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Adam Peaty Demands "Full Transparency" Amid Chinese Doping Controversy Before Eyeing Three-Peat(y) In Paris Adam Peaty has called for “full transparency” and expressed his “disappointment” in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after Chinese athletes were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics des...

Aquatics GB Respond To Chinese Doping Controversy, Points To "Potential Loss Of Trust" Aquatics GB have released a statement expressing their "extreme concern" following the news that 23 Chinese athletes tested positive for Trimetazidine before going on to compete at the Tokyo Olympics without any s...

Alice Dearing Retires After Historic Career That Encompassed Olympics, World And European Championships Alice Dearing has announced her retirement less than three years after she became the first black female swimmer to represent Great Britain at the Olympics when she contested the open water in Tok...

Christian Diener & Timo Sorgius Among The Winners As Berlin Swim Open Concludes The Berlin Swim Open came to a close on Sunday with victories for Timo Sorgius and Christian Diener. Josha Salchow Goes Through The 48 Barrier With German 100 Free Record Of 47.85 in Berlin Link to results Josha Salchow ...

Vlad Stancu Heads 1500 Free As Romanian Championships Wrap Up Vlad Stancu was among the winners as the Romanian National Championships wrapped up on Sunday in Otopeni. The 18-year-old posted 15:33.54, more than 33secs outside the national record of 15:00.51 that secured silver behind Turkey's Kuzey ...

Twenty-Three Chinese Swimmers Cleared To Compete At Tokyo Olympics Where Some Won Gold Despite Positive Drug Tests: Reports Twenty-three Chinese swimmers - some of whom went on to win gold - were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for trimetazidine because World Aquati...

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 ...