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The Rise of Greek Swimming is Due to a Water Polo Man Swimming was never the No.1 sport of Greece, not even No.1 in aquatics. But everything changed when Kiriakos Giannopoulos took command of the Hellenic Swimming Federation in 2021. Three years later, at the 2024 Games, Apostolos Christou won Greec...

Alice Dearing Knows Fighting Through Mental Barriers is a Key to Success This exclusive interview with Alice Dearing was conducted by Chris Tompkins of The Motivational Speakers Agency. In this third part of a three-part series with Olympian Alice Dearing, the British star discusses fighting through...

Filip Nowacki Wins Double Gold As Great Britain Tops Medal Table At European Juniors Four titles in a rain-interrupted final session at the European Junior Championships confirmed Great Britain’s position at the top of medals table, with Filip Nowacki bringing his personal total of golds to four. El...

Noe Ponti Chasing the Only Medal Missing from His Career Ledger Depending on the nation one represents, the Grand Slam of medals differs from athlete to athlete. Three of the jewels are consistent - hardware from the Olympic Games and long-course and short-course versions of the World Championships....

Paris Reopens Parts of River Seine for Public Swimming for First Time in Century Paris on Saturday opened portions of the Rive Seine for public swimming for the first time in more than a century, fulfilling a promise of last summer’s Olympics. About 1,000 swimmers will be able to access the river ea...

Double Olympian Hector Pardoe Takes On Three Lakes Challenge To Raise Funds For Surfers Against Sewage Two-time Olympian Hector Pardoe will attempt to swim the UK's three biggest lakes on 2 August to raise money for environmental charity Surfers against Sewage. Pardoe was sixth in the open water at ...

Kuzey Tuncelli Sets Championship & Turkish Records In 800 Free; Receives Presidential Acclaim In Samorin Kuzey Tuncelli posted championship and national records of 7:46.01 en-route to the 800 free title before returning less than 15 minutes later to anchor the Turkish 4x2 relay to bronze on the penu...

Lukas Martens and Germany Have Promise Heading into World Championships Since 2011, there have been 12 global championships conducted – four Olympic Games and eight World Championships. During that span, Germany has totaled 27 medals in the pool, including a high of six at the depleted 2024 edition ...

Filip Nowacki Posts 2:08 EJR In 200m Breaststroke; Up To Fifth British Performer All-Time Filip Nowacki went fifth all-time in the British rankings with a 2:08.32 European junior 200 breaststroke record as he claimed two titles on day four of the continental junior championships in Samorin. Nowacki ...

Italy Announces 34-Strong Delegation for World Championships Italy on Thursday announced a team of 34 swimmers for the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore this summer. The team includes 16 women and 18 men, ranging in age from new European junior champion Bianca Nannucci, who is 17, to 32-year...

World Champs Profile: Freestyle Ace David Popovici Leading into the start of the World Championships later this month, Swimming World will publish a handful of mini profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our first entry in this series features David Popovici, the Romanian freestyle ...

Duncan Scott Receives OBE From King Charles At Ceremony In Edinburgh Double Olympic relay champion Duncan Scott received his OBE for services to swimming from King Charles at a ceremony in Edinburgh and described it as "a very special moment for my family and me." Scott received his honours from the...

Kuzey Tuncelli Claims Hat-Trick Of 1500 Free Titles At European Juniors; Luka Hoek le Guenedal Sets Spanish 50 Free Record Olympic finalist Kuzey Tuncelli earned his third consecutive 1500m freestyle title with a 14:45.05 victory at the European Junior Championships in Samorin. The Turkiye swimmer s...

David Popovici Becomes Global Ambassador for Automation Company UiPath The 20-year-old Romanian who last year became his country's first-ever Olympic champion in men's swimming has continued to expand his business reach. David Popovici has been named a global ambassador for UiPath, a company that sp...

Amelie Blocksidge Matches PB In Defence Of European Junior 1500 Title; Spain Set CR In Mixed 4×100 Free Amelie Blocksidge defended her European junior 1500 free title as she matched her winning time from Vilnius last year on day two in Samorin. Blocksidge went ahead after 300m and maintained her lea...

Amalie Smith Posts Meet Record En-Route To 400IM Gold At European Junior Championships British 15-year-old Amalie Smith set a 4:37.02 meet record en-route to 400IM gold on the opening night of the European Junior Championships in Samorin. Vivien Jackl of Hungary had booked lane four for the final in...

Olympic Swim Coach George Gibney Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges Former Olympic swimming coach George Gibney has been arrested in the United States with a request to extradite him to Ireland to face 79 charges of sexual abuse of children. The arrest by U.S. Marshals on Tuesday came with an extradition...

Dates Announced For 2026 European Championships In Paris The 2026 European Championships will run from 31 July to 16 August with the pool programme taking place in the latter half of the event in Paris. Artistic swimming and diving will both start on 31 July and conclude on 5 and 6 August respective...

Alice Dearing on Olympic Discipline and What It Takes to Go the Distance (Part II) This exclusive interview with Alice Dearing was conducted by Chris Tompkins of The Motivational Speakers Agency. As one of Britain’s most influential voices in sport, Alice Dearing made history as the first Black fema...

Sven Schwarz Less Than A Second Shy Of European 800 Free Record; Five-Star Vanotterdijk Sven Schwarz posted his second-fastest 800 free to fall less than a second shy of his continental record on a night when David Popovici downed his European 100 free mark as the European U23 Championships wrapped ...