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World Aquatics Scraps Open Category at Berlin World Cup Absence of Entries World Aquatics on Monday announced that it has scrapped the Open Category for swimmers at the 2023 World Cup stop in Berlin for “no current demand.” Swimming’s governing body was planning a pilot program to adopt the category...

China Now Among Elite Men's Swimming Nations; Paris Will Be Definitive Test In the not-so-recent past, China had never won an Olympic medal in men's swimming. Zhang Lin was the first Chinese man to reach the podium when he won 400 freestyle silver at the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing, and in the thr...

Kosuke Hagino Points To Wang Shun's 200IM Odyssey To 1:54 As Highlight Of Asian Games Four-time Olympic medallist Kosuke Hagino singled out Wang Shun’s journey to 1:54 in the 200IM as his personal highlight at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Wang elevated himself to third all-time when he went 1...

Talent, Grace and Class: As Paris Games Call, Sarah Sjostrom Every Bit a Role Model - Athletically and Beyond As 2023 nears its end, Sarah Sjostrom is riding her latest wave of momentum. She heads into the Olympic campaign with two more global titles and every bit the favorite to add another Olympic...

Latest International Swimming Hall of Fame Class Celebrates Greatness There was always going to be something special about the first class of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The year was 1965, and like any initial induction, the athletes enshrined accounted for a Who’s-Who of the sport. Jus...

Swimming World Congratulates the International Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2023 (Video) The 58th annual International Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held this evening, September 30, at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale. A spectacular class of individuals across all aquatic...

Kirsty Coventry, Influential In and Out of the Pool, Bound For International Swimming Hall of Fame In a few hours, Kirsty Coventry will receive induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, recognition for her dazzling career. ************************************* The United States. Austra...

World Cup Berlin to Feature Deep, Talented Field Next Week The Olympic season has begun, with less than 10 months remaining until the start of the swimming competition at the Paris Games. This final countdown  shifts the focus of swimmers and coaches slightly, and high-level long course racing is mo...

Throwback Thursday: When Cesar Cielo Captured Olympic Gold and the Emotional Aftermath (Video) Tonight, Cesar Cielo will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, a celebration of his sprint prowess. As we count down the hours to the ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, we revisit the Brazil...

Tonight, Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Just ahead of that event, Swimming World is running this piece from the archive that identifies the greatest performances from Phelps' career. Bowman helped in the selection of these efforts, which ...

Honoring the Greatest World Records In History; Michael Phelps Leads the Celebration Ahead of induction night for the International Swimming Hall of Fame, we look at eight world records that are considered - at least via one opinion - to be the greatest the sport has seen. The fastest of all-time. I...

Zhang Yufei And Rikako Ikee In Tearful Embrace On 50 Fly Podium As Asian Games Conclude in Hangzhou Zhang Yufei and Rikako Ikee shared a tearful embrace on the 50 fly podium as the Asian Games pool programme concluded in Hangzhou, China. Asian Games Meet Page While Zhang claimed her sixth medal of t...

Tomoru Honda & Qin Haiyang Set Meet Marks In Asian Games Prelims; China DQd In Women's Medley Relay Tomoru Honda and Qin Haiyang both pulled out Games records in the final prelims session of the Asian Games pool programme in Hangzhou, China. Asian Games Meet Page However, there was a shock in the wo...

China Sets Second Asian Record of 2023 in Sizzling 400 Free Relay at Asian Games Five years is an eternity for a relay record, supersuits notwithstanding. For the Asian record in the men’s 400 freestyle relay to have lasted that long in a single set of hands seems a historical outlier, even if a pan...

Zhang Yufei Outduels Siobhan Haughey in Asian Games 50 Free Final Zhang Yufei clocked in a championship record 24.26 in the women’s 50 freestyle at the Asian Games, winning a thrilling final over Siobhan Haughey. Zhang had set the mark in the morning prelims, clipping three hundredths off Rikako Ike...

How China Has Assembled an Olympic Gold-Medal-Caliber Men's Medley Relay Never considered a men's swimming power, China has changed that trend within the last 15 years since winning its first-ever Olympic medal in men's swimming at the 2008 Games. Zhang Lin was the first medalist, and he has since b...

Zhang Yufei Goes 24.50 For Asian Games 50 Free Record; Qin Haiyang Eases Through 200 Breast Prelims The penultimate day of the Asian Games dawned with the pool at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena awash with Chinese gold. Asian Games Page The hosts leads the medal table with 19...

Hwang Sunwoo Comes Within 0.01 Of Sun Yang's Asian 200 Free Record; China Rattles Mixed Medley WR At Asian Games Hwang Sunwoo underlined his credentials as a contender at Paris 2024 as he came within 0.01 of Sun Yang's Asian 200 free record at the Asian Games in China. Asian Games Page Hwang, of Sou...

A By the Numbers Look at Upcoming International Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Class An exceptional group of athletes will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame this weekend in Fort Lauderdale. The five swimmers who will be enshrined at the 58th annual ceremony represent one of t...

Zhang Yufei Sets 56.20 Asian Games 100 Fly Record: Hwang Sunwoo Leads Way In 200 Free Prelims The fourth day of the pool programme at the Asian Games dawned with China sitting atop the medal table after winning all but five golds on offer in Hangzhou, China. Asian Games Page China has 15 golds, 13 s...