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NSW State Open, Night 3 Finals: Jenna Forrester Claims Sydney Treble; Kaylee McKeown Sits Out Another Final In-form dual World Championship medallist Jenna Forrester has put the finishing touches to a Sydney treble, with a nail-biting victory in the 200 individual medley on the final night of the N....

NSW State Open, Day 2 Finals: Alexandria Perkins Claims Third Gold; Kai Taylor Wins 200 Freestyle Thriller Queensland’s World championship bronze medallist Alexandria Perkins and a valuable player in Australia’s build-up to LA28, has continued on her winning ways with her third gold medal on the se....

Records in Open-Water Marathon Swimming: From Fastest to Most Records in pool swimming have more meaning than those in open water. Pool temperatures are generally the same (and optimal), swimmers are separated by wave dampening lane lines, no wildlife (sharks, jelly fish, eels, etc.), no adverse cur...

NSW State Open, Day 1: Alexandria Perkins Claims Impressive Double; Kaylee McKeown Streaks 200 Backstroke Field Queensland Olympian Alexandria Perkins has landed a spectacular double on night one of the NSW State Open Championships, which saw backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown continue her unbeaten ....

Pro Swim Series, Day 2 Prelims: Carson Foster Leads Way in 400 IM A night after a strong showing in the 200 breaststroke to open the Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont, Carson Foster was back in the water Thursday morning. The American set the pace in the 400 individual medley, going 4:20.07, the fast...

Pro Swim Series Westmont, Day 1 Prelims: Caeleb Dressel 10th in 50 Fly The Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont, Illinois, kicked off Wednesday morning with a loaded field in the women’s 200 backstroke. To no one’s surprise, Regan Smith led the way in a deep field that features four American Olympians. ...

Katie Ledecky Finalist for Laureus World Sports Awards 2026 American swimmer Katie Ledecky has been named a finalist for Laureus Woman Sportswoman of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards 2026 on Tuesday. Ledecky is the only swimmer named a finalist for the male and female Sportsperson of the ...

Bobby Finke vs. Daniel Wiffen Make Distance Events Can't-Miss Spectacles at Pro Series On the fourth day of competition at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Daniel Wiffen made history. Behind a European-record performance in the 800-meter freestyle, the Irishman became the first male swimmer from his...

Kaylee McKeown Wants World Record Back as She Battles Injuries and Nervous Olympic Defense In LA Four-time Olympic backstroke champion Kaylee McKeown will this weekend kick-start her 2026 racing season on the road to the 2028 LA Olympics, when she continues her love affair with Australia’s “pool of....

The Wish List: Events We Would Love to See From Top-Tier Stars The Wish List is a new Swimming World feature that will highlight some of the things we want to see in the sport. Some of the lists will focus on top athletes and competition. Some might focus on rule changes, or schedule tweaks. Maybe w...

Stacked Field Set to Race at Pro Series Stop in Westmont; Ledecky vs. McIntosh in 800 Freestyle (Psych Sheets) The USA Swimming Pro Series stop in Westmont, Illinois is a week away and the initial psych sheets for the competition have been released. The meet is loaded with talent, headlined by Summe...

China Open Will Welcome 17 of Swimming's Brightest Stars Less than a month remains before the China Open is held in Shenzhen, and there will be 17 high-profile international participants racing opposite many of the host nation's premier athletes. The four-day competition is scheduled for March 19-22...

At SEC Champs, LSU Sprinter Jere Hribar Continued to Elevate Status Late last year, Jere Hribar temporarily departed his Baton Rouge training base and ventured to Poland for a business trip. The Louisiana State University standout saw an opportunity to excel in the sprint-freestyle events at the Eur...

Faster Than Paris: The Events That Have Eclipsed the Winning Time of the 2024 Olympics The Olympic Games, for more than a century, have offered the most desirable gold medals in the sport. Held every four years, careers can be defined by Olympic titles. For that reason, time is secondary at the Olym...

Australian Paralympian Rowan Crothers Flirts With 12-Year-old World Record On The Gold Coast One of the oldest Paralympic world records is again officially under siege after Australia’s Rowan Crothers went agonisingly close to a 50m freestyle mark set 14 years ago at the London Games of 2012. The .....

With Conclusion of Winter Olympics, Countdown Begins for Next Games - LA28 With the Milan/Cortina flame extinguished on Sunday, thus ending the 25th edition of the Olympic Winter Games, the countdown can begin to the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. The Southern California city will serve a...

Australia's Paris Golden Girl Alexa Leary Headlines Who's Who For Para Swimming World Series On The Gold Coast Paris golden girl Alexa Leary will headline a who’s who of Australia’s paralympic swimmers at this weekend’s opening 2026 Para Swimming World Series event on the Gold Coast (February 20-22...

Michael Phelps Has Olympic Gold Double-Digit Company as Johannes Klæbo Earns 10th Gold The list of double-digit Olympic gold medalists has doubled. Johannes Klæbo joined Michael Phelps as the only athletes in history to reach 10-plus gold medals. Klæbo, a cross-country skier from Norway, has won fiv...

Olympic Athletes Deserve the Right to Speak Out During Rare Moment in the Spotlight The ongoing competition in Italy at the Winter Olympics has produced its usual slate of glorious moments. Athletes from across the world have worked for years with goals of performing at these Games. With those high ...

Psych Sheets Released for SEC Championships; Texas Out to Defend Titles The psych sheets for this week's Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships have been released for the meet that will take place at the University of Tennessee. Diving got underway today, with swimming action set to unfold from...