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Results Day 1 report James Guy came past his Olympic champion relay partners Duncan Scott and Matt Richards down the final 50 to win the 200 free at the Scottish National and Open Swimming Championships in Edinburgh. Scott led by 0.19 at halfway and was still 0.11 ahead of Richards at the final tur...

Leon Marchand Soars To Fifth-Fastest 400IM In History At French Championships; Arkhangelsky Takes Down Asian 50 Fly Record Results Leon Marchand soared to 4:04.56 in the 400IM at the French Championships, the fifth-fastest performance in history and one that only he and Michael Phelps have surpassed...

Angharad Evans Rattles British 100 Breast Record With Second Journey To 1:04; Double For Duncan Scott Results Angharad Evans came within 0.02 of her British 100m breaststroke record when she went 1:04.98 at the Scottish National and Open Swimming Championships in Edinburgh. The Paris Olympian was ou...

Russian Swimmers Selected for European Championships; Will Compete as Individual Neutral Athletes A 44-strong squad of Russian swimmers has been selected for the European Championships where they’ll compete under the status of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN). World Aquatics decreed in April that a...

Moesha Johnson Adds 3k Sweep to Overall Crown; Oliver Klemet Wins Men's Title Moesha Johnson underlined her domination of women’s open water swimming when she added a sweep of the 3k knockout sprints to her overall 10k crown in Setubal, Portugal. Johnson won the overall title on Saturday after winni...

David Betlehem Emerges With Overall Crown in Dramatic Finish to Open Water World Cup Results David Betlehem seized the overall men’s title at the Open Water World Cup following a dramatic finish to the series at the fourth and final stop in Setubal, Portugal. The decisive race of the men’s series fo...

Adam & Holly Ramsay-Peaty Announce They're Expecting a Daughter in December Adam and Holly Ramsay-Peaty will welcome their first child together at the end of the year after the pair announced they're expecting a daughter in December. The three-time Olympic champion shares a son, George - who was bor...

Moesha Johnson Clinches Open Water World Cup Crown Following Dominant Series Sweep Results Moesha Johnson clinched the overall Open Water World Cup crown as victory in Setubal propelled her to a series sweep. The Olympic silver medallist arrived in Portugal 650pts ahead of closest challenger Angela ...

Double Olympic Champion Matt Richards to Spearhead Team Wales at Commonwealth Games Double Olympic champion Matt Richards headlines a 21-strong Team Wales squad across swimming and para swimming for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The team – comprising 16 swimmers and five para swimmers – feature...

Tom Dean wants the British Government to take urgent action on water safety education in the wake of recent drownings and with summer fast approaching. At least 17 people died in water-related incidents during a heatwave in the UK in late May. Many of the victims were aged between 12 and 17 and drow...

Egor Kornev Blazes To 46.96 100 Free At Russian Championships; Yulia Efimova Claims Crown Results Egor Kornev sped to his second sub-47sec 100 free in as many days in 46.96 on the final night of the Russian Championships in Kazan. The 22-year-old became the first Russian to break 47secs when he went...

Three-Time World Champion Maxime Grousset Out Of French Championships After Fracturing Left Foot Three-time world champion Maxime Grousset has withdrawn from the French Championships due to a fractured left foot, throwing his hopes of competing at Paris 2026 into doubt. Grousset, who won the 50/100 ...

Rio Olympics 50 Free Champion Pernille Blume Expecting First Child Pernille Blume is expecting her first child 10 years after winning the 50 free at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Dane revealed the happy news on social media, saying: "Ten years ago I reached a big milestone in my life in b...

Egor Kornev Goes Fifth All-Time in 50 Free With 21.06 Blast in Kazan Results Egor Kornev went fifth all-time in the 50 free with a sizzling 21.06 at the Russian Championships in Kazan. Kornev delivered his show of speed a day after posting 21.12 in the semis to go sixth in the all-time rankings in a...

Egor Kornev Fires Off 21.12 in 50 Free Semis at Russian Championships; Goes Sixth All-Time Results Egor Kornev fired off a 21.12 effort in the 50 free to go sixth in the all-time rankings at the Russian Championships in Kazan. Kornev cut 0.15 from the national record of 21.27 that had stood to Vladi...

European Request for Delay to Full Reintegration of Russian & Belarusian Athletes Accepted by World Aquatics Russians and Belarusians must apply to compete as Neutral Individual Athletes (AIN) at the European Championships in Paris after the continental governing body’s request to delay full reinteg...

Evgeny Rylov Calls Time on Career Following Pro-Putin Stance & Olympic Titles Evgeny Rylov has announced his retirement after a career which will be remembered more for his allegiance to Vladimir Putin than his Olympic titles. The Russian was handed a nine-month ban by World Aquatics – then FINA – i...

Sarah Sjöström Named in 22-Strong Sweden Squad for European Championships Sarah Sjöström will return to international competition after being named among a 22-strong Sweden squad for the European Championships in Paris. The three-time Olympic champion returned to competition at the Swim Open Stockho...

Three-time Olympic champion Tom Dean has been unveiled as the first celebrity ambassador of the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS). The announcement follows the deaths of 17 people in water-related incidents during the recent hot weather in the UK. The RLSS said of the collaboration with Dean: “Thi...

Siobhan Haughey Sets Mare Nostrum Record En-Route To Golden Double In Canet Results Day 1 report Siobhan Haughey set a Mare Nostrum 200 free record en-route to a golden double on day two of the Canet stop of the series. First up for the four-time Olympic medallist was the 50 free which she took in 2...