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Swimming & Para Swimming Among 10 Sports At 2026 Commonwealth Games: Diving Misses Out Swimming and para swimming have been confirmed among 10 sports to be contested at the 2026 Commonwealth Games although diving will not be on the scaled-down programme in Glasgow. The programme also includes athlet...

FLASH! Noè Ponti Crushes 50m Butterfly S/C World Record Noè Ponti lowered the 50m butterfly short-course world record to 21.67 in prelims on day three of the World Cup in Shanghai. The Swiss reached the turn in 9.95 secs before a blistering 11.72sec second 25 propelled him into the wall in a new gl....

Leon Marchand Returns To The Top Of The Podium After "Pretty Amazing" Olympics Leon Marchand transcended his sport in Paris as he soared to four gold medals, captivating the sporting world and beyond. La Defense Arena was a cauldron of noise before he set foot on poolside, rising to a crescendo each...

Noè Ponti Almost Lost For Words After Lowering European 100 Fly S/C Record In Shanghai; Third-Fastest All-Time Noè Ponti swam the third-fastest 100m butterfly all-time en-route to a European short-course record of 48.40 on the first day of finals at the World Cup in Shanghai, China. The Swiss set th...

World Cup Shanghai, Day 1 Finals: Continental Records For Qin Haiyang, Wang Shun, Kaylee McKeown & Noè Ponti Qin Haiyang, Wang Shun, Kaylee McKeown and Noè Ponti set respective continental standards on a fast and furious day one of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024 in Shanghai, China. A bli...

British Olympic Swimmer Antony James Convicted of Rape British Olympic swimmer Antony James was found guilty of rape and sexual activity with minors by a jury in England this week. The 34-year-old has been on trial for four weeks on 18 counts of alleged abuse, occurring with three females from 2012-...

Jamie Main Leaves Aquatics GB National Coach Role At Bath To Become Repton School's Director Of Swimming Jamie Main is leaving his role as Aquatics GB National Coach at the Bath Performance Centre to become Director of Swimming at Repton School. Main joined the team in Bath, south-west England,...

Marcello Guidi & Lea Boy Claim Maiden World Cup Victories Marcello Guidi and Lea Boy claimed their first victories at the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Setubal, Portugal at the weekend. Olympic champion Kristof Rasovszky traded the lead with Marc-Antoine Olivier early on, only for ...

Leon Marchand Leads the 'Tremendous 12' into World Cup Action in Asia Leon Marchand, winner of four golds at Paris 2024, is among a star-studded field of Olympic champions and medallists at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024. The Frenchman is one of 12 swimmers slated to compete at all three...

Marchand Record Mania to Continue? Frenchman Sets Sights on Short Course Meters World records in short course meters swimming often lack the credibility of their long course counterparts, largely because of elite swimmers eschewing opportunities to race in the 25-meter course. European swimmers typi...

Prince William Meets Olympic & Paralympic Champions To Promote Access To Swimming Olympic champions Adam Peaty and Tom Dean and Paralympians Maisie Summers-Newton and Louise Fiddes met the Prince of Wales to highlight the importance of access to swimming and its benefits for physical and mental heal...

Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Ferry Weertman Expecting First Child In 2025 Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Ferry Weertman - who share four Olympic titles between them - are expecting their first child in 2025. The pair announced their happy news on social media, little more than two years after they got married i...

Steven Tigg Announced as Aquatics GB Swimming Head Coach After Guiding Duncan Scott To The Olympic Pinnacle Steven Tigg - who has guided Duncan Scott to Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth success - has been appointed the new Aquatics GB Swimming Head Coach. Tigg, currently head coach at Stirl...

Following the Olympic Games in Paris, there is room for reflection on the British swimming team. Paris showed a significant drop in podium places compared to the achievements of Tokyo 2020. The medal comparison from Tokyo to Paris tells a story, as the team placed third on the table in Tokyo, but wa...

Ksawery Masiuk Announces Verbal Commitment to Swim For Texas Beginning in Spring 2025 In his first season guiding the Texas men's team, head coach Bob Bowman will have another piece to deploy during championship season with Polish backstroker Ksawery Masiuk announcing his intention to head to Austin...

Danielle Obe Launches Waterproof Headscarves To Encourage People Of Colour To Learn To Swim According to Sport England statistics, 97% of Black adults and 82% of Black children in the UK do not swim. That does not mean they can’t swim, rather they just aren’t in the water. Black Swimming Association...

Bob Bowman Discusses Next Steps for Leon Marchand: 'I Don't Think He's Anything Near What He's Capable of Doing' Coming off a five-medal haul at the Olympic Games in Paris, French star Leon Marchand took six weeks to recharge and prepare for his return to the training grind that has made him a futur...

Sarah Sjöström On How Curiosity Led To A Golden Paris Double With 50s The Focus For The Future In the first of two articles, Sarah Sjöström talks to Swimming World about her golden double in Paris and her focus for the future. “When I start training again it will be the 50 only – 100% this time. “I ...

Andrea Filadelli & Ines Delacroix Lift Overall Crowns Following Final Leg Of European Aquatics Open Water Cup Andrea Filadelli and Ines Delacroix clinched the overall titles in the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2024 following the final leg in Ražanac, Croatia. The pair entered the fift....

European Short-Course Champion Luc Kroon Announces Retirement Luc Kroon, winner of the 400 free at the 2021 European Short-Course Championships, has announced his retirement. The Netherlands athlete made the decision after sustaining an injury last week which would keep him out of the water until Ja...