Minutes after qualifying second in the women’s 50 free semi-finals, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom comfortably claimed the top seed in the 100 fly. Sjostrom recorded a time of 56.66, well off her world
Romania’s Robert Glinta became the third-fastest man in history in the men’s 50 back European semi-finals, qualifying first for the final with a mark of 24.12. Only Liam Tancock (24.04) and Camille Lacourt (24.07) have ever
Denmark’s Pernille Blume qualified first for the women’s 50 free final with a monstrous time of 23.85. That broke the meet record of 24.07 set by Ranomi Kromowidjojo in 2016 and moved her into
The penultimate morning of the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals from Irvine, California featured three prelim events with the heats of the 200 free, 200 breast and 100 back going off. Alexei
Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk became the first man to win a European championship in 2018 with a dominant win in the men’s 400 free. He led almost wire-to-wire, and his final time of
France’s Fantine Lesaffre captured the first gold in swimming at the European Championships with a triumphant effort in the women’s 400 IM. Lasaffre took command of the race on the breaststroke
The men’s 100m breaststroke at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships was a star studded field, featuring Olympic medalists Josh Prenot, Cody Miller, and Kevin Cordes. But it was Michael
The future of classification and its development across all Para sports was debated by almost a hundred classification experts from around the world at the 2018 International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
By Nick Pecoraro, Swimming World College Intern. The distance session of the Rochester Futures meet started off just as expected – loaded with battles. Most notable was not one, but
By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Correspondent BROOKLYN, NY. If it can be said that all politics are local, I would argue that all writing is personal. That is, both in
