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Swim England CEO Jane Nickerson To Retire As Review Demands Urgent Reform Of Safeguarding & Disciplinary Procedures Swim England CEO Jane Nickerson will retire at the end of 2023 as an independent review into the handling of allegations of bullying and fat-shaming demanded urgent reform of disciplin...

Tokyo Olympian and double Irish record holder Brendan Hyland has announced his retirement to start a new chapter of his life in Australia. The 28-year-old represented Ireland at the World and European Championships as well as at the 2020 Games where he was a member of the 4x200 quartet as Ireland co...

David Popovici and Sarah Sjostrom are among the nominees for the 2022 LEN Awards with 54 athletes nominated across 12 categories. There will be a public vote which will count for 30% of the total voting with LEN members and the technical committee of each discipline making up the other 70%. Vote her...

Sophie Hansson went 1:06.95 in the 100m breaststroke to set her second meet record in Luxembourg and slice 0.31 from the mark that had stood to Ruta Meilutyte since 2013. Link to results Day 1 Report Day 2 Report It concluded a fine Euro Meet for the Hansson sisters with older sibling Louise adding ...

Sophie Hansson set a meet record of 30.69 in the 50 breaststroke as sister Louise's 100 fly victory made it three from three at the Euro Meet in Luxembourg. Link to results Day 1 Report Sophie Hansson sliced 0.01 from Carraro's meet mark of 30.70 which had stood since 2019 with the Italian second  i...

Mykhailo Romanchuk pulled away from Daniel Wiffen on the final 100 to take the 1500 title on day one of the Euro Meet in Luxembourg. Link to results It was Wiffen's first competition of the year following a superb conclusion to 2022 where he became the first Irishman to set a European record when he...

Swim Ireland has set up its first Athletes' Commission for Swimming, Para Swimming and Diving, co-chaired by Olympians Gráinne Murphy and Nicholas Quinn. The Commission was appointed in 2022 with the first in-person meeting taking place last month and it will act as a consultative body of Swim Irela...

Arno Kamminga made it two wins in as many races with a clear victory in the 100m breaststroke as the Flanders Cup wrapped up in Antwerp. Link to results Day One Report Kamminga was the only man inside the minute mark in the prelims, booking lane four in 59.94. The double Olympic silver medallist ret...

Roman Mityukov wrapped up a successful meet with victory in the 100m backstroke at the Geneva International. Link to results Day Two report The Swiss swimmer had already topped the podium three times over the first two days of competition in the 50/100 free and 200 back. On Sunday he led throughout,...

Arno Kamminga and Marrit Steenbergen were among the winners on day one of the Flanders Cup in Antwerp. Link to results Double Olympic silver medallist Kamminga went 2:11.34 to take the 200m breaststroke, four seconds ahead of Ivo Kroes who clocked 2:15.35. The 27-year-old also went 26.90 - 0.10secs ...

Roman Mityukov twice topped the podium on day two of the Geneva International to continue his winning form. Link to results The Swiss swimmer - who won bronze at the European Championships in Budapest in 2021 - appeared first in the 200 back and led by 0.22 from Michele Lamberti after the first 50, ...

Former European 100m backstroke champion Robert Glinta has announced his retirement at 25 saying "the resources are exhausted" while pledging to look after his physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Glinta was the most prominent Romanian swimmer for some time until the emergence of David ...

World Aquatics has announced the schedule for the delayed World Championships in Fukuoka, 22 years after Ian Thorpe won six golds and Michael Phelps claimed his first international title in the Japanese city. The meet was initially scheduled for May 2022 but was postponed because of the Covid-19 pan...

The U.S. District Court in San Francisco has decided in favour of World Aquatics in two separate lawsuits filed by the International Swimming League and a trio of elite swimmers in 2018. The ISL sued the global federation then known as FINA for anti-competitive conduct while American pair Tom Shield...

Male Breakout Swimmer Of The Year: Back To The Future For Thomas Ceccon After Thomas Ceccon set the 100-meter backstroke world record in June, four-time Olympic champion Ryan Murphy gave a tip of the hat, described the Italian as “incredible” and quickly turned his attention to Paris 2024. Ceccon is...

Comeback Swimmer Of The Year: Ruta Meilutyte And A Golden 2022 Of Challenges And Growth Ruta Meilutyte ended 2022 with three gold medals in world and European waters plus a world record, just a year after returning to competition at the Lithuanian National Championships. Now 25, Meilutyte retired in...

Daniel Wiffen put his hands on his head as he recalled how he became the first Irishman to set a European record in the pool. Daniel Wiffen Sets European SC 800 Free Record Of 7:25.96 Daniel Wiffen Becomes Sixth-Fastest Man Over 1500 In Short-Course History The 21-year-old went 7:25.96 in the 800 fr...

World Championships, Day Six Men's Finals: Australia And USA Dead-Heat For Gold In 4x100 Medley Relay; Lower 2009 WR Australia and the United States dead-heated for gold as they consigned to history the 4x100m medley relay world record that had stood since 2009 in 3:18.98 at the World Championships ...

World Championships, Day Six Women's Finals: Siobhan Haughey Defends 200 Free Title Ahead Of Smith And Steenbergen Siobhan Haughey led from the front for all but 25m as she defended her 200 free title at the World Championships in Melbourne. Link to results Complete Results The Hong Kong swimmer, wh...

World Championships, Day Six Men's Finals: Chad Le Clos Completes Fly Double With 100 Gold; WJR For Ilya Kharun Chad Le Clos completed the 100/200 fly double for the third time with victory over four lengths at the World Championships in Melbourne. Link to results Complete results The South African ...