Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent - (Author)

Swimming and athletics will be the only compulsory sports at the 2026 and 2030 Commonwealth Games with hosts given greater flexibility to determine the programme. According to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), this will "allow hosts the ability to propose entirely new sports, relevant to thei...

Tributes were paid to Laszlo Cseh - a true legend of the pool - at the end of day two of the FINA World Cup at the Duna Arena, Budapest, following the Hungarian's retirement after a career in which he competed at five Olympics and won 71 international medals. Cseh retired after Tokyo 2020, where he ...

Double European champion Abbie Wood is among 55 athletes to be selected to British Swimming's 2021/22 World Class programme. Wood - who was fourth in the 200IM in Tokyo in July - had not been included on the programme since 2019, instead having to rely at times on her student loan for funds. After a...

Double Olympic silver medallist Arno Kamminga will spearhead a 20-strong Netherlands team at the European Short-Course Championships in Kazan, Russia, next month. Kamminga will be joined by European 50 back champion Kira Toussaint and a mix of current internationals and up-and-coming swimmers at the...

Femke Heemskerk will retire after the conclusion of the International Swimming League season following a career that has encompassed Olympic, world and European titles. The 34-year-old competed at four Olympics, winning gold on her Games debut at Beijing 2008 as part of the Netherlands 4x100 freesty...

Matthew Sates set a world junior record and African mark as he went 1:40.65 over 200 free at the FINA World Cup in Berlin. Results The South African had completed a clean sweep of the IM events with victory over 400 in the opening race of the evening before returning 70 minutes later for eight lengt...

Gregorio Paltrinieri and Giulia Gabrielleschi both claimed by just 0.1secs in their respective men's and women's races at the LEN Open Water Cup in Piombino, Italy. Olympic bronze medallist Paltrinieri won in 1:53:46.4 ahead of fellow Italian Domenico Acerenza who clocked 1:53:46.5. Tokyo silver med...

Kyle Chalmers and Emma McKeon Speed Away From Field in 50 Freestyle As World Cup Opens Kira Toussaint set a World Cup 50 back record and Kyle Chalmers and Emma McKeon made it an Australian double in their respective 50 free races on day 1 in Berlin. World Cup 2021, Berlin - Day 1 Toussaint's time of...

European governing body LEN has issued a statement amid reports of a vote of no confidence at the LEN Congress Meeting in Budapest. This led to a request for an extraordinary congress meeting which is being considered by LEN as faith in president Paolo Barelli apparently evaporates. The statement re...

Adam Peaty took a trip down memory lane as he reminisced about the places that have played a key part in his journey to the top of the Olympic podium. Peaty became the first Briton to defend an Olympic title when he added the 100m breaststroke in Tokyo to gold at Rio 2016. The 26-year-old also becam...

Aqua Centurions booked their place in the play-offs of the International Swimming League (ISL) as they claimed victory in Match 10 in Naples, Italy. Aqua will join Cali Condors, Energy Standard, London Roar, Toronto Titans and LA Current in Eindhoven, Netherlands, next month. Key to the outcome was ...

Evgeny Rylov was MVP after a jackpot win in the skins as Energy Standard remain unbeaten this season with a dominant victory in the International Swimming League (ISL) Match 9 in Naples. The Russian won the 200 back to add to his 100 victory and 50m third on day 1 before a skins win over Guilherme G...

Evgeniia Chikunova set a world junior record of 2:17.57 in the women's 200m breaststroke as Energy Standard roared to a decisive lead at the end of day one in Match 9 of the International Swimming League (ISL) in Naples, Italy. Chikunova, who turns 17 in November, took 0.14secs off her old record of...

Double Olympic champion James Guy has described as "horrendous" Swim England's prediction that almost 2,000 pools in England could be lost forever by the end of the decade. The governing body made its grim forecast in its newly-published A Decade of Decline: The Future of Swimming Pools in England r...

The Black Swimming Association (BSA) is launching a ground-breaking research programme, which could dispel some of the myths surrounding ethnically-diverse communities and water safety. According to Sport England, 95% of black adults and 80% of black children do not swim, while an estimated 532,000 ...

European governing body LEN has announced Fluidra as its official partner for temporary swimming pools and equipment. The partnership will run for four years from 2021-2025 with the Spanish company which was founded in 1969. According to its website, Fluidra "is the global leader in the pool and wel...

British Swimming chairman Maurice Watkins CBE has died aged 79. Watkins was appointed to his role in December 2012 and oversaw the development of an era of aquatics sport in Britain during which the swimming, para-swimming and diving teams have progressed greatly on the international stage. At the T...

Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty is swapping the pool for the dancefloor after it was announced he would be starring in the BBC's 'Strictly Come Dancing' show. Peaty became the first Briton to defend an Olympic swimming title when he added gold in Tokyo to the one he claimed at Rio 2016...

“Can you imagine getting the opportunity to wear this presentation kit and stand on top of the podium?” mused Tom Dean in early June at his first kitting out day for Team GB. Fast forward to 27 July and the 21-year-old was doing just that after winning the 200 free at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in a ...

Goal-Oriented Crew Has Led Transformation of Expectations For British Swimming When the British men's 4x100 medley relay won silver in the final event of the pool program at the Olympic Games, it ensured Team GB left Tokyo with a record Olympic haul of eight medals and third in the medal table. Ther...