Swimming World Olympic Predictions Now Available For Download! Photo Courtesy: Swimming World Swimming World is proud to present the Exclusive 2016 Rio Olympic Preview issue! This downloadable Olympic Preview issue includes full schedules for all five aquatic sports, exciting photos, USA team rosters, medal predictions and overviews for each swimming event at the upcoming Games. Also included are athlete features and a countdown of our All-Time Top 9 Olympic Upsets. All FREE for a limited time!! Current subscribers can visit the Swimming World Vault to download the issue now! Non-Subscribers can download for FREE for a limited time by Clicking Here Purchase a 1 year subscription and download more issues from the Swimming World Vault, plus get the following: Use Coupon Code: Rio2016 and save 25% A monthly print copy of Swimming World Magazine in the mail for 1 year! Free download of the next 12 issues and the past 12 issues of Swimming World Magazine! Free download of next 24 issues and the past 24 issues of Swimming World Biweekly! Free download of next 4 issues and the past 4 issues of Swimming Technique Magazine! Click Here For This Special Offer FEATURES 012 KIRSTY COVENTRY: AN INSPIRATION FOR A NATION by Wayne Goldsmith Kirsty Coventry, who competed in her first Olympics in 2000 at Sydney, will be representing Zimbabwe in Rio de Janeiro for her fifth straight Olympic Games. Now 32, Coventry recently reflected on her remarkable swimming journey that has resulted in her being tied with Hungary’s Kristina Egerszegi for the most individual Olympic medals won by a female athlete. 016 TOP 9 OLYMPIC UPSETS by Chuck Warner Beginning with its November 2015 issue and running through July 2016, Swimming World Magazine counted down its top 9 upsets in the individual events in Olympic history–with an emphasis on the last 50 years. 016 – #9 “Iron Mike” Burton 018 – #8 Sylvia Poll 020 – #7 Anthony Nesty 022 – #6 Katie Ledecky 026 – #5 Doug Russell 028 – #4 Sandy Neilson 032 – #3 Felipe Munoz 034 – #2 Misty Hyman 036 – #1 Laurie Lawrence & Lucky Lane 6 039 2016 OLYMPIC PREVIEW: SWIMMING (EVENT BY EVENT) by David Rieder with assistance from Taylor Brien, Annie Grevers, Brent T. Rutemiller and Michael J. Stott 039 – Women’s Swimming 055 – Men’s Swimming 071 OLYMPIC PREVIEW: OPEN WATER by Annie Grevers 072 OLYMPIC PREVIEW: WATER POLO by Annie Grevers 074 2016 OLYMPIC PREVIEW: DIVING by Annie Grevers 075 2016 OLYMPIC PREVIEW: SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING by Annie Grevers COLUMNS: 008 OLYMPIC SCHEDULE: AQUATIC SPORTS Swimming (Aug 6-13) Open Water (Aug 15-16) Diving (Aug 7-20) Water Polo (Aug 6-20) Synchronized Swimming (Aug 14-19) 076 2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER 080 PARTING SHOT |