Read more3Rieder’s Richter Scale: Duncan Scott and Regan Smith Provide Jaw-Dropping Gwangju Sendoff28 July 2019Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indica...
Read more4Florian Wellbrock Out-Swims Romanchuk and Paltrinieri in Extraordinary 1500 Free Battle28 July 2019World Swimming Championships Florian Wellbrock Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Finals Men's 1500 Free For 1400 meters, the top three seeds in an all-European 1500 free final swam neck and neck, rarely separate...
Read more11Zane Waddell Posts Big Upset for World Title in Men's 50 Back28 July 2019World Swimming Championships Zane Waddell Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Finals Men's 50 Back Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov held the world record in the men's 50 back and posted the top time in the semifinals a...
Read more0Katinka Hosszu Comfortably Takes Top Seed in Women's 400 IM, Eyes Fourth Straight World Title27 July 2019World Swimming Championships Katinka Hosszu Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Heats Women's 400 IM Hungary's Katinka Hosszu has captured three straight world titles in the 400 IM, and even after a quiet World Ch...
Read more3Regan Smith Secures First World Title in 200 Back, Just Misses Own WR With 2:03.69 (Race Video)27 July 2019World Swimming Championships Regan Smith Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Finals Women's 200 Back After taking down a legendary world record in the semifinals, Regan Smith of the United States won her first int...
Read more7Rieder’s Richter Scale: Caeleb Dressel Transcendent in Repeat Threepeat27 July 2019Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indica...
Read more0Sarah Sjostrom Returns for 50 Free Semis to Edge Cate Campbell for Top Seed (Full Semifinals Wrap)27 July 2019World Swimming Championships Sarah Sjostrom Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Semifinals Women's 50 Free Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom had just minutes to recover after winning gold in the women's 50 fly before she ha...
Read more0Kliment Kolesnikov Rebounds to Top 50 Back Prelims in Gwangju26 July 2019World Swimming Championships Kliment Kolesnikov Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Heats Men's 50 Back Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov entered the 100 back earlier this week as a medal contender and certainly the top...
Read more54Regan Smith Shatters Missy Franklin's 200 Back World Record In 2:03.35 (Video)26 July 2019World Swimming Championships (Regan Smith) Gwangju 2019 Day Six Semifinals Women's 200 Backstroke Regan Smith of the United States looked impressive in the women's 200 back prelims when she broke her ...
Read more0Rieder’s Richter Scale: Anton Chupkov Takes Leap Forward as Dressel and Smith Lower Legendary Records26 July 2019Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indica...
Read more23Caeleb Dressel Pops 21.18 50 Free, Just Half-Hour After WR26 July 2019World Swimming Championships Caeleb Dressel Gwangju 2019 Day Six Semifinals After the first two semifinals of the evening at the World Swimming Championships produced world records in the men's 100 fl...
Read more1Italy Leads Russia, USA and Australia in Competitive 4x200 Free Relay Prelims25 July 2019World Swimming Championships 4x200 Free Relay Gwangju 2019 Day Six Heats Men's 4x200 Free Relay A relatively-unknown Italian foursome put up the fastest mark in the 4x200 free relay qualifying heats, ...
Read more0Aiming for Third Straight World Title, Sarah Sjostrom Easily Tops 50 Fly Heats25 July 2019World Swimming Championships (Sarah Sjostrom) Sarah Sjostrom Gwangju 2019 Day Six Heats Women's 50 Butterfly Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom looks poised to go after a third straight world title in the women'...
Read more2Regan Smith Takes Down World Junior Record to Lead 200 Back Prelims25 July 2019World Swimming Championships Regan Smith Gwangju 2019 Day Six Heats Women's 200 Backstroke 17-year-old Regan Smith of the United States didn't need to swim anywhere close to her lifetime best of 2:06....
Read more1Rieder's Richter Scale: Freestyle Relay Classic Showdown Erases Shiny Suit Record25 July 2019Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indica...
Read more4Rieder’s Richter Scale: Australia-USA Mixed Relay Finish Epitomizes World Swimming Championships24 July 2019Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indica...
Read more11Rieder's Richter Scale: What Happened to Ryan Murphy?23 July 2019Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indica...
Read more0Rieder’s Richter Scale: Maggie MacNeil Pulls Off Upset of All Upsets22 July 2019Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indica...
Read more0Xu Jiayu Posts CR in 100 Back Semis at World Swimming Championships (Full Semifinals Wrap)22 July 2019World Swimming Championships Gwangju 2019 Day two semifinals Men's 100 Back After issues with the backstroke starting ledges in prelims that first ruled out their use in the finals sessions and then m...
Read more8Adam Peaty Achieves "Project 56," Breaks 100 Breast World Record21 July 2019World Swimming Championships (Adam Peaty) Gwangju 2019 Day 1 semifinals Men's 100 Breast Great Britain's Adam Peaty has completed one of his ultimate career goals, taking down the 57-second barrier i...