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How Sam Short and Daniel Wiffen Match Up for the 2026 Commonwealth Games With the Commonwealth Games coming up in just a couple of weeks, the men's 800 and 1500 freestyles could emerge as two of the best races of the meet. Sam Short, the 22-year-old from Australia, and 24-year-old Daniel Wiffen of N...

Could John Shortt Be the Breakout Swimmer of the Summer? Nineteen-year-old Irishman John Shortt has been on a tear ever since the European Short Course Championships. Shortt, the current world junior record holder in the short-course 200 backstroke, has taken a majorleap this season. After big-time ...

How Michael Andrew’s TYR Pro Series Swims Have Set Him Up for Success At the 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis, Michael Andrew showed signs of his old self. The 27-year-old Andrew swam some of his fastest times in over a year, showing that he is a major threat at this summer's Pan Pacific Cha...

How Can Summer McIntosh Break the 200 Butterfly World Record at Canadian Trials? With the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials fast approaching, all eyes will be on Summer McIntosh. The 19-year-old currently training at the University of Texas will be swimming her main events at the trials in order to qual...

Is the Australian Men's 800 Freestyle Relay a Contender for Gold Medals in 2026? The 2026 Australian Trials saw a very exciting final in the men's 200 freestyle. Sam Short wound up taking the gold in a time of 1:45.16, with Kai Taylor not far behind at 1:45.30. The top five in the race were all unde...

Can the U.S. Men Keep Their Historic 200 Backstroke Streak at Pan Pacs Alive? Since the first Pan Pacific Championships in 1985, one thing has always stayed the same: An American man has won gold in the 200-meter backstroke. Lenny Krayzelburg, Aaron Piersol, Ryan Lochte, and Ryan Murphy are just a f...

Could Return of Kristof Milak Spark the Races of the Summer? After barely competing in 2025, Kristof Milak is back in race form. The 26-year-old Hungarian returned to the water at the Hungarian Nationals in April, where he turned in the fastest time in the world this year in the 100 butterfly at 50....

Oliver Dawson Breaks Two Canadian Records at AP Race London; Provides Relay Hope For the first time since 2012, a long-course Canadian national record in a breaststroke event has been broken. Eighteen-year-old Oliver Dawson put on a record-breaking display at the 2026 AP Race London International sw...