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International Swimming League Planning Return in 2026 The International Swimming League is planning a relaunch in 2026, it said in an exclusive interview with Reuters. The league is working with a “reshaped commercial model” that it hopes will capitalize on the momentum being built toward the 2028 O...

Lukas Maertens Enjoyed Banner Year, Highlighted by Venture to Previously Unvisited Territory The highlight of Lukas Maertens' season is obvious. It arrived in April, when the German star raced at the Swim Open Stockholm and took down Paul Biedermann's 15-year-old world record in the 400-meter freest...

Top Men's Performances of 2025: Leon Marchand Shines Again With 200 IM World Record With the final days of 2025 approaching, it's time to look back on the year of swimming and determine the top performances in the pool. The list will emphasize long course and championship-winning performances, and e...

Super Week for Olivia Wunsch and Ollie Moclair at NSW Senior State Championships Freestyle sprint stars Olivia Wunsch and Ollie Moclair have led a week of exciting “Super Finals” introduced for the 2025 Senior State Championships at the famed Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The “Super Finals” .....

7 Fun Holiday Gift Ideas for Swimmers (Last-Minute Shoppers - Hurry!!!) With the holiday season in full swing, the stress of gift shopping is well underway. For any last-minute shoppers, here are seven gift ideas for swimmers to place under the tree.  The Magic5 Card Game Cost: $24 (on sale from $30...

Open Water Swimming Qualification Process Announced for 2028 Olympic Games The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Aquatics have announced the qualification process for open-water swimming at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Open-water competition will be held in 10-kilometer event...

Which Mile Are You Swimming? The Many Ways Distance Swimmers Count a Mile “50, 100, 150, 200… wait, was that the 200 or the 250?”  Whether we like to admit it or not, most distance swimmers have been there. You’re in the middle of racing a mile when your mind suddenly goes blank, and you silently th...

WADA Hails Final Dismissal of Enhanced Games Lawsuit The World Anti-Doping Agency released a statement on Thursday hailing the final dismissal of the anti-trust suit brought by the Enhanced Games. The performance-enhancing-drug fueled sporting event had sued World Aquatics and USA Swimming under the...

Kayla Sanchez Wins 8 Medal, Singapore Takes Total Count at 2025 SEA Games Former Canadian international Kayla Sanchez won eight medals, and Singapore claimed 19 golds and 34 total medals to dominate the 2025 SEA Games last week. The meet in Bangkok, Thailand, was a reassertion of Singapore’s regiona...

What Is the Most Overlooked Swimming Performance of 2025? The results from last summer's World Championships in Singapore list Katie Ledecky as a dominant victor in the final of the 1500-meter freestyle. The American prevailed in the 30-lap event by five-plus seconds, and followed a few days later w...

A Breakdown of Women's World Top-10 Rankings for the 2025 Season; USA Dominates Over the past 12 months, the American women have proven themselves well-positioned for the push toward the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. While Team USA's veteran contingent is rock solid, the latest rising crop of y...

Paralympic Champion Benjamin Hance Takes World Record Tally To Three At Queensland Championships Not satisfied with one world record on Wednesday, Australian Paralympic man-of-the- moment, Benjamin Hance has gone one step further in Brisbane today, breaking a further  two world records in one day a....

Australian Paralympic Star Benjamin Hance Continues World Record Assault At Queensland Championships There is no stopping Australian Paralympic golden boy Benjamin Hance who has continued his world record breaking assault on the 50m backstroke at the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championshi.....

'Duel We Missed' Captures Best Feature Film Award at Paladino d'Oro Sport Film Festival As the year nears its end, "The Duel We Missed" has picked up a major film award. The documentary, which highlights the missed opportunity for a 1500-meter freestyle showdown between American Brian Goodell and th...

David Popovici, Jack Alexy Chasing World Record of Enigmatic Pan Zhanle in Men’s 100 Freestyle Like many world records in men’s swimming, the mark in the 100 freestyle stood untouched for years following the polyurethane suit era. In a two-year stretch when the suits were legal, the long-standing wo...

Latest Queensland Distance Prodigy Lincoln Wearing Breaks Kieren Perkins 35-year-old 800m Freestyle Record Queensland’s latest distance freestyle prodigy, Lincoln Wearing, has tonight taken down a 35-year-old Kieren Perkins record, set by the former king of the pool at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. ....

A Breakdown of Men's World Top-10 Rankings for the 2025 Season; 31 Nations Represented In major international competition, 17 individual events are found on the program. Consequently, there are 170 opportunities to register a top-10 performance in the world rankings. During the 2025 season, which fe...

Can Anyone Track Down Sarah Sjostrom’s World Record in Women’s 100 Free? When Sarah Sjostrom became the first woman ever under 52 seconds in the 100 freestyle, her world record seemed unlikely to last eight days, let alone eight years. On day one of the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Sjostrom...

Miss Versatility: The Sensational Talent and Range of Summer McIntosh Spoiler Alert: In the coming weeks, Swimming World will announce its annual winners of various awards. When it comes time to reveal the World Female Swimmer of the Year, there is no mystery. It will be Summer McIntosh, the Canadia...

Sam Short Wins 400 Freestyle Battle of World Champions Against Woomin Kim at Queensland Championships World championship silver medallist Sam Short has won an enthralling 400m freestyle “battle of the world champions” against Korean rival Woomin Kim on night three of the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Qu....