Read more6Ariarne Titmus Is Showing Things We Have Only Seen From...Katie Ledecky21 December 2018By Andy Ross. Last week at the 2018 FINA World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, China, Australia's Ariarne Titmus broke a world record in the 400 SCM free, the first one in her career. There wa...
Read more1Team USA Named "Best Team" With 17 Golds At 2018 FINA Short Course World Championships16 December 2018USA clearly dominated the sixth and final day of the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Hangzhou (CHN), winning six gold medals out of the 10 finals at stake. In the three relays in the p...
Read more3FINA Awards Chad Le Clos and Katinka Hosszu as Best Swimmers of the Year at FINA World Aquatics Gala16 December 2018The world's best Aquatics athletes of the year were honoured tonight (Sunday December 16) at the fifth edition of the FINA World Aquatics Gala "Soirée des Etoiles", held in conjunction with the end of...
Read more7Olivia Smoliga Caps Short Course Worlds With Record 8 Golds; Dahlia 9 Total Medals16 December 2018By Andy Ross. American swimmer Olivia Smoliga won eight gold medals at the 2018 FINA World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, China this week, the most of any American woman all-time at a single ...
Read more0U.S. Women Dominate Field With New SC Championship Record in 4x100 Medley Relay16 December 2018The United States team of Olivia Smoliga (55.86), Katie Meili (1:03.52), Kelsi Dahlia (54.89), and Mallory Comerford (51.31) did the same as their male teammates, closing out the 2018 Short Course Wor...
Read more4United States Men Close Short Course Worlds With New Championship, American Record in 4x100 Medley Relay16 December 2018The U.S. team of Ryan Murphy (49.63), Andrew Wilson (56.84), Caeleb Dressel (48.28), and Ryan Held (45.23) closed the meet with another championship record in the 4x100 medley relay, touching in 3:19....
Read more0Kromowidjojo Knocks Down SC Championship Record In 50 Free16 December 2018World record holder Ranomi Kromowidjojo closed her meet with a dominating swim and new championship record in the women's 50 free. The Dutchwoman touched first in 23.19, about half a second ahead of h...
Read more5Cameron van der Burgh Wins Final Individual Race Of His Career In New Championship Record16 December 2018In the final individual race of his career, South African Cameron van der Burgh set a new championship record in the 50 breaststroke en route to another short course Worlds title. Van der Burgh touche...
Read more1Kelsi Dahlia Dominates 100 Fly At SC Worlds To Give U.S. 1-2 Finish16 December 2018American Kelsi Dahlia won her second gold medal of the night in the women's 100 fly, dominating the field by more than a second with a 55.01 win. That time was .07 faster than her top seeded tip throu...
Read more0Evgeny Rylov Tracks Down Murphy On Final 50 To Win SC 200 Back Title16 December 2018Russian Evgeny Rylov pulled off a come from behind win in the men's 200 back with a 1:47.02, touching out American Ryan Murphy and narrowly missing the championship record. Rylov was in third through ...