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Junior Pan Pacs, Night One Finals: Luka Mijatovic Breaks NAG in 800 Freestyle; Just Misses Phelps Mark in 200 Free The United States' Luka Mijatovic started his second appearance at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in style, as the University of Texas recruit defended his title in the 200-meter ...

Guest Editorial: The Author's System of Sprint Swimming Biomechanics (Part I - Introduction) By Serhii Lysobei  Swimming World periodically will run guest editorials on its website that are intended to enhance the readership's appreciation or understanding of the sport. Today, we run the the first i...

The 2026 European Aquatics and Pan Pacific Championships concluded with Great Britain and USA leading their respective gold-medal counts, while Italy and USA captured the most total medals overall.Great Britain finished atop the European standings with eight gold medals. Italy and Germany each won s...

Ian Thorpe Sings Praises Of Down Under Wonders After A Golden 'Sam Pacs' For Aussies In Irvine Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe has given his seal of approval to the Dolphins Class of '26 after Australia’s most successful ever Pan Pacs Meet in Irvine over the weekend – what we’re now calling, d....

DMs and Elevator Texts: Pan Pacs Swimmers React to Johannes Liebmann World Record Bobby Finke was done shaving Saturday morning ahead of the final day of the Pan Pacific Championships when he opened Instagram. He was confused as to why he had a slew of DMs, most of them from people he didn’t now. Th...

Psych Sheets for Junior Pan Pacific Championships; Audrey Derivaux in Five Events The Junior Pan Pacific Championships will be held this week in Vancouver, and the psych sheets for the competition have been released. The biannual meet is scheduled for Monday through Thursday and features the best ju...

Pan Pacific Championships: Team USA Captures Team Title; Douglass, Short Named Swimmers of the Meet Behind 19 gold-medal performances and 50 podium appearances, the United States captured the team title at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California. Over four days of action at the William W...

Pan Pacific Championships: Meet Record in Men's 400 Medley Relay Caps Week for USA The final event of the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships was the men's 400 medley relay. It has been a stellar meet for many of the competitors in individual stroke races, but the excitement comes when they all come toge...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night Four Finals: American Women Maintain Medley Relay Winning Streak in Blowout For four consecutive years, the United States women have finished off the summer's major international competition with dominant performance in the 400 medley relay, breaking world records at...

Pan Pacific Championships Night Four Finals: Women's 800 Freestyle The final night was the anticipated Ledecky-Pallister III. After strong battles between U.S. star Katie Ledecky and Aussie Lani Pallister produced head-to-head wins for each, the final individual race of the 2026 Pan Pacific Champion...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night Four Finals: Sam Short Sets Aussie Record in 1500 Long before the swimmers stepped to the blocks in the men’s 1,500 freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships, the best mile of the day had been swum Saturday. That swim came Saturday morning, at the European Champions...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night Four Finals: Zac Stubblety-Cook Steals 200 Breast Title in Final Strokes The career of Zac Stubblety-Cook has been defined by extended excellence in the 200-meter breaststroke. The Australian is an Olympic champion, a world titlist and a former world-record holder in...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night Four Finals: Alexanne LePage Pulls Off Surprise in 200 Breast; Kate Douglass Returns From WR for Silver Minutes after shattering the world record in the 50 freestyle, Kate Douglass tried to pull off perhaps the most unusual double in swimming. She accepted her Pan Pa...

Pan Pacific Championships Night Four Finals: Men's 50 Freestyle The 50 freestyle is always a fun roll of the dice. Anything can happen, and any minor miscue or delay can turn into a major issue. Coming into the finals of the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships, there were four men within a quarter of a s...

FLASH! Kate Douglass Lowers World Record in 50 Free to 23.19 A world record still ringing in the air Saturday morning, Kate Douglass made sure not to start her warm down until after Gretchen Walsh was done swimming her 50 free. Darn the double for which Douglass had to clear lactic acid – Douglass h...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night Four Finals: Tomoyuki Matsushita Completes Medley Double with Late Rally Heading into the final night of the Pan Pacific Championships, Tomoyuki Matsushita was best known for his prowess in the 400-meter individual medley. The Japanese star was the silver medalist at...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night Four Finals: Yu Yiting Holds Off Summer McIntosh in 200 IM, Begins Final Night With Upset Two years ago in the Olympic final of the 200 IM, Summer McIntosh used a stunning finish to pass Americans Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh and win her third gold medal. During the ...

Pan Pacific Championships: Night Four Heat Sheets; Katie Ledecky vs. Lani Pallister in 800 Freestyle The last session of the Pan Pacific Championships will unfold on Saturday night at the William Woollett Aquatics Center, with the final of the women's 50-meter freestyle the headline event. During th...

Johannes Liebmann, Kate Douglass Snatch Opposite World Records on Different Continents in Consecutive Minutes The timing of this week's major international competitions means that finals of the European Championships have been taking place concurrently with qualifying heats at the Pan Pacific Champi...

Pan Pacific Championships, Day Four Prelims: William Petric, Jamie Jack Start Strong for Aussies It’s been a strong meet for the Australians this week in Irvine. And they’re looking to finish out with more Pan Pacifics gold. William Petric and Jamie Jack took home top seeds in the 200 individual med...