Europe

Before the Beep: Inside the World of Rising Distance Star Dan Wiffen Dan Wiffen has rewritten the Irish records books time and again, and in July, he became the European record holder in the 800-meter freestyle to add to his continental standard in the short-course pool. Fourth in the 800 and 1500 a...

Matt Richards Named British Swimming Athlete Of The Year Following Double Gold In Fukuoka Matt Richards has been named British Swimming Athlete of the Year with Ryan Livingstone winning the coaches' award after guiding the Millfield swimmer to the 200 free title at the World Championships. The 20-ye...

LEN Changes Name To European Aquatics, Sets Up Integrity Unit At Congress In Madeira European governing body LEN has approved a name change to European Aquatics and established an independent Integrity Unit at the LEN Congress in Funchal, Madeira. The decision to rename LEN (Ligue Européenne de Nata...

Two-Time Olympic Champion James Guy To Leave Bath National Centre After Seven Years Two-time Olympic champion James Guy is to leave Bath National Centre and the watchful eye of Dave McNulty for unnamed pastures new with Paris 2024 on the horizon. The 27-year-old has spent seven years in the south-we...

Ascending Ukrainian Backstroker Oleksandr Zheltiakov Deserves Olympic Debut Sans Russian Competition Without even attending this year's senior-level World Championships, Oleksandr Zheltiakov has made a quick impression on the global backstroking scene. He swept 100 and 200 backstroke gold and took s...

British Olympic Swimmer Antony James Faces Sexual Abuse Charges British Olympic swimmer Antony James has been charged with child sex offenses in a court in his native country. James, 33, faces 21 charges, including rape, sexual activity with a minor and possession of indecent images of a child, acco...

Exaggerated Reports of Incident Between Adam Peaty and Luke Greenbank Lead to Unfair Treatment of Anna Hopkin Adam Peaty has criticised as “totally unfair” Anna Hopkin being dragged into the spotlight following an incident involving the three-time Olympic champion and Luke Greenbank. Reports through...

Kristof Milak Returns To Training And Commits To Paris Olympics And Beyond Olympian 200 fly champion Kristof Milak returned to training on Monday after time away to focus on his physical and mental wellbeing and committed himself to Paris 2024 and beyond. The three-time world champion was making his...

Bettina Fabian And Pasquale Giordano Clinch Close Victories At LEN Open Water Cup Bettina Fabian and Pasquale Giordano won their respective races in similar close finishes at the fifth leg of the LEN Open Water Cup in Veles, North Macedonia. The top three women in the overall standings were neck and...

Tokyo Olympian Hector Pardoe became the fastest man to have swum the 10.5-mile (16.8km) length of Lake Windermere in north-west England while also raising money to improve water quality. Pardoe - who was 10th in the 10k and 15th in the 5k at the World Championships in Fukuoka in July - crossed the s...

Adam Peaty, Chad Le Clos & Sarah Sjostrom Confirmed For 2023 World Cup Tour Adam Peaty will return to racing at the 2023 World Cup in October with Chad Le Clos confirmed for the three-stop tour of European capitals. The tour starts in Berlin from 6-8 October and moves on to Athens (13-15 October) be...

Hosts & Dates Of European Championships Yet To Be Finalised As LEN Announces 2024 Events Calendar European governing body LEN has announced the preliminary 2024 events calendar with the hosts and dates of the European Championships yet to be finalised. The 2024 continental showpiece had been schedul...

Caspar Corbeau Bids Farewell to Texas, to Skip Fifth Year Caspar Corbeau has ended his time at the University of Texas and will skip the possibility of a fifth year to train in the Netherlands for the Paris Olympics. Corbeau posted to his Instagram page on Monday with the news. View this post on I.....

The Con of Michelle Smith: How the Irish Lass Cheated the Swimming World Her presence on the international stage was inconsequential. She didn’t affect the makeup of podiums. She didn’t influence any championship finals. At least, that’s the way the career of Michelle Smith unfolded for most of the ...

Marcello Guidi And Lea Boy Win Respective Races At LEN Open Water Cup In Samorin Italy’s Marcello Guidi and Germany’s Lea Boy won the men’s and women’s events in the fourth leg of the LEN Open Water Cup in Samorin, Slovakia. LEN Open Water Cup results The men's race started proceedings with the pack...

Tributes Paid  To 1998 Commonwealth Bronze Medallist Helen Smart (née Don-Duncan) After Death At 42 Tributes have been paid to 1998 Commonwealth 200m backstroke bronze medallist Helen Smart (née Don-Duncan) who has died aged 42. Smart won gold in the 200 back at the 1996 European Junior Championship...

Mykhailo Romanchuk Shows Damage to Former Training Pool from Russian Attack For almost 18 months, a Russian invasion has ravaged Ukraine, with more than 100,000 Ukrainians killed or injured in the conflict. The country's top swimmer, distance star Mykhailo Romanchuk, has seen the war take a personal...

Dan Wiffen and the Lessons of His Successful Rebound in Dublin As he cruised to gold in the 1500 freestyle, spearheading what would turn into a prolific three days for Team Ireland at the European U23 Championships, Dan Wiffen was slightly confused. Proud, obviously, and pumped for his team to win t...

Black Swimming Association Calls For Urgent Water Safety Education With Black Children Seven Times More Likely To Drown Than White Children A near-drowning experience on holiday underlined to Black Swimming Association chair Danielle Obe the urgent need for water safety education and its prioritisat...

Isabel Gose & Mona McSharry Claim Golden Treble As LEN European U23 Championships Wrap Up; Ireland Top Medal Table Isabel Gose and Mona McSharry completed golden trebles as the LEN European U23 Championships wrapped up in Dublin with Ireland atop the medal table. Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Ir...