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David Popovici Produced an All-Time Spectacular Year in the 100 Freestyle Having moved into the last two months of 2025, Swimming World will close out the year by presenting a look at some of the top performers from the campaign. These periodic pieces will highlight impressive accomplishments, great...

The Duel We Missed: Swim Documentary Examines Political Influence on Olympic Games (Trailer Included) The United States-led boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow robbed hundreds of elite athletes of lifelong dreams, and a superb documentary by Bravo Film & Media has emphasized the impact that ...

Petra Senánszky Lowers Hungarian 50 Free Record At National Championships Petra Senánszky set a national 50 free record and 15-year-old Boróka Kertész upset her senior peers in the 200 fly on day two of the Hungarian s/c Championships in Debrecen. Senánszky accelerated in the second half of the race...

By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern Swimming alone can be a struggle between staring at the black line and wanting to smash your incessantly beeping tempo trainer with your fins. Ideally, we swimmers would always have a team to practice with. Sometimes, though, life gets complicated. Sch...

Louisville Dominates Kentucky in Annual Rivalry Meet The Louisville Cardinals hosted in-state rival Kentucky in dual meet action Thursday and emerged victorious by large margins. The Louisville women won every event en route to a final score of 218-82 while the men won by a similarly huge margin, 20...

International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Announces 11 in Class of 2026 The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced 11 honorees in the class of 2026 to be inducted in a spring ceremony. The 2026 honor swimmers are Millie Gade Corson, Andy Donaldson, Maria Digna Ezcurra de Ortellado...

Tinkering With Pro Swim Series Should Pay Off For USA Swimming USA Swimming is reimagining its annual circuit of Pro Swim Series meets for 2026, introducing four-day formats and semifinals. The goal is to "mirror the racing environment athletes experience at major international meets and enhance lon...

From Tim Duncan to Joe Thomas: How the Pool Can Be an Athlete's Greatest Ally The pool does not care who you are. Whether All-Pro or All-American, the second you dive in, you can be humbled. The water has no favorites. In the pool, everyone is equal. It does not matter how tall you are or how much y...

Throwback Thursday: When Cesar Cielo Captured Olympic Gold and the Emotional Aftermath (Video) In this edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, when Brazilian Cesar Cielo confirmed his status as the world's fastest man in water. It was a night that also featu...

Passages: Carol ‘Penny’ Taylor, Olympian and Long-Time Official and Coach, 96 Carol “Penny” Taylor, a 1948 Olympian and long-time coach and swimming official, died on Nov. 4. She was 96 years old. Taylor was an influential figure in swimming for decades after her Olympic appearance at the London Gam...

Dávid Betlehem Posts 1500 Free Rankings Topper At Hungarian Championships Dávid Betlehem became the first man inside 14:30 this year as he went top of the 1500 free rankings at the Hungarian Short Course Championships in Debrecen. The Olympic 10k bronze medallist posted 14:27.39 which was 2.61secs s...

The Big Ten Conference announced its weekly swimming and diving honors. Big Ten Men's Swimmer of the Week   Blake Rowe, Purdue  So. – Traverse City, Mich.  Became the first Boilermaker to post an NCAA Championship qualifying time this season, doing so while winning the 200 back in a lifetime best ti...

arena proudly welcomes Summer McIntosh, the Canadian star and Olympic champion, already considered one of the greatest swimmers of the modern era at just 19 years old. Overall she is considered one of the most versatile swimmers in history, currently ranked as a top 5 performer of all time in 6 LCM ...

Eva Okaro Brings Long-Awaited Speed to Texas in First College Season For five consecutive seasons, the University of Texas women have finished among the top-three teams at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best run in decades. But in an unusual twist for top college teams, the Longhorns have ach...

The Longest-Standing American Records and Who Can Break Them (Women's Edition) A glance at the American records from the long-course pool reveals there are more longstanding marks among men than there are among women. On the men's side, five records have endured from the 2008 and 2009 seasons, inclu...

Diana Nyad to be Honored by City of Fort Lauderdale with Historic Marker The City of Fort Lauderdale will host a ceremony on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Las Olas Oceanside Park to unveil a Florida State Historic Marker honoring world-renowned endurance swimmer Diana Nyad.  The cerem...

Olympian and NCAA champion Nick Albiero announced his retirement from competitive swimming on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The Brazilian national team member, former U.S. national team member and former Louisville Cardinal made the announcement on social media. "it is with overwhelming gratitude and a full hear...

The SEC announced its weekly swimming and diving honors. SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week Tim Korstanje, Alabama Alabama’s Tim Korstanje, a senior from Nijmegen, Netherlands, won two individual events and was a part of two winning relays to help the Crimson Tide earn the season-opening win over Delta.....

ACC Weekly Honors: Julia Dennis, Michel Arkhangelsky, Filip Kosinski Lead Awards In the sixth set of weekly honors for the 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving season, Florida State’s Michel Arkhangelsky and Louisville’s Filip Kosinski shared ACC Men's Swimmer of the Week honors, wh....

USA Swimming Elects Brent Lang as Board of Directors Chairperson The USA Swimming Board of Directors on Tuesday announced the election of Brent Lang as its new chairperson. Lang was the unanimous choice by the board. He will serve a four-year term through September 2029. He replaces Natalie Coughlin...