All News

Brazil's Gui Caribe Making Major Strides on Road to World Championships Over the past year-plus, Jordan Crooks has established himself as one of the rising stars on the global sprint scene. A world record in the short-course version of the 50-meter freestyle. A world title in the same event. Excelle...

5 Impossible Things to Explain to the Non-Swimmer By Erin Himes, Swimming World College Intern Swimming is a different sport, which is why explaining things to non-swimmers can get tricky sometimes. While swimmers pretty much speak another language, here are a few of the hardest things to explain to...

Germany's Oliver Klemet, Lea Boy Claim Open Water Cup 3K Sprint Knockout Titles Stop 2 of the World Aquatics Open Water Cup concluded from Ibiza, Spain, with the 3K knockout sprints. Germany's Oliver Klemet earned the gold medal with a finals time of 4:50.50. Hungary's David Bethlehem took the silve...

Lucas Henveaux Grabs 400 Free Title, Sets National Record in 100 Backstroke at Belgian Open Championships A month after helping the Cal Golden Bears to a runnerup finish at the NCAA Championships, Lucas Henveaux claimed gold in the 400-meter freestyle at the Belgian Open Championships on Saturday. H...

Anna Elendt Looks Sharp in Breaststroke Events at Berlin Open Several impressive performances have been registered in the past few weeks in the women’s breaststroke events, and Germany’s Anna Elendt got in on the party during the first two days of the Berlin Open. During Saturday's action, Elendt - ...

Florian Wellbrock Adds 400 Freestyle Title at Gothaer and Friends Meet; Lukas Martens Secures Two Victories Coming off a victory in the 800-meter freestyle on the opening night of the Gothaer and Friends Meet in Magdeburg, German National Team stalwart Florian Wellbrock registered a triumph at half ...

Morgan Ray, Morgan Stickney Win at Para Swimming World Series Morgan Ray and Morgan Stickney were among the winners on Day 2 of Para Swimming World Series stop in Indianapolis Friday night. Stickney won the women’s 400 freestyle in 4:55.58, the S7 swimmer scoring highest among the multi-class field ...

When Jim Montgomery and Jonty Skinner Chased Sub-50: A Unique Summer Pursuit Swimming World's Great Races Series has featured numerous duels between star athletes. In this edition, Jim Montgomery and Jonty Skinner engaged in a great race, albeit one in separate pools. The most iconic barrier-breakin...

15 Truths About Swimming Swimming is a sport like no other. You learn a lot about yourself throughout your years as a swimmer and the sport inherently instills valuable life lessons in you. Even when your time as a competitive swimmer is done, you still continue to learn more about the sport and hav...

By Alice Reeves-Turner, Swimming World College Intern. There comes a day in every swimmer’s career when they realise it is time to hang up the goggles. This may be for numerous reasons-- age, injury, lack of time for such a demanding sport or just simply falling out of love with swimming. Regardless...

Maria Lenk Trophy: Gui Caribe Rips 21.46 in 50 Free Gui Caribe continued an outstanding meet at the Maria Lenk Trophy by hitting the 50 freestyle Worlds cut on Friday. Caribe got under the A standard with a morning prelims swim of 21.93 seconds. He backed it up in the final by going 21.46. He was on...

Florian Wellbrock Heads 800 Free At Gothaer & Friends Meet In Magdeburg Florian Wellbrock headed the men's 800 free on the first day of the Gothaer and Friends meet in Magdeburg. Wellbrock - who won 800 silver at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest - trains in the city in Saxony-Anhalt under th...

Florine Gaspard Goes 24.46 In 50 Free & Lucas Henveaux Hits National 200IM Record At Belgian Championships In Antwerp Florine Gaspard went 24.46 as she continued the form that sees her jostling at the top of the women's 50 free rankings at the Open Belgian Swimming Championships in Antwerp. Gaspard ...

Angela Martinez Guillen & Andrea Filadelli Clinch Respective Titles At Open Water Swimming World Cup Angela Martinez Guillen and Andrea Filadelli won their respective 10ks at the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup 2025 in Ibiza. A 58-strong women's field set off first in the Mediterranean ...

Year of Change has Ukraine’s Oleksandr Zheltiakov Remotivated at NC State Even without the specter of war hovering over his homeland, 2024 was going to be a year of change for Oleksandr Zheltiakov. The 18-year-old Ukrainian knew a busy summer beckoned, one he’d positioned himself for long before bur...

Leanne Smith Improves Three World Records to Start Para Swimming World Series in Indy American swimmer Leanne Smith lowered three world records on Thursday night in Indianapolis to start the 2025 Para Swimming World Series stop. Smith won the multi-class women’s 100 freestyle in 1:26.76. For the S3 ...

Maria Lenk Trophy: Gabrielle Roncatto Continues Brazil Distance Surge in 1,500 Gabrielle Roncatto continued a tremendous week for the Brazilian women’s distance program at the Maria Lenk Trophy securing a spot at the World Championships in the 1,500 freestyle. Roncatto went 16:19.82 to win the event...

Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale: Stacked Field Includes Ledecky, Marchand, Dressel, McIntosh, Douglass, Walsh Sisters (PSYCH SHEETS) The 2025 TYR Pro Swim Series will make a stop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a meet from April 30-May 3. The psych sheet has been released for the meet, which is lo...

USA Water Polo Selects Swimming World as Official Publishing Partner Through 2030 USA Water Polo and Swimming World have announced a landmark multi-year partnership, naming Swimming World the Official Publishing Partner of USA Water Polo through the LA28 Olympics, extending into 2030. This collabora...

Olympic Champion Coach Jane Figueiredo Takes Over as Tennessee Diving Coach Two months after departing Great Britain's diving program with a legacy of great accomplishment, Jane Figueiredo will take a new job as head diving coach at the University of Tennessee. Figueiredo joins the program following...