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Ukraine Wins Two Titles on Second Day of European Aquatic Championships in Budapest The Ukraine clinched two titles on the second day in Budapest: one in artistic swimming and one in diving. Marta Fiedina won the solo technical, while Kseniia Bailo and Oleksii Sereda came first the mixed 10m synchro...

Naples, Italy, will host the first five-week phase of ISL Season 3 to run from 26 August-30 September, the International Swimming League announced on Tuesday. Ten clubs will compete at the Piscina Felice Scandone in Italy's third-largest city in the south-west of the country in a strict safety-first...

Russia clinched two titles on the opening day at the European Aquatics Championships, grabbed gold in the mixed duet technical in artistic swimming and won the team event in diving. The Italians claimed a silver and a bronze on Monday. It seemed inevitable that the first title will go to Russia – in...

Swim Ireland has confirmed a 24-strong team will compete at the LEN European Championships which started on Monday in Budapest. Twenty swimmers will compete at the Duna Arena including the quartet of Shane Ryan, Darragh Greene, Daniel Wiffen and Mona McSharry who have already achieved the considerat...

The European Championships get under way in Budapest on Monday with 51 countries - all but one of the national swimming federations - set to participate across swimming, open water, diving and artistic swimming. The Championships were initially scheduled for May 2020 but were postponed in the wake o...

Olympic silver medalist Georgy Prokopenko passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021. He was a two-time Olympian for the Soviet Union at the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. Prokopenko won the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, finishing behind Australia's Ian O'Brien, who...

Adam Peaty Responds: Sport Is A Powerful Vehicle For Athlete Protests Adam Peaty has reasserted his insistence that athletes should have the right to protest at the Olympics after the IOC indicated it will punish those who do so on the podium or the field of play. The Olympic 100m breaststroke champ...

Three-time Paralympic champion Ollie Hynd will not compete in Tokyo in August as he steps away from the pool for the immediate future. The Briton won the SM8 200IM titles at London 2012 and Rio 2016 and also claimed gold in the S8 400 free in Brazil. His winning times of 2:20.01 in the 200IM and 4:2...

Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom is looking ahead to the Tokyo Olympics, but the injured star is not looking too far ahead — just enough to target a return date after her elbow injury. Sjostrom plans to return to racing during the Mare Nostrum Series. The Canet stop is June 1-2. She detailed the plan...

Arno Kamminga returned from his maiden voyage through the 58-second barrier in the 100 breaststroke to go 2:07.71 over 200m at the Netherlands Team Time Trials. There was also a Dutch 100 fly record of 51.65 in the morning for Nyls Korstanje as he eclipsed Joeri Verlinden's previous mark  of 51.75 w...

Arno Kamminga is now the second-fastest man over 100m breaststroke in history after he broke through the 58-second barrier in 57.90 at the Netherlands Team Time Trials in Eindhoven. The three-time European short-course champion had shaved 0.01secs off his Dutch record to go 58.42 on Friday morning, ...

Arno Kamminga lowered his national 100m breaststroke record to 58.42 at the Netherlands Team Time Trials to remain the fourth-fastest man in history and third in the world this year. The three-time European short-course champion split 27.31/31.11 in Eindhoven with a morning swim that augurs well for...

The British Olympic team plus a further 12 swimmers have been selected to a 40-strong squad for the European Championships in Budapest next month. A total of 28 swimmers have so far been named to Team GB for the Tokyo Olympics with the competition at the Duna Arena from 17-23 May presenting another ...

There was unbridled joy and excitement on Tuesday as 28 swimmers were officially named on Team GB for the Tokyo Olympics. A further 24 swimmers earned their places following the trials in London to join the quartet of Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, Luke Greenbank and James Wilby who were pre-selected by ...

Adam Peaty and Duncan Scott welcomed Team GB's declaration that it would not obstruct athletes who wish to protest at the Tokyo Olympics. The International Olympic Committee has indicated that it will uphold Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter which would see athletes punished for protesting on the podiu...

Team GB has announced a squad of 28 swimmers as they seek to emulate their six-strong medal haul from Rio 2016 at the Olympics in Tokyo in July. Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, Luke Greenbank and James Wilby had all been pre-selected to Team GB after winning individual medals at the 2019 World Championshi...

Sarah Sjostrom is continuing her recovery after an elbow injury that required surgery just months before the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sjostrom sustained the injury to her right elbow when she slipped on ice on her way to Reimersholme, south of Stockholm, in February and she was quickly transported ...

Daniel Wiffen set his second national record of the meet as he went 15:16.90 in the 1500 free as the Irish National Team Trials concluded in Dublin. Wiffen is one of four swimmers along with Mona McSharry, Darragh Greene and Shane Ryan to have made Olympic Consideration Times during the five-day mee...

Danielle Hill claimed her fourth national record of the Irish National Team Trials by lowering her own 50 free mark at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre. Trojan’s Ethan Hansen won the men's 200IM final in 2:05.12 ahead of National Centre Limerick’s Cadan McCarthy in 2:05.41 while Ellen Walsh...

Danielle Hill reclaimed her national 100 free record and Finn McGeever set a new 400 free mark on day three of the Irish National Team Trials in Dublin. There were however no more swimmers inside the cut for Tokyo to add to the quartet of Mona McSharry, Daniel Wiffen, Darragh Greene and Sha...