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Veteran Wang Shun Continues to Make an Impact in 200 Individual Medley As China moves toward the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, it features a quality crop of rising stars. Headlining that group is Yu Zidi, the 13-year-old multi-event talent who just missed several individual podium finishes at l...

Behind Summer McIntosh, Women's 400 IM Has Largely Stagnated The 4:30-barrier in the women's 400 IM went down during the polyurethane-suit era as Australia's Stephanie Rice and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (now the President of the International Olympic Committee) achieved the feat at the Beijing Olym...

Siobhan Haughey, Egor Kornev Impress at Dubai Open Siobhan Haughey and Egor Kornev were among the impressive headliners at the weekend’s Dubai Open Swimming Championships. Haughey won three events, including two on Friday’s opening day of the meet, and was generally busy with an all-around program t...

Cam McEvoy Bound for China Open; Meet Will Feature Multiple Olympic Champions and Medalists Next month's China Open and National Spring Championships won't just include some of the top swimmers from the home nation. A superb collection of international athletes are also expected to race in Shenzhen,...

The Most Top-10 Performances: Summer McIntosh and Sarah Sjostrom Lead the Way Who owns the most top-10 performances in women's swimming history? It's a question that initially suggested Katie Ledecky as an answer, given her long-term dominance in the distance-freestyle events. While Ledecky owns 19 ...

Could a Bronte Campbell Inspired 'Super Hub' Become a Game Changer for Future Australian Olympians? Bronte Campbell’s tailor-made gold medal-winning Paris 2024 Olympic Games campaign has paved the way for what could well be a game-changing partnership in Australian swimming. A newly formed collabo.....

The Longest-Lasting World Records in Each Event (Women's Edition) World records are spectacular by nature, a performance better than anything previously produced. But some world records hold iconic status, thanks to their durability. For example, distance-freestyle legend Janet Evans owns three of t...

Throwback Thursday: Michael Phelps' 41 Days to Remember in the 200 Individual Medley The lower-key nature of the 2003 Santa Clara Invitational belied what unfolded in the water of the George Haines International Swim Center. On the final day of the meet in Northern California, Michael Phelps treated...

Poll: What New Event Would You Most Like to See Leon Marchand Attack? (VOTE HERE!) Over the past several years, fans of the sport have been treated to the talent of Leon Marchand. The Frenchman has established himself as future Hall of Famer, with four Olympic titles earned at the 2024 Olympic Games...

Australian Olympic foursome to Spearhead 10-Strong Dolphins For Open Water World Cup Olympic and world champions Moesha Johnson, Chelsea Douyere (Gubecka), Kyle Lee and Nick Sloman will spearhead the 10-strong Australian team to contest the 2026 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Spain....

World Records in Women’s Breaststroke Could Last For Years Almost very discipline in women’s swimming saw at least one long course world record beaten or challenged in 2025. At the Fort Lauderdale Pro Series in May, Katie Ledecky knocked off her long-standing record in the 800 freestyle while Gretch...

World Aquatics has announced the competition schedule for the 2027 World Aquatics Championships and World Masters in Budapest. The global governing body announced in December the World Aquatics Championships would be held from 26 June to 18 July 2027 with the World Masters Championships running para...

Only Five: The Events Where One Nation Owns Three of History's Top-Five Performers When conducting some research for an upcoming project, an interesting statistic emerged. Of the 17 individual events contested on the worldwide stage, only five feature a trio of top-five performers from the same coun...

How the International Marathon Swimming Hall (IMSHOF) of Fame Works By Ned Denison There are thousands of “Halls of Fame” in operation around the world. While many focus on sports, they also include other fields - Automotive, Barbecue, Black Filmmakers, International Latin Music, Quilters, Australia...

Unheralded as a Multi-Event Star: How Thomas Ceccon Ranks Among the Sport's Most Versatile Swimmers As the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder, Thomas Ceccon is best known for his achievements in the 100-meter backstroke. The 24-year-old Italian, whose global mark stands at 51.60, also...

The Longest-Lasting World Records in Each Event (Men's Edition) What are the longest-standing world records in each event? Swimming World analyzed the sport's world-record progressions to present that data, which can be found below. It turns out that several current world records are also the most-e...

Ilya Kharun Announces Decision to Shift from Canada to United States for International Competition After years of representing Canada at the international level, including as an Olympic medalist, Ilya Kharun took to social media on Monday to announce that he is changing his international representat...

The Longest Current Medal Streaks in International Swimming At last summer’s World Championships, Katie Ledecky continued one of the all-time great streaks in athletic competition. In the women’s 800 freestyle final, Ledecky held off spirited charges from Lani Pallister and Summer McIntosh to secure...

Kyle Lee Wins 5km National Title After Original Race Abandoned; Moesha Johnson Wraps Up Women’s Treble Local hero Kyle Lee had to survive a re-start and a strong challenge from Olympic teammate Sam Short before adding the 5km National crown to his gold medal tally on a disruptive final day of the A....

Sam Short Makes His Mark With 3km Open Water Knockout Australian Title in WA Paris Olympian and former 400m freestyle world champion Sam Short has made a splash at the Australian Open Water Championships in Bunbury today, winning the newly added the 3km knockout National title, suggesting a sea ch.....