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Olivia Smoliga Skipping Nationals After Appendix Removal Finds Hernia Two-time Olympian Olivia Smoliga will not be competing at the U.S. National Championships this week in Irvine, California. Smoliga posted on Instagram that she had her appendix removed and it revealed another injury, a hernia, cau...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Australian Women Continue Domination in 800 Free Relay As expected, the Australian women have been nearly unbeatable at the Commonwealth Games. Through four days, the Dolphins have won eight out of nine individual events (all except the 100 breaststroke), and aft...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Lewis Clareburt Surges Home to Win 200 Fly Gold The men’s 200 butterfly gave fans one of the most thrilling finishes of these Commonwealth Games. Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand, the defending champion from 2022, had all the odds stacked against him coming in with...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Sam Short Swims into History Books, Winning Inaugural 800m Freestyle in Dolphins Super Sweep Australia's man of the moment Sam Short has written his own slice of Games history in Glasgow tonight winning the inaugural Commonwealth 800m freestyle crown and leading....

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Alex Perkins Uses Early Speed to Dominate Women's 100 Fly After a breakthrough at the 2025 World Championships, Alex Perkins has become one of the best butterfly swimmers in the world. Tonight, she proved it again. Like her teammate Jenna Forrester earlier in the...

Commonwealth Games, Day 4 Finals: Sam Williamson Runs Down Michael Houlie for Second Breaststroke Gold Just as in the 100 breaststroke final two days earlier, South Africa's Michael Houlie had the most early speed. And even in a race half the length, Australia's Sam Williamson had enough energy rema...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Meg Harris Lifts Like A Hydrofoil to Lead Third Aussie Sweep in Glasgow Pool in 100 Freestyle Lifting like a hydrofoil, Meg Harris has spearheaded Australia’s third clean sweep in the Glasgow Games pool tonight, winning her first major individual 100m freestyle ....

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Para Events: Beau Matthews Blasts to Title in 100 Breaststroke (SB9) For several years, Beau Matthews has been viewed as a future star for Australia in Para swimming. on Monday night, the upstart confirmed his promise by capturing Commonwealth Games gold in the SB9 final...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Semifinals: Kyle Chalmers Chasing Repeat in 100 Freestyle Jockeying for position in the men's 100-meter freestyle will be one of the primary themes of the Day Four semifinals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The morning prelims were sleepy, with the competitors doin...

Commonwealth Games, Day 4 Finals: Jenna Forrester Blasts Front Half of 400 IM, Holds Off Teenager Amalie Smith for Gold Over the past few years, Jenna Forrester has established herself among the world's best 400 IMers. She has won silver and bronze medals in the event at the World Championships, mos...

Ilya Kharun Seeking World-Class Butterfly Performances at U.S. Nationals Immediately upon announcing he would switch his sporting nationality from Canada to the United States, Ilya Kharun became a potential star for the American men. After all, Kharun won two Olympic medals in the butterfly event at...

Isabelle Stadden Chasing Mighty American Backstroke Standard at Nationals With the United States selecting its team for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships based on summer 2025 results, there were always going to be omissions. Some swimmers would certainly emerge during the 12-month gap, only for no ...

Junior National Finalist Carly Afanasewicz Verbals to Georgia for 2027 NEW COMMIT: The University of Georgia has received a new verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Carly Afanasewicz of Pearl River, New York. She is a Junior National qualifier who excels in backstroke and IM. Afa...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Prelims: Harrison Turner Looks Sharp in 200 Butterfly The Monday prelims session at the Commonwealth Games marks the start of the meet's back half, with the first three days dominated by Australia. The Dolphins have piled up 34 medals at the Tollcross International Swimm...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Australia Smashes Games Record to Land Stunning Gold Medal in Men's 800 Freestyle Relay Kai Taylor, the son of an Aussie legend Hayley Lewis, has unleashed the anchor leg of his life to spearhead Australia to a stunning gold medal in a new Games record time of 7...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Lani Pallister Destroys Field in 1500 Freestyle; Scares Oceania Record Make it three individual medals in as many events for Lani Pallister at the Commonwealth Games. Racing the 1500-meter freestyle on Sunday night at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre,...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Cam McEvoy Flies To Games Record of 20.97 As Aussie Boys Sweep 50m Freestyle The world’s fastest man, Cam McEvoy has turned his three Commonwealth Games silvers into his first individual gold in Glasgow today and he did it in a new Games record time of 20.97 in ...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Pieter Coetze Takes Games Record in 200 Back Pieter Coetze has cemented himself as one of the world’s top male backstrokers of this Olympic cycle. He added another accolade to the cabinet on Sunday. The South African went 1:54.22 to win the final of the men’s 20...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Iona Anderson Upsets Kylie Masse for 100 Backstroke Gold Iona Anderson of Australia won the Commonwealth Games title in the women’s 100 backstroke in a time of 58.71, the 20-year-old rallying from a deficit at the 50-meter mark. Anderson flipped second in a time...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Josh Liendo Edges Matthew Temple by .01 for 100 Fly Gold Given the gauntlet that was thrown down in a record-setting semifinals, the men’s 100 fly final at the Commonwealth Games promised something special. Josh Liendo and Matthew Temple obliged. The Canadian Li...