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The LEN Swimming Cup returns for a second season at the 22nd Euro Meet in Luxembourg from 24-26 January where a strong line-up including Olympic and world champions will include a battle royale featuring Florent Manaudou, Ben Proud and Bruno Fratus in the 50m free. Olympic champion Pernille Blume an...

Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers has kick started his Olympic defence in style– winning his specialist 100m freestyle in the fastest time of the year so far – 47.99 at the South Australian State Championships tonight. [caption id="attachment_399855" align="alignnone" width="700"] PUMPED: Kyle Chalmers...

Americas Recap Americans like Regan Smith and Allison Schmitt might have dominated the headlines at last weekend’s TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Knoxville, Tennessee. But there were plenty of other headlines generated from a sizeable international contingent at the event. Here’s a look at the highligh...

“Anything you can do I can do too…” was the message from Australian Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown to US world record holder Regan Smith from Down Under tonight. [caption id="attachment_411671" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Exciting times ahead for Kaylee McKeown Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australi...

Freya Anderson gave a hint of an exciting 2020 to come when she took a sledgehammer to her 200m freestyle PB as she came away from the Flanders Cup in Antwerp, Belgium, with three gold medals. James Guy won the 100 free as he too enjoyed a successful weekend that saw the Bath National Centre swimmer...

Canadian Sydney Pickrem brought Katinka Hosszu's bull-run of wins over 200m medley to an end with a 2:09.26 to 2:09.93 win over the Hungarian Olympic and World champion as the two-day Beijing leg of the Fina Champions' Series came to a close. Hosszu, who had not been beaten in a major 200m medley si...

James Guy claimed two titles and Freya Anderson was also among the winners on the first day of the Flanders Cup in Antwerp with Olympic preparations now in full swing. Guy won the 200m freestyle after leading from the outset and pulling away in the second half of the race with the 2015 world champio...

Daiya Seto is on fire. The Japanese medley World champion arrived in Beijing as one of those who speak to the label on the can: FINA Champions' Series. He did not disappoint, an Asian record in the 200m butterfly elevating him to No3 all-time behind Kristof Milak and Michael Phelps. First up, Seto t...

The Aussie Sharks men’s water polo team have given their Olympic hopes a timely confidence boost, completing a 2-1 Test Series win over the USA at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre tonight., [caption id="attachment_411504" align="alignnone" width="700"] FIVE GOAL HERO: Sharks in-form centre forward Lachla...

A dominant five goal final quarter has seen the USA wrap up a hard fought women’s water polo Test Series against Australia with a 10-7 win  over the Stingers in Brisbane tonight. The world and Olympic champions were too strong and too experienced in the closing quarter after the Stingers held a narr...

Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of January 13-19, 2020 Sunday, January 19 Kaylee McKeown sizzles in So...

Sydney Pickrem is plenty busy at this week’s FINA Champions Series in Shenzen, China. But she found time to make news Thursday by signing with Speedo. Pickrem announced the move on her Instagram account. “Starting off the new year with some big news!,” she wrote. “So excited to officially be part of...

The Australian Stingers have ended the USA women's water polo team's amazing 69 game winning streak with a heart-stopping 10-9 victory over the World and Olympic champions in front of a vocal 3,000 strong crowd at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre tonight. The Americans hadn't lost in more than a year, an...

Russian athletes may yet compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games under their flag and in full national kit unimpeded by a four-year sanction from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), depending on the pace of an appeal process. Some swim fans expressed their surprise that the Russian flag and Russian...

Swimming World caught up with Signe Bro while she was on her training camp in Fort Lauderdale with members of the Danish National team to talk about the first season of the ISL and what it was like being an international swimmer on a primarily-American team. The International Swimming League kicked ...

The countdown is on for tonight’s second international water polo Tests between Australia and the USA at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre and if the opening games were anything to go by then two more gripping games are on the cards. Tuesday saw Olympic women’s champions the US hang on for an exciting 10-...

FINA Champions' Series, Shenzhen, Day 2 There was no doubting the race of the day as Shenzhen's leg of the Fina Champions' Series concluded in China: a dress rehearsal for the Olympic 200m medley final come the Tokyo 2020 Games, assuming three of key podium protagonists make it through to the big mo...

Paris 2024 Roxana Maracineanu left Romania as a child with her family in search of a better life in France. In January 1998, she claimed the World title over 200m backstroke, went on to work for French radio and L'Equipe as a expert commentator. These days, she is the Sports Minister of France - and...

Arno Kamminga moved up to sixth all-time with a Dutch 100m breaststroke record and Danas Rapsys made up a deficit of 0.49secs at the final turn to beat Sun Yang in the 200m freestyle on the first day of the FINA Champions Swim Series in Shenzhen, China. Kamminga, fresh from double 100m and 200m gold...

Olympic champions the USA have stretched their winning streak to 69 with a thrilling 10-9 victory over a spirited Australian Stingers side to win the first of three women’s water polo Test matches at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre tonight. While in a heart-stopping men's Test the Aussie Sharks came bac...