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It was originally reported that the backstroke wedges were not going to be used for tonight's men's and women's 100 backstroke semifinals. After a meeting with the coaches, the wedges will now be perm...

Day two of the 2019 FINA World Championships got underway today in Gwangju, South Korea with athletes competing in the men's and women's 100 back, women's 100 breast, men's 200 free, and women's 1500 ...

Mack Horton was greeted to the dining hall at the Athletes' Village last night to resounding round off applause from fellow athletes from around the world after he refused to stand on the medals podiu...

The heat sheets have been released for the second night of the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Check out the full heat sheets here. Complete 2019 World Championships coverage here. A...

The fourth night of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals Mt. Hood saw numerous close finishes and many swimmers claim a new event title. Meguru Hotta and Kaitlyn Dobler both claimed another gold Medal. Bringing...

FINA World Swimming Championships: Gwangju 2019 Day 2 Heats USA's Katie Ledecky cruised through the women's 1500 free heats on Monday morning at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships in Gwangju. ...

The 2019 Speedo Sectionals at Santa Clarita had its concluding session tonight. The last events of the meet included the 200 IM, 50 free, women's 800 free, men's 1500 free and the 400 medley relays. S...

World Swimming Championships (Men's 200 Freestyle Prelims) Gwangju 2019 Great Britain’s James Guy posted the top time in the heats with a 1:46.18. Guy eased off on the final 50 and still managed to po...

By Danny Whirlow, Swimming World College Intern. The conclusion of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals Cleveland meet was bittersweet. Some swimmers could go home, their seasons’ over. Others would soon return...

World Swimming Championships (Men's 100 Backstroke Prelims) Gwangju 2019 Historical firepower was the theme, as the last three world champions qualified among the top-four finishers. China's Xu Jiayu,...

World Swimming Championships (Women's 100 Backstroke Prelims) Gwangju 2019 Canada’s Kylie Masse had the top swim in the heats in the women’s 100 back with a 58.91 to lead the qualifiers into the semif...

The fourth and final day of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals in Minneapolis experienced the extremes and everything in between. This evening we saw the distance swimmers conquer the 1500, then the sprint sw...

FINA World Swimming Championships: Gwangju 2019 Day 2 Heats The second morning of swimming from the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships from Gwangju, South Korea had five preliminary events with fo...

The first finals session of the 2019 FINA World Championships has concluded and brought a thundering start to the eight-day meet. World, American, and Championship records were shattered in the semifi...

Swimming World continues its coverage of the 2019 men’s and women’s water polo world championships. Stick with us for comprehensive coverage of this year’s most prestigious polo tournament. Despite a ...

Thousands of coaches have migrated away from using paper and pencil to plan workouts and turned to Commit Swimming over the past 4 years.  And today, Commit Swimming just got even better. You can now ...

World Swimming Championships (Adam Peaty) Gwangju 2019  Day 1 semifinals Men's 100 Breast Great Britain's Adam Peaty has completed one of his ultimate career goals, taking down the 57-second barrier i...

World Swimming Championships (Ledecky vs Titmus) Gwangju 2019 Day 1 finals Women's 400m freestyle It was billed as a thriller. It surely was. And it marked the moment of doubt about Katie Ledecky and ...

The day was going to come. It’s just the way sports works. No matter how long an athlete goes untouched, at some point the reign will end. So it went on Sunday night that Katie Ledecky – on the first ...

Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indica...