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Olympic Qualifying Procedures Announced for Paris 2024 Games; Qualifying Period Opens March 1, 2023 FINA has released the full slate of qualifying procedures for aquatic events for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. There will be 852 athletes competing in the 35 pool swimming events in Paris, and the ...

Behind Popovici Record Rush, Kristof Milak Showing Off Previously-Unseen Versatility As David Popovici finished off the most stunning of performances, a world-record breaking moment in the 100 freestyle that was somehow both expected and surreal, he was greeted in the next lane over by a man once in...

European Championships: Freya Anderson Anchors Great Britain to Come-From-Behind 400 Free Relay Win It was a tale of two races in the women's 400 freestyle relay at the European Championships as Sweden led off with 100 free world-record holder Sarah Sjostrom and followed with Louise Hansson in hopes...

European Championships: Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas Blasts Back Half for 400 IM Title Earlier in the day, Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas had beaten two of the most decorated swimmers in her country's history for the top seed in the women's 400 individual medley final at the European Championships. The 18...

Four Per Country to Two Per Country? Awkward Prelims Setup Diminishes European Championships The first round of women's 100 breaststroke competition at the European Championships Friday morning in Rome saw Arianna Castiglioni record the third-fastest qualifying time, and countrywoman Martina Carraro...

Regan Smith Made the Switch to Bob Bowman in Pursuit of Olympic Gold Three years after her stunning breakthrough performance at the 2019 World Championships, Regan Smith became a world champion again this year as she edged out Kylie Masse for 100 backstroke gold in Budapest. Smith won a second gold ...

Lindsay Mintenko on 45-Medal World Championships and Buildup to Paris Not every international meet can be perfect, but this year’s World Championships went about as well as possible for the United States. The Americans’ 45-medal haul was the most of any World Championships ever, and even with many t...

Gutter Talk: The World's Elite Reflect On Their World Championships Experience In the latest edition of Gutter Talk, the monthly feature in Swimming World Magazine, some of the best athletes in the world reflect on their experiences and performances from the recent World Championships in Budapest. S...

United States Plan for 2024 World Championships Depends on Success in 2023 In a departure from typical practices, FINA is holding a World Championships in February 2024 in Doha. This meet will be the first-ever long course Worlds held in an Olympic year because of a schedule shuffle resulting from t...

Chase Kalisz Moving to Arizona to Reunite With Bob Bowman in Pro Training Group During his teenage years, Chase Kalisz trained with coach Bob Bowman at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, and the two worked together again from 2015 to 2016 when Kalisz took an Olympic redshirt year from the University ...

Reece Whitley to Return for Fifth Year at Cal; Big Boost for Defending National Champions Last year's top team from the NCAA Men's Championships will be getting a big piece back for 2022-23 as breaststroker Reece Whitley will compete a fifth year with the California Golden Bears. Whitley completed h...

Michigan State University Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court Over Title IX Lawsuit From Former Swimmers More than a year after Michigan State University discontinued its varsity swimming and diving teams, the school has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in protest of a lawsuit brought by 11 members of t...

After Commonwealth Games, Australian Women in Command of All Three Relays One year ago, Australia’s women were dominant at the Olympics. The swimming-obsessed nation had won just a single women’s gold medal in both London and Rio, but Ariarne Titmus, Kaylee McKeown and Emma McKeon led an Aussie revi...

U.S. Junior Nationals: Maggie Wanezek Leads Elmbrook Medley Relay to 15-18 National Age Group Record The Elmbrook Swim Club women entered the final relay of U.S. Junior Nationals having already won three out of four relay events (while finishing second to Carmel in the 800 freestyle relay), and the ...

Claire Curzan Honored As 2021-2022 Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year Having already swum on the grandest stage of her sport, the Olympics, and earning a silver medal, Claire Curzan returned for one more year of high school swimming and put together one of the finest prep seasons ever, s...

U.S. Junior Nationals: Will Modglin Sets 100 Back Meet Record; Kayla Wilson, Maggie Wanezek Win Tight Finals In the men's 100 backstroke at U.S. Junior Nationals Thursday evening in Irvine, Calif., a pair of swimmers went under the meet record established by Hunter Armstrong in 2019, two years befor...

Summer McIntosh Shows Speed, Fulfills Promise With Six Medals at Commonwealth Games For two years, we have seen glimpses of what Summer McIntosh could be. A 14-year-old narrowly missing the podium in an individual event at the Olympics makes the world take notice, and after she debuted as primarily ...

Commonwealth Games: Australian Women Dominate 400 Medley Relay to Cap Off Dominant Week In almost every swimming event this week at the Commonwealth Games, the Australian women were simply too strong for every other nation. The Aussies won gold in 12 out of 19 events in Birmingham, England, includin...

Commonwealth Games: Ariarne Titmus Holds Summer McIntosh at Bay in 400 Free for Fourth Gold Medal In a highly-anticipated showdown between the world-record holder and the teenage sensation who has taken women's swimming by storm this year, Ariarne Titmus reminded the world of her skills in the 400 f...

Commonwealth Games: Kylie Masse Sets Games Record for 50 Back Gold; Mollie O'Callaghan Takes Silver for Sixth Birmingham Medal Four years ago on the Gold Coast, Kylie Masse won Commonwealth Games gold medals in the 100 and 200 backstroke. Although she ended up second in both of those events this tim...