, DEAN FARRIS by Dan D’Addona 042 HOW THEY TRAIN: SARAH BACON by Michael J. Stott 043 PARTING SHOT |