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Slovenian Olympian Katja Fain Reveals Leukemia Diagnosis Slovenian Olympian Katja Fain revealed this week on social media that she is battling chronic myeloid leukemia. Fain posted on social media this week detailing “the hardest race of my life.” An Olympian in Tokyo and Paris, the 25-year-old had ...

Poolside Passport: Meet Breaststroke Star Eneli Jefimova of Estonia ... and N.C. State Poolside Passport is one of Swimming World's newest features, an engaging opportunity to get to know athletes from around the world. Initially started on the Swimming World social-media channels, Poolside Passport...

Kyle Chalmers Has Renewed Love of Racing After Mexico Meet With Adam Ramsay-Peaty & Thomas Ceccon Adam Ramsay-Peaty, Thomas Ceccon and Kyle Chalmers shared the insight that comes with a combined five Olympic titles at a meet in Mexico. The trio headlined the Copa Internacional meet which ran from Se...

Following Summer Breakthrough, Thomas Ceccon Has Additional Option in 200 Backstroke Through the years, Thomas Ceccon has excelled across multiple events. Of course, he is best known for his prowess in the 100-meter backstroke, where he's the reigning Olympic champion, a multi-time medalist at the W...

Results Italy’s Dario Verani pulled away on the final lap and Louna Kasvio of Finland edged a photo finish to clinch their respective 10k races as the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2026 finally got underway in Tenero, Switzerland. The stop in Tenero effectively became the season opener ...

Poolside Passport - Hugo Gonzalez: Playing Hoops, Watching Harry Potter and Denying Desserts Spain's Hugo Gonzalez has been a factor on the international scene for more than a decade, first as a medalist at the World Junior Championships and later as an Olympian and medalist at the World Championshi...

Olympic Silver Medallist Mehdy Metella Retires At 34 Mehdy Metella has retired at the age of 34 after winning Olympic silver and clinching world and European titles. The Frenchman shared the news on social media, 10 years after he led off the French quartet that won 4x100m freestyle silver at Rio 20...

Beyond 100 Freestyle, Marrit Steenbergen Packaged Spectacular Summer The Summer of 2026 will be remembered for the dominance of Marrit Steenbergen in the 100-meter freestyle. On five occasions, the Dutch star broke the 52-second barrier in the event, accounting for half of the all-time sub-52s. The ...

Commonwealth Medallist Ciara Schlosshan Announces Retirement Ciara Schlosshan has retired weeks after she won medley relay silver for Team Scotland at a home Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The fly specialist, who trained at the University of Edinburgh, shared her decision weeks after she reached the...

Tom Dean Among Team Setting Sights on English Channel Relay Record for RLSS Fundraising Tom Dean, Dan Jervis and Hector Pardoe are among a team of six British swimmers that will attempt to break the English Channel relay world record later this month. The squad will take on the 33km challenge from t...

Youngster to Watch: Spain's Luca Hoek Making Inroads in 100 Freestyle with LA28 on Horizon Athletes are now into the back half of the march to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, each day of training a key step toward racing at SoFi Stadium. On the path to LA28, Swimming World will periodically f...

Apostolos Siskos Made History with Podium Double at European Champs Back in May, while racing at the Acropolis Open, Apostolos Siskos became the third-fastest European in the history of the 200-meter backstroke. Clocking 1:54.12 for a Greek record, Siskos established a starting point for the biggest...

Double Olympic Champion Matt Richards Driven by Paris Pain in Pursuit of LA 2028 Gold Matt Richards is doing everything in his power to avoid a repeat of his crushing disappointment of Paris 2024 where he missed 200m freestyle gold by 0.02secs. Swimming out of lane one as David Popovici, Duncan Scot...

Sara Curtis Leads Quintet of European Medalists into NCAA Campaign The NCAA stage has always sported tremendous international talent, its schools boosted by contributions from stars such as South Africans Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling to recent European standouts like Leon Marchand and Hubert Ko...

The All-Time Rankings of Leon Marchand; French Star Continues to Define Versatility We didn't get to see a full showcase of Leon Marchand's talent this summer. Due to an adductor injury suffered at the French Elite Championships, and a subsequent reaggravation, the French star opted to bypass the in...

At LA28, Ruta Meilutyte Could Take a Page Out of Anthony Ervin's Book At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Ervin wrote one of the best stories the sport has seen. Sixteen years after he shared gold in the 50-meter freestyle at the Sydney Olympics, Ervin edged Frenchman Florent Manaud...

Throwback Thursday: Alexander Dale Oen Wins Emotional Gold for Norway at His Final Major Meet The news was a gut punch not just for his family and friends but for the entire swimming community. Late at night on April 30, 2012,  Norwegian breaststroker Alexander Dale Oen passed away suddenly, his cau...

Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Day 3 report Apostolos Christou blazed to a 100m backstroke championship record as he added the Mediterranean Games title to his European gold in Taranto. The Greek swimmer was out in 25.34 and back in 26.91 to post 52.34, 0.07 off the time in which he won gold in ...

Lisa Angiolini Makes it a Golden Double at the Mediterranean Games Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Lisa Angiolini made it two titles and three pieces of solo silverware after winning the 50m breaststroke at the Mediterranean Games. The Italian headed prelims in a 30.45 championship record before r...

Leonie Beck has retired from open water swimming after a career in which she won world and European titles. The German competed at three Olympics across pool and marathon swimming with fifth in the open water at the Tokyo Olympics the closest she came to the podium. The 29-year-old posted her announ...