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Olympic bronze medallist Noé Ponti and Chad Le Clos produced their second tight tussle in as many days in the 100 fly in the race of day two at the Mare Nostrum in Monaco. Monaco results Sarah Sjostrom went top of the 50 free rankings in 24.08 with Bruno Fratus going third in the men's equivalent in...

Matt Sates won double gold on the first day of the Mare Nostrum tour in Monaco with Lydia Jacoby and Arno Kamminga also among the winners . Monaco results Sates claimed the first gold of the meet when he was the only man inside 3:50 in the 400 free in 3:49.27. Antonio Djakovic of Switzerland (3:50.6...

Olympic mixed medley relay champion Kathleen Dawson has been ruled out of the World Championships and Commonwealth Games with a back injury. Dawson sustained the injury following the European Championships in Budapest where she won three golds among an overall medal haul of four. The University of S...

Gregorio Paltrinieri claimed his first win of the 2022 LEN Open Water Cup in Alghero, Sardinia, with Mira Szimcsak prevailing in a tight finish to take the women's race. Paltrinieri won bronze in the opening two legs and on Friday he withstood the pressure from Italy team-mate Domenico Acerenza to w...

European governing body LEN has launched an appeal to extend financial support to Ukrainian aquatic athletes and countries hosting them following the Russian invasion. The European Swimming League has - along with FINA and the International Olympic Committee - donated $100,000 to a new fund to suppo...

Olympic finalist Mona McSharry spearheads a team of 18 named by Swim Ireland for the European Championships with the competition in Rome in August their benchmark meet of the season. The continental showcase, which runs from 11-21 August in the Italian capital, is the priority focus for their Republ...

The entry lists are out for the three stages of the Mare Nostrum tour which starts with a two-day meet in Monaco on Saturday 21 May. The series moves on to Barcelona (25-26 May) and concludes in Canet, France, on 28-29 May. Monaco entry lists Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby goes in the 100br where she...

Adam Peaty Dives Deep Into Injury and Career on Inside With Brett Hawke Podcast One of the most disappointing pieces of news from the sport from the past week was the announcement that Adam Peaty will miss this summer’s World Championships in Budapest due to injury. During a dryland workout, Peaty e...

Sacha Velly and Leonie Beck were the respective winners of the men's and women's races in the second leg of the LEN Open Water Cup in Piombino, Italy. It was a first major victory for Frenchman Velly who, at 17, is another bright prospect to emerge from the Philippe Lucas' stable. He swam a smart ra...

Adam Peaty Ruled Out Of World Championships In Budapest With Foot Injury Adam Peaty will miss the World Championships in Budapest in June after fracturing a bone in his right foot during training in Tenerife. The eight-time world champion - who describes himself as "devastated" - sustained the injur...

James Guy and Freya Anderson are among a second wave of swimmers to be named to Team England for the Commonwealth Games in July. Alice Tai, six-time world champion in 2019, and Reece Dunn, who won three golds in a five-strong haul at the Paralympics in Tokyo, feature in a para-swimming team of 14. T...

Two-time 50m backstroke world champion Liam Tancock has been appointed chair of the inaugural LEN Athletes' Committee as part of the European federation's governance reforms. The Briton will head the new committee comprising seven former and current athletes - four men and three women - across all a...

Tokyo Olympian Jacob Whittle is among 42 athletes selected by British Swimming for July's European Junior Championships in Bucharest, Romania. Whittle came away from the European Championships in Budapest last year with gold and silver after swimming the heats of the mixed and men's 4x100 free rela...

Athletes Nominated For Commonwealth Games Selection To Team Scotland; No Kathleen Dawson Thirty-three swimmers, divers and para-swimmers have been nominated for selection to Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, in July and August. Six-time Olympic medallist Duncan Scott is...

Andrei Nikolaev set a national 50 breaststroke record of 26.66 and Arina Surkova claimed a golden double as the Russian Championships concluded in Kazan. Results Day five wrap Day four wrap Day three wrap Nikolaev took 0.06 off the previous mark of 26.72 set by Kirill Prigoda at the 2019 World Champ...

Ilya Borodin lowered his own national 400IM record to 4:09.86 at the Russian Championships in Kazan. Results Day four wrap Day three wrap Borodin set the previous mark of 4:10.02 en-route to gold at last year's European Championships in Budapest, a time that still stands as a world junior record. Th...

Two-time Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov can continue competing at the Russian Championships in Kazan, world governing body FINA has said. Rylov's involvement in the meet commanded international attention given it came days after FINA announced a nine-month ban for the four-time European champion foll...

Kliment Kolesnikov swam the joint second-fastest 50 backstroke in history before returning to claim the 50 free title on day four of the Russian Championships in Kazan. Arina Surkova lowered her own Russian 50 fly record to 25.61, taking 0.01 off the previous mark of 25.62 she set in November 2019 a...

Petr Zhikharev and Daria K Ustinova were among the winners on the third night of the Russian Championships with Kliment Kolesnikov promising much come Wednesday evening. Results Zhikharev took the men's 100 fly in 51.31, holding off Andrey Zhilkin who had a fine back end to the race to finish second...

Ash Cox will become British Swimming's interim CEO following the departure of incumbent Jack Buckner to UK Athletics. Cox, who is the current director of legal and governance for British Swimming and has been at the organisation since 2014, will take over the chief executive role on a tempo...