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Cam McEvoy Bound for China Open; Meet Will Feature Multiple Olympic Champions and Medalists Next month's China Open and National Spring Championships won't just include some of the top swimmers from the home nation. A superb collection of international athletes are also expected to race in Shenzhen,...

Olympic Gold Medalist John Hargis Named Director of Swimming at IMG Academy IMG Academy, the world's leading sports education brand, has announced John Hargis as the new Director of Swimming. Hargis, an Olympic gold medalist and decorated competitive swimmer, will lead the launch of IMG Academy Swim...

Why Outsourcing Your Swim Team’s Dryland Program May Not Be the Best Move By Brad Jones In recent years, many swim teams have been tempted by remote, app-based dryland and strength training programs. These companies promise cutting-edge programming, convenience, and performance gains, all delivered ...

Kyle Chalmers and Ingeborg Loyning Tie the Knot in South Australia Australian Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers and fiancee Ingeborg Loyning, a Norwegian star, married last week in South Australia, and took to social media earlier this week to announce their nuptials. The couple shared multiple images ...

[caption id="attachment_631161" align="alignleft" width="450"] The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association[/caption] January 6, 2026 The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced a new multi-year partnership with Fitter & Faster Swim Camps, naming the organizat...

Invisible Injuries in Artistic Swimming: Awareness, Resources, and Safety Measures By Kate Mortell, MS Artistic swimming (formerly known as synchronized swimming) on the surface appears as a harmless showcase of extraordinary poise and talent—a dramatic display of master showmanship and athleticism ...

USA Swimming Announces 2024-25 Scholastic All-American Honorees USA Swimming has announced the complete list of 2024-25 Scholastic All-America recipients. The list consists of 1,741 athletes in grades 9-12 who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and met any of the competition criteria...

Luka Mijatovic Blasts Latest NAG Record with Sizzling Mark in 1650 Freestyle The record-breaking ways of Luka Mijatovic continued on Friday night as the 16-year-old star hacked a sizable chunk off his National Age Group (NAG) record in the 1650-yard freestyle for the 15-16 classification. Racing at ...

Cody Miller Joining the Enhanced Games, According to New York Times Report According to a report by The New York Times/Athletic, United States Olympic medalist Cody Miller has joined the Enhanced Games. The multi-sport platform will hold competition next May in swimming, track and field and weightli...

Rutgers Junior Brooke Thompson Set to Race 10 Events at Deaflympics Rutgers swimming and diving junior Brooke Thompson will compete with Team USA this week at the 2025 Deaflympics. As a member of the delegation the USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADF) is sending to Tokyo, Thompson will compete against...

Reports: IOC Moving Toward Ban on Transgender Athletes from Female Competition According to multiple reports, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is moving toward implementing a ban on transgender athletes in the Olympic Games. The IOC responded to the reports, stating that a decision is not i...

Passages: Carol ‘Penny’ Taylor, Olympian and Long-Time Official and Coach, 96 Carol “Penny” Taylor, a 1948 Olympian and long-time coach and swimming official, died on Nov. 4. She was 96 years old. Taylor was an influential figure in swimming for decades after her Olympic appearance at the London Gam...

Diana Nyad to be Honored by City of Fort Lauderdale with Historic Marker The City of Fort Lauderdale will host a ceremony on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Las Olas Oceanside Park to unveil a Florida State Historic Marker honoring world-renowned endurance swimmer Diana Nyad.  The cerem...

Teenage Distance Star Luka Mijatovic Confirms Commitment to the University of Texas After teasing the move, U.S. National Team member Luka Mijatovic has confirmed his commitment to the University of Texas. Mijatovic initially posted a photo on Instagram of himself in a cowboy hat. Although the photo...

Ariarne Titmus Confirms Withdrawal From Anti-Doping Testing Pool Just a handful of days after announcing her surprise retirement from the sport, reports from Australia indicate that Ariarne Titmus has officially been withdrawn from the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) testing pool. According to 7Ne...

Complete Event Results for Swimming World's 2024-25 Boys' Mythical High School Championships Earlier this month, Swimming World revealed that Hinsdale Central High School (Illinois) captured the mythical national championship. En route to that title, Hinsdale Central was fueled by its national recor...

Complete Results for Swimming World's Mythical Girls' High School Championships A few weeks ago, we announced that Carmel High School (Indiana) was crowned Swimming World's girls' national champion for the 2024-25 high school season. Now, we present the full results of the mythical championship mee....

Maximus Williamson Claims Three Wins in UVA Exhibition Against Navy Virginia opened the 2025-26 swimming & diving season with exhibition swims against Navy on Saturday (Sept. 27) at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis, Maryland. There were no team scores for the event, but individual times are still counted. ...

Zhang Zhanshuo Destroys World Junior Record in 400 Freestyle at Chinese Nationals A little more than a month after finishing fifth in the event at the World Championships in Singapore, China's Zhang Zhanshuo destroyed the world junior record in the 400-meter freestyle. Racing at the Chinese National...

U.S. Masters Swimming Review Panel Finds Swimmer Was Eligible in Spring A U.S. Masters Swimming’s Eligibility Review Panel has found that a swimmer at the center of a gender controversy in the spring was eligible to compete as a female. In a statement released Friday, U.S. Masters Swimming did not n...