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How Johannes Liebmann Is Changing the 1500 Freestyle At the 2026 European Championships, 19-year-old German Johannes Liebmann stunned the world as he smashed the 1500 freestyle world record by almost four seconds, going 14:26.79. The record was previously held by Bobby Finke from his 2024 Olympic go...

How Kristof Milak Swam 49.48 in the 100 Butterfly If there were any doubts about Kristof Milak heading into the European Championships, those are gone. The 26-year-old from Hungary swam to a new European Record and the second fastest time in history last Thursday night in the men’s 100 butterfly. Hi...

What Can We Expect From David Popovici at the European Championships? The reigning world champion in the 100- and 200-meter freestyle, David Popovici will look to add more gold medals to his already impressive resume this summer. The 21-year-old from Romania has done it all over the past few years, ...

Commonwealth Games, Day Six Finals: Brittany Castelluzzo Goes Wire-to-Wire in the 200 Fly  Lizzy Dekkers of Australia was a huge favorite coming into the women’s 200 fly, but in the end, it was all Brittany Castelluzzo, her Australian teammate. Castelluzzo swam to a time of 2:06.56, a lifetime best....

Commonwealth Games, Day Six Finals: Angharad Evans Tops the Field in Women’s 200 Breast Coming into these Commonwealth Games, Scotland had never won a gold in the women’s breaststroke events. They now have two. Angharad Evans swam to a time of 2:23.79 to win the women’s 200 breast Wednesday,. Ranked...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Finals: Kylie Masse Gets Revenge in Women's 50 Backstroke After a disappointing silver medal in the 100 backstroke, Kylie Masse came back to defeat Aussie Iona Anderson in the 50 backstroke. Already one of the greatest backstrokers of all-time, Masse has padded her resum...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Finals: Jenna Forrester Completes Medley Sweep with 200 Win If Jenna Forrester wasn’t a well-known name coming into these Games, she has certainly become one now. After wins in both the 200 backstroke and 400 individual medley, Forrester now puts herself on a short list ...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Lewis Clareburt Surges Home to Win 200 Fly Gold The men’s 200 butterfly gave fans one of the most thrilling finishes of these Commonwealth Games. Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand, the defending champion from 2022, had all the odds stacked against him coming in with...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Alex Perkins Uses Early Speed to Dominate Women's 100 Fly After a breakthrough at the 2025 World Championships, Alex Perkins has become one of the best butterfly swimmers in the world. Tonight, she proved it again. Like her teammate Jenna Forrester earlier in the...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Iona Anderson Upsets Kylie Masse for 100 Backstroke Gold Iona Anderson of Australia won the Commonwealth Games title in the women’s 100 backstroke in a time of 58.71, the 20-year-old rallying from a deficit at the 50-meter mark. Anderson flipped second in a time...

Commonwealth Games Finals, Day Three Finals: Angharad Evans Wins Scotland's First Gold in Women's 100 Breast For the first time at the Commonwealth Games, a Scottish female swimmer has won gold in the 100 breaststroke, with 23-year-old Angharad Evans topping the field. Evans touched in a time of 1:0...

Commonwealth Games, Day Two Finals: Pieter Coetze Storms to Another Games Record in 50 Backstroke Already one of the best backstrokers in the world, Pieter Coetze added to his resume on Saturday night. The 22-year-old from South Africa broke the Commonwealth Games record for the third time in as man...

Commonwealth Games, Day One Finals: With Kaylee McKeown Out, Jenna Forrester Strikes Gold in Women’s 200 Backstroke With Kaylee McKeown out of the Commonwealth Games due to glandular fever, the women’s 200 backstroke field became wide open. Jenna Forrester from Australia took advantage of the openin...

What Can We Expect from Caeleb Dressel at U.S. Nationals? Caeleb Dressel is back searching for a return to the top. The nine-time Olympic gold medalist has been consistently racing since the U.S. Open in December. He will look to have his best meet at the U.S. Nationals in Irvine, Calif., to close o...

How Sam Short and Daniel Wiffen Match Up for the 2026 Commonwealth Games With the Commonwealth Games coming up in just a couple of weeks, the men's 800 and 1500 freestyles could emerge as two of the best races of the meet. Sam Short, the 22-year-old from Australia, and 24-year-old Daniel Wiffen of N...

Could John Shortt Be the Breakout Swimmer of the Summer? Nineteen-year-old Irishman John Shortt has been on a tear ever since the European Short Course Championships. Shortt, the current world junior record holder in the short-course 200 backstroke, has taken a majorleap this season. After big-time ...

How Michael Andrew’s TYR Pro Series Swims Have Set Him Up for Success At the 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis, Michael Andrew showed signs of his old self. The 27-year-old Andrew swam some of his fastest times in over a year, showing that he is a major threat at this summer's Pan Pacific Cha...

How Can Summer McIntosh Break the 200 Butterfly World Record at Canadian Trials? With the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials fast approaching, all eyes will be on Summer McIntosh. The 19-year-old currently training at the University of Texas will be swimming her main events at the trials in order to qual...

Is the Australian Men's 800 Freestyle Relay a Contender for Gold Medals in 2026? The 2026 Australian Trials saw a very exciting final in the men's 200 freestyle. Sam Short wound up taking the gold in a time of 1:45.16, with Kai Taylor not far behind at 1:45.30. The top five in the race were all unde...

Can the U.S. Men Keep Their Historic 200 Backstroke Streak at Pan Pacs Alive? Since the first Pan Pacific Championships in 1985, one thing has always stayed the same: An American man has won gold in the 200-meter backstroke. Lenny Krayzelburg, Aaron Piersol, Ryan Lochte, and Ryan Murphy are just a f...