By Andy Ross 2018 has been a fast year in the sport of swimming. Six world records have already fallen in long course meters with Katie Ledecky, Andrii Govorov, Kathleen Baker, Adam Peaty and Kliment
During the sixth evening of finals at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Russia’s Evgeny Rylov posted an impressive European record in the men’s 200 back, while Sarah Sjostrom, Adam Peaty and Katinka Hosszu all claimed
To close out the second-to-last night of the European Championships, France took gold in the mixed 4×100 free relay. The team of Jeremy Stravius (48.81), Mehdy Metella (47.45), Marie Wattel (53.47) and Charlotte Bonnet (52.34) combined to record
Virginia Tech head swimming and diving coach Sergio Lopez Miro announces the hiring of Jacy Dyer as an assistant coach. “I’m truly excited to have Jacy Dyer join our coaching staff,” Lopez
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will leave the European Championships in Glasgow with just one medal, but it will be a gold. Hosszu fought off a surprising finish from Italy’s Ilaria Cusinato for her fifth-straight
There was never any doubt that Russia’s Evgeny Rylov would win the European title in the men’s 200 back, and he did not disappoint. The World Champion in the event last year,
Russia’s Yulia Efimova will be favored for a European Championships breaststroke sweep come Thursday evening when she enters the 50 breast final as heavy favorite. After winning gold already in the 100
Laszlo Cseh will be almost four years older than any other man in the 100 fly final Thursday evening, but he will also enter with the fastest qualifying time. Cseh swam
Sarah Sjostrom didn’t have to come close to her 50 fly world or championship records to take the top seed into Thursday’s final. Sjostrom, about 40 minutes after winning the 100
Great Britain’s Ben Proud became the third-fastest performer in history in the men’s 50 free, swimming a time of 21.11 in the European Championships semi-finals. Only Cesar Cielo (20.91) and Fred Bousquet (20.94) have ever been
