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Angelina Köhler Continues Golden Form As Young Talent Book Trips To Poland Angelina Köhler claimed her fourth title of the German Championships as younger swimmers made their names known and booked tickets to the short-course Europeans next month in Poland. Köhler won the 50 free in 24.15 and althou...

Freya Colbert & Cameron Brooker Double Up At BUCS Championships Freya Colbert and Cameron Brooker won two titles apiece on day two of the BUCS s/c Championships in Sheffield. Colbert, enjoyed a five-second victory in the 400IM in the first women’s event of the session before returning for the 200 ba...

Records Tumble And Euro Berths Booked At Swiss s/c Championships Mael Allegrini and Paul Niederberger were among the records on day two of the Swiss s/c Championships in Uster. Allegrini clocked 26.72 in the men's 50m breaststroke to shave 0.08 from Martin Schweizer's long-standing national standard...

Lisa Bates Honoured With BSCA Coach of the Year Award 2025 Lisa Bates has been honoured with the BSCA Coach of the Year Award 2025 in recognition of her role in guiding Ben Proud to the only individual medal claimed by Great Britain at the World Championships in Singapore. Bates is director of swimm...

Lottie Cullen Goes Through 57Sec Barrier For Irish 100 Back Record At BUCS s/c Championships Lottie Cullen became the first Irishwoman through the 57-second barrier in the 100m backstroke as she posted a time of 56.96 at the BUCS Short Course Championships in Sheffield. The 21-year-old, representing...

Noè Ponti Secures Golden Double & Angelina Patt Lowers Swiss 50 Back Record Noè Ponti scored a freestyle/backstroke double and Angelina Patt lowered the national 50 back standard on day one of the Swiss s/c Championships in Uster. Ponti started off with the 50 back where a fine underwater phase help...

Angelina Köhler Sets 50 Fly Record As She Books Ticket To Short-Course Europeans At German Championships Angelina Köhler was on fine form on the first two days of the German Championships as she lowered the national 50 fly record and clocked qualifying times for next month’s short-course Europeans. ...

Dave McNulty Honoured With BSCA Lifetime Achievement Award After Guiding Swimmers To Olympic Pinnacle The British Swimming Coaches Association (BSCA) has honoured Dave McNulty with its Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of a fine career in which he's guided swimmers to the top of the Olympic ...

Los Angeles 2028 Schedule Gives Leon Marchand New, Less Pressing Double The release of the official schedule of all sporting events for the 2028 Olympics on Wednesday makes it possible for swimmers to start targeting their programs for Los Angeles. It puts concrete terms to the scheduling crunch som...

2022 European Champion Lisa Mamié Bids Farewell To Competitive Waters Lisa Mamié, winner of the 2022 European 200m breaststroke title, has brought the curtain down on her career. The Swiss swimmer has been enduring severe shoulder problems over the past 12 months which have hastened her decision to ...

Florine Gaspard Rewrites Two More Records As Belgian Championships Wrap Up Florine Gaspard continued her record-breaking run by setting two new standards on the final day of the Belgian Championships in Gent. The 23-year-old first set about the 50m breaststroke where she stopped the clock at 29.33 t...

Three-Time Olympic Relay Champion James Guy Crowned Aquatics GB Champion Athlete For 2025 Three-time Olympic relay champion James Guy was crowned Champion Athlete for 2025 at the Aquatics GB Awards on Saturday night. Since making his senior global bow at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, G....

Florine Gaspard & Noah Verreth Continue Record-Breaking Form; Corbeau Maintains 50m Speed Florine Gaspard and Noah Verreth were breaking records once more on day two of the Belgian Championships in Ghent. Gaspard took down the national 100m breaststroke record in 1:04.30, taking 0.39 off the standar...

Dávid Betlehem Completes Distance Treble & Wins Points Trophy At Hungarian Championships Dávid Betlehem and Ajna Kesely each completed the distance treble as the Hungarian Short Course Championships concluded in Debrecen. Betlehem, who won Olympic 10k bronze in Paris last year, won the 800 free on t...

Filip Nowacki Makes Senior GB Debut As 17-Strong Squad Selected For Short-Course Europeans Aquatics GB has announced a 17-strong team for the European Short Course Championships that take place in Lublin, Poland, from 2-7 December. Olympic relay champions Matt Richards, Duncan Scott and Freya Anders...

European Aquatics: World Aquatics Guidelines Allow Neutral Athletes In Continental Events European Aquatics has released a statement saying that new World Aquatics guidelines allowing Russia and Belarus to compete in team events also extends to continental competitions. This would see them eligible ...

Vanotterdijk, Gaspard & Verreth Rewrite Belgian Record Books; Corbeau Goes 55 In 100m Breaststroke Roos Vanotterdijk, Florine Gaspard and Noah Verreth wasted no time in rewriting the Belgian record books on day one of the short-course nationals in Ghent. Vanotterdijk was straight into it, firing off...

Lora Komoróczy Takes Down Katinka Hosszu's Hungarian 50 Fly s/c Record Lora Komoróczy rewrote Katinka Hosszu's 50 fly national record that had stood for 11 years at the Hungarian s/c Championships in Debrecen. Hosszu had stated at a competition in the last days of 2014 that her goal was to hold all ...

Sarah Sjostrom Delivers Criticism, Social Media Blocks for Enhanced Games Olympic gold medalist Sarah Sjostrom expressed her dismay this week with the Enhanced Games, saying she’s blocked any publicity of it from her social feeds. The Swedish sprinter has distanced herself from the athletes, includi...

David Popovici Produced an All-Time Spectacular Year in the 100 Freestyle Having moved into the last two months of 2025, Swimming World will close out the year by presenting a look at some of the top performers from the campaign. These periodic pieces will highlight impressive accomplishments, great...