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Regan Smith Doubles At U.S. Open, Including Lightning 100 Backstroke Given the way she opened the U.S. Open on Thursday night, Regan Smith seemed primed to produce a dazzling show on the second night of competition. And that is exactly what the 20-year-old did at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, as Sm...

Chase Kalisz Dials Up Strong 400 Individual Medley At U.S. Open Over the last couple of years, Chase Kalisz has occasionally suggested his days in the 400-meter individual medley were numbered. As a Team USA veteran, Kalisz has teased moving away from the grueling discipline, only to reappear on the...

Katie Ledecky Romps To Victory In 800 Freestyle At U.S. Open Katie Ledecky moved into the last month of the year behind another strong performance in the 800-meter freestyle, as she won the event in dominant fashion on the first night of the U.S. Open in Greensboro. Coming off her eighth USA Swimmin...

Hall of Famer Craig Beardsley Joins Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast For In-Depth Interview A little more than a month after he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, American butterfly great Craig Beardsley joined the Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast. Beardsley and Hawke, a two-ti...

Ranking the Men's World Records From Softest to Most Challenging Our sport’s world-record book features 17 individual standards for long-course competition. Some of the marks are newer in age, such as the three-month-old 100-meter freestyle record of Romanian teenager David Popovici. Some are more m...

The Qualifying Times For the 2024 United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis Periodically during the leadup to the next edition of the United States Olympic Trials, Swimming World will republish the qualifying times as a reminder of what athletes are chasing. With less than two years to go until t...

Can Kate Douglass Make a Run At Long-Standing WR in Short-Course Version of 200 Breaststroke? The oldest women’s short-course world record belongs to Sweden’s Therese Alshammar, whose standard in the 50-meter butterfly has endured since November 2009. Just behind is Rebecca Soni’s mark in the 200 br...

The Con of Michelle Smith: How the Irish Lass Cheated the Swimming World Her presence on the international stage was inconsequential. She didn’t affect the makeup of podiums. She didn’t influence any championship finals. At least, that’s the way the career of Michelle Smith unfolded for most of the ...

Celebrating the Career Of Sprint Icon Tom Jager, A Transformative Figure In the Dash Game In our latest installment of The Missed Turn, Swimming World examines the career of Tom Jager, who played a critical role in legitimizing the 50 meter freestyle as a respected event on international programs. H...

Kaii Winkler Breaks NAG (15-16) Record in 100 Freestyle At Florida State Champs Due to weather issues, Kaii Winkler had to wait a week to make history. But the 16-year-old did so in style on Friday, as he established a National Age Group (NAG) record in the 100-yard freestyle while racing at the Flo...

Race Of the Century — Part II? Women's 400 Freestyle the Can't-Miss Event On Path to Paris Given that it was only four years into the new millennium, the moniker was a bit of a stretch. Hyperbole, though, has long been a part of the sporting landscape, and not giving the matchup a nickname seemed wr...

David Popovici Extends Range to Cap Romanian Short Course Champs With Title in 400 Freestyle David Popovici wrapped up the Romanian Short Course Championships with flair on Sunday, as he claimed victory in the 400-meter freestyle. The 18-year-old star clocked a time of 3:43.00, which was quick enoug...

Daniel Martin Edges David Popovici In 100 IM At Romanian Short Course Champs During the third day of the Romanian Short Course Championships in Otopeni, Daniel Martin and David Popovici engaged in a down-to-the-wire battle in the 100-meter individual medley. Ultimately, the 22-year-old Martin claime...

David Popovici Registers Another Victory At Romanian Champs; Dominates Field In 200 Freestyle Make it two decisive victories in as many days for David Popovici at the Romanian Short Course Championships. On Friday, the 18-year-old star easily beat the opposition in the 200-meter freestyle, winning t...

Margaret Hoelzer Makes Important Appearance On Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast During her career as an elite backstroker, Margaret Hoelzer etched herself as a world-record holder, Olympic medalist, world champion and NCAA titlist. These days, Hoelzer is playing a critical role outside of the pool as...

Swimming World Announces Partnership With Standout Sprinter David Curtiss Of N.C. State Swimming World Magazine is excited to announce a new partnership with David Curtiss, a sophomore standout at North Carolina State University and one of the top sprinters in the United States. Swimming World and C...

Bruno Fratus Returns to Training After Three-Month Hiatus Following Should Surgery One of the world’s premier sprinters, Brazilian Bruno Fratus took to social media on Wednesday to announce he has returned to the water after three months. Fratus underwent a third shoulder surgery in August and will ...

FLASH! Katie Ledecky Destroys Short-Course World Record In 800 Freestyle One week after she set a short-course world record in the 1500-meter freestyle, Katie Ledecky added the global standard in the 800 freestyle to her lengthy list of achievements on Saturday night. The American distance ace overw...

World Cup Indy: Katie Ledecky Takes WR in 800 Freestyle; Dylan Carter Completes Sprint Tear Following action in Berlin and Toronto, the 2022 edition of the FINA World Cup comes to a conclusion on Saturday night in Indianapolis, where Night Three action will include a world-record chase from Katie Le...

As Katie Ledecky Stalks World Record in 800 Freestyle, She'll Be Pushed By Stellar Field The fastest heat of the women’s 800-meter freestyle at the FINA World Cup stop in Indianapolis on Saturday night has been hyped for its impending short-course world-record assault by Katie Ledecky. Beyond Ledeck...