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World Record Recap: 17 Global Standards Have Been Set This Year; How Many More Will Fall? (Full List) With the final leg of the World Cup beginning later this week and the World Short Course Championships scheduled for early December, the likelihood of additional world records during the 2026 campai...

While Setting World Records, Egor Kornev Battling Back Injury; Cam McEvoy Expects Big Things from Russian Rival Despite equaling the world record in the 100-meter freestyle and breaking a global standard in the 50 butterfly during the first two stops of the World Cup circuit, Russia's Egor Kornev ha...

Shin Ohashi Pops Asian Record in the Short-Course 200 Breaststroke; Tomoyuki Matsushita Also Breaks Continental Mark Fresh off a world record in the long-course version of the 200-meter breaststroke, 17-year-old Japanese star Shin Ohashi notched the second-fastest time in history in the short-course...

Tomoyuki Matsushita Fires Off World Record in 400 IM; Breaks Daiya Seto Standard Nearly seven years after Daiya Seto took the world record in the short-course version of the 400-meter individual medley to 3:54.81, another Japanese star has established a global standard in the event. Racing at the Ja...

Pieter Coetze Riding World Record Wave into Final Stop of World Cup; Pleased to Have Remained Home for Training Two months ago, Pieter Coetze made a pair of runs at the long-course world record in the 100-meter backstroke. Behind times of 51.77 and 51.71 at the Commonwealth Games, Coetze notched the...

Coach Bob Bowman Enhancing Social Media Presence to Provide Insights and Guidance Hall of Fame coach Bob Bowman, who has guided his athletes to 40-plus Olympic medals through the years, has enhanced his social-media presence in recent days with posts that provide insights to his coaching methodologi...

Egor Kornev Blasts World Record in 50 Butterfly at World Cup Stop in Tashkent The first two stops of the World Cup circuit have been good to Russia's Egor Kornev, who established his second world record during Saturday action in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. One week after he tied the world record in the 10...

World Cup Tashkent, Day 3 Finals: Marrit Steenbergen Blisters European Record in 100 Free; Pieter Coetze Just Misses WR in 100 Back A world record from South African star Pieter Coetze was the highlight of the second day of the World Cup stop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Can the 22-year-old maintain his...

USA Swimming Bringing 104 Athletes to National Select Camp (Full Rosters) USA Swimming has selected 104 rising athletes for its 2026 National Select Camp at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. USA Swimming welcomes the boys’ camp from October 15-18...

Tennessee Will Make College Swimming League Debut; Virginia Returns to Action Following two weeks of competition and three matches featuring the other 11 teams in the league, the University of Tennessee will make its College Swimming League debut this weekend. The Volunteers will be on their home de...

Psych Sheets Released for Second Leg of World Cup Tour; Marrit Steenbergen and Egor Kornev Return The second leg of the World Aquatics World Cup will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from Thursday through Saturday, with the Netherlands' Marrit Steenbergen and Russia's Egor Kornev headlining the compe...

World Cup Baku, Day Three Finals: Yu Yiting Rips Asian Record in 200 IM; Steenbergen and Kornev Continue to Shine The first leg of the World Aquatics World Cup series along the Silk Road will wrap up on Saturday night in Baku, Azerbaijan, the meet having already produced several noteworthy performan...

Passages: Eldon Godfrey, Longtime Influence in Diving World, Dies at 91 Diving Canada mourns the passing of Eldon C. Godfrey, O.C., a remarkable leader, volunteer, official and ambassador whose lifelong dedication helped shape the development of diving in Canada and beyond. Godfrey passed away on Se...

With World Record, Shin Ohashi Enhances Japan's Rich Tradition in 200 Breaststroke Let's be honest. We knew it was coming. Exactly when? Well, the timeframe is never easy to determine. But when 17-year-old Shin Ohashi ripped a world record of 2:04.83 in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games,...

College Swimming League Heads to Stanford for Match Three; Cal Makes Debut After an opening weekend in which Indiana and Virginia captured victories, the College Swimming League will host its third match on Friday. The competition will feature Cal, Stanford and Auburn making their CSL debuts, while ...

A New Deal for College Sports? How the Protect College Sports Act Would Work By Alexander L. Ballard The Protect College Sports Act would change college athletics by altering compensation, transfer, and eligibility  rules, establishing protections for non-revenue sports, limiting antitrust liability...

Psych Sheets Released for Opening Stop of World Cup Circuit The first stop of this year's World Aquartics World Cup, known as the Silk Road Tour, will take place from Thursday through Saturday in Baku, Azerbaijan. The series will feature a strong field of international athletes, many of whom will ra...

Cutino Award Watch List Released: 20 College Athletes to Follow for Top Water Polo Award USA Water Polo and The Olympic Club are thrilled to collaborate with the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) on the Cutino Award Watch List. The Peter J. Cutino Award, named in honor of the late...

His Baseball Career Behind, Japan's Shoon Mitsunaga Hitting Home Runs in the Pool There was a time when Shoon Mitsunaga envisioned a professional career in a different sport. In high school, he excelled as a two-way athlete, hitting cleanup on the baseball diamond while also flourishing in the pool....

Dune Coetzee Adds Another Title as South African Short Course Champs Come to a Close The South African Short Course Championships wrapped up in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, with several swimmers adding their names to the mix for selection for the World Short Course Championships by achieving B qualif...