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Arno Kamminga went joint sixth all-time as he scorched to a Dutch record of 2:07.17 in the 200m breaststroke on the second day of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Kamminga had already set a national mark of 26.88 in the 50br on day one before returning for the day two prelims, swimming fast the ord...

Adam Peaty stood behind the blocks and stared down his lane at the Duna Arena ahead of the final race of the ISL in Budapest. Alongside him was Mel Marshall, his coach since he was 14 when he walked through the doors at the City of Derby club and with whom he has reached the Olympic pinnacle. At 6ft...

The Olympic rings installation has returned to Tokyo Bay after being temporarily removed for maintenance in August ahead of the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games. The structure – which stands 15.3m tall and 32.6m wide and weighs 69 tons – was installed in January 2020 in the Odaiba Marine Park, where the...

The British Swimming Championships - which double as the Olympic trials for the Great Britain team for Tokyo 2021 - will be held at the London Aquatics Centre from 13-18 April 2021. The trials were due to be held from 14-19 April 2020 at the same venue in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - which sta...

Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson has welcomed the decision to reopen swimming pools when the national lockdown ends but has reiterated her call for financial support to secure the long-term future of facilities. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that a regional tiered appro...

Adam Peaty set a new world record in the 100m breaststroke as well as laying down a new British mark in the 50br en-route to victory in the skins as ISL Season Two concluded in Budapest. Energy Standard's Siobhan Haughey stopped the clock in the 200 free for a new Asian record of 1:51.11 as she went...

Adam Peaty set his second world record in the space of eight days when he stopped the clock at 55.41 in the 100 breaststroke at the ISL Grand Final. The Olympic champion had taken down Cameron van der Burgh's mark from 2009 last Sunday when he clocked 55.49. Out in 25.85 and back in 29.56, Peaty tod...

Energy Standard head coach James Gibson said the Grand Final of ISL Season Two was "going to be a dogfight" and so it proved to be as day one drew to a close with the defending champions in second, 27.5pts behind leaders Cali Condors. Kliment Kolesnikov set a world record of 48.58 in the 100m back o...

It had already been an astonishing session when the last race of day one of the ISL final got under way at the Duna Arena - and Kliment Kolesnikov was about to write his own entry into the history books. The Russian had given a hint of what was to come when he split 45.25 on the second leg as Energy...

Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson says aquatic sports are "fighting for survival" after the Government announced a £300million (400million US dollars) winter package for sports which have lost spectator income because of Covid-19. The funding, which will largely be composed of loans, will ...

Emre Sakci headed home to Izmir from the ISL with words of praise ringing in his ears after he claimed his place at the top table of breaststrokers alongside Adam Peaty and Cameron van der Burgh. The Turkish swimmer left Budapest as the second-fastest man in history over 50m breaststroke in a short-...

Scottish Swimming has posed questions about the cost to physical and mental health after a three-week closure of pools in 11 local authority areas of Scotland was announced on Monday. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday that all pools, leisure centres and gyms must close from 6pm on Friday...

Ed Accura, a co-founder of the Black Swimming Association (BSA), has announced that the follow-up to 'A Film Called Blacks Can't Swim' is set for global release in May 2021. 'Blacks Can't Swim The Sequel' is the second feature film produced by Accura and combines acting with real interview footage o...

Adam Peaty set a new 100m breaststroke world record as Energy Standard and London Roar booked their places in the final of season two of the International Swimming League in Budapest. Peaty stopped the clock at 55.49 to eclipse the previous record of 55.61 set by Cameron van der Burgh set on this ve...

Before Emre Sakci goes out to compete for Team Iron in the ISL at the Duna Arena, the Turkish swimmer writes Izmir in big, black letters across his heart. Following his race - and regardless of the outcome - he turns, sits on the lane rope and makes the heart gesture with his hands in tribute to the...

Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty believes the new pool facility being built for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, can inspire a new generation. Peaty, who is currently in Budapest with London Roar as they prepare for the ISL semi-final on Saturday, first came to in...

While two-time Olympic relay silver medallist Duncan Scott has been at the ISL in Budapest, momentous events have taken place in the outside world. The US election last week eventually saw Joe Biden declared the winner to become the new President of the United States, succeeding Donald Trump. The pa...

Mel Marshall - the woman who guided Adam Peaty to Olympic gold - is one of six women heading a UK Sport leadership initiative that plans to more than double the number of female coaches across Britain's Olympic and Paralympic programmes by Paris 2024. Women hold just 10% of coaching positions across...

Abbie Wood wasn't sure what to expect before she stepped into the Duna Arena for the first time in a little over three years in early October. Wood made her senior British debut at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest but it wasn't a memory to savour as she finished 20th in the 400IM, some way o...

Emre Sakci and Siobhan Haughey set European and Asian records respectively and Sarah Sjostrom was MVP as Energy Standard enjoyed an emphatic win in match nine of the International Swimming League. Sakci went 55.74 in the 100 breaststroke, just 0.13 off Cameron van der Burgh's 2009 world record to be...