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David Popovici Adds Third Title At Romanian Championships With 3:47.54 PB In 400 Free David Popovici made his third trip to the top of the podium at the Romanian Championships with a 3:47.54 PB in the 400 free. The 2022 world champion over 100 and 200 free had a previous best of 3:47.99 from the pre...

Josha Salchow Goes Through The 48 Barrier With German 100 Free Record Of 47.85 In Berlin Josha Salchow propelled himself into the German record books and the world top 10 in 2024 as he went 47.85 in the 100 free at the Berlin Swim Open. Salchow split 23.11/24.74 to take 0.07 from the national standa...

David Popovici Wins 200 Free In 1:45.10 At Romanian Championships; Seventh-Fastest Performance In 2024 David Popovici went 1:45.10 in the 200 free at the Romanian National Championships for the seventh-swiftest performance in the world this year. It was the eighth-best performance of a career that a...

David Popovici Goes 22.27 For 50 Free Title At Romanian Championships; Posts 1:47 In 200 Prelims David Popovici went 22.27 to win the 50 free on the opening night of the Romanian National Championships in Otopeni before returning the following morning to go 1:47 in the 200 prelims. Robert Andrei Bad...

Thirty-Three Swimmers Selected To Team GB For Paris 2024: Adam Peaty Set For Tilt At Three-Peat Adam Peaty will look to do the 100m breaststroke three-peat at Paris 2024 after being named to a 33-strong Team GB squad across pool and marathon swimming. Three-time Olympic champion Peaty is joined ...

Matt Richards On Doing "Amazing Things" At Paris 2024, Expectation And The James Guy Effect At 2015 Worlds Thirty-three swimmers selected to Team GB for Paris 2024 For Matt Richards, the spotlight that is shone on the biggest stage of all is "part and parcel" of being a leading force at the top tabl...

Miron Lifintsev Goes 52.34 In 100 Back To Set World Junior Record At Russian Championships Miron Lifintsev set a world junior 100 back record of 52.34 at the Russian Swimming Championships in Kazan. The 18-year-old split 25.34/27.00 to eclipse the previous WJR of 52.53 held by fellow Russian Kliment...

Danielle Hill Sets Irish Records In 100 Back & 50 Fly At McCullagh International Danielle Hill set Irish records in the 100 back and 50 fly at a medal-laden McCullagh International in Bangor that showcased her versatility. The meet acted as Ireland’s final qualification opportunity for this year’s j...

Tes Schouten Goes 1:06 To Complete Breaststroke Double In Eindhoven Tes Schouten posted 1:06.15 to wrap up the 100/200 breaststroke double on the final day of the Eindhoven Qualification Meet. The Netherlands swimmer, who claimed silver at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, split 31.38/34.77 to a...

Tes Schouten Goes 2:21.43 For Second-Fastest 200m Breaststroke Of Her Career In Eindhoven Tes Schouten posted the second-quickest 200m breaststroke of her career in 2:21.43 on day two of the Eindhoven Qualification Meet. The Netherlands swimmer first went through the 2:22 barrier in June 2023 before...

Kristof Milak Wins Fifth Title Of Hungarian Championships With 50.99 In 100 Fly Kristof Milak went 50.99 to win the 100 fly and claim his fifth gold medal of the Hungarian Championships in Budapest. The Olympic silver medallist split 23.72/27.27 to wrap up a highly-successful meet at the Duna Arena....

Fifteen-Year-Old Vivien Jackl Goes 4:34 In 400IM To Go Second In Rankings & Book Paris Ticket At Hungarian Championships Fifteen-year-old Vivien Jackl went second in the 400IM rankings as she all but booked her ticket to Paris 2024 at the Hungarian Championships. The teenager, who won the European j...

Marrit Steenbergen Hits 1:56 In 200 Free & Melvin Imoudu Sets New 50m Breaststroke Record At Eindhoven Qualification Meet Marrit Steenbergen returned to the top of the podium once more and Melvin Imoudu set a German 50m breaststroke record on day one of the Eindhoven Qualification Meet. Meet page Th...

Kristof Milak made a winning return to the water and Katinka Hosszu retraced her steps to the podium at the Hungarian Championships in Budapest. Milak, the Olympic 200 fly champion and world record-holder, has been seldom seen in international waters since 2022 when he won the 100/200 double at the ...

Sophie Hansson & Arno Kamminga Set Meet Records At Swim Open Stockholm; Helena Rosendahl Bach Sets 2:06 Danish 200 Fly Record Sophie Hansson and Arno Kamminga set meet records in the 100m and 50m breaststroke respectively as the Swim Open Stockholm wrapped up on Monday. Link to results Hansson was 1...

British Trials, Day 6 Finals: Matt Richards Leads Home Duncan Scott In 200 Free; No Title Defence For Tom Dean Matt Richards led home Duncan Scott in the 200 free with both men inside the Paris cut but there'll be no Olympic title defence for Tom Dean who was third in the final race of the six-day t...

British Trials, Day 6 Finals: Anna Hopkin Books Olympic Ticket In 100 Free To Clinch Double Anna Hopkin booked a second swim at Paris 2024 after a clear win in the 100m freestyle at the Aquatics Centre in London. Hopkin, who anchored the mixed medley relay quartet to victory at the Tokyo Olympics, s...

British Trials, Day 6 Finals: Angharad Evans Edges Kara Hanlon for 100m Breaststroke Title Angharad Evans held off a late charge by Kara Hanlon to claim the 100m breaststroke title although she was outside the Paris cut. Evans had tickled Molly Renshaw's 2021 standard in prelims, where she clocked 1...

British Trials, Day 6 Finals: Ollie Morgan Edges Out Luke Greenbank To Clinch Backstroke Double, Both Inside Paris Cut Ollie Morgan touched out Luke Greenbank by 0.12 following a late surge as he added the 200 back to his 100 title at the Aquatics Centre in London. Morgan lowered the British 100 bac...

British Trials, Day 6 Finals: Amelie Blocksidge Completes Distance Double The future of women's distance swimming in Britain appears to be in safe hands after 14-year-old Amelie Blocksidge added the 800 free title to her 1500 gold. The City of Salford swimmer led throughout to finish in 8:32.61, a B...