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Speed Show: How Summer of 2025 is Shaping Up to Be Faster Than Olympic Year Last year was an extraordinary season for the sport of swimming. Because of the Olympic Games in Paris, athletes targeted their best shape possible and to deliver at the most important time. Less than a year later, the pace ...

A Look at Japan's Rich History in the 200 Breaststroke Although the last two editions of the Olympic Games have been a struggle for Japan, the country's history in the men's 200-meter breaststroke remains a strength. A pair of athletes advanced to the finals of the event at the Paris Games, and the ...

Kirsty Coventry Set to Take Presidency of International Olympic Committee In her first major media appearance since being elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry offered a strikingly human portrait of the leader she intends to be: humble, collaborative, and un...

Shin Ohashi Scorches World Junior Record of 2:07.27 in 200 Breaststroke According to reports out of Japan, 16-year-old Shin Ohashi has broken the world junior record in the 200-meter breaststroke, clocking a time of 2:07.27 while racing in high school competition in Osaka. Ohashi's time lowered the ...

Zygo Revolutionizes Swimming with First-Ever Underwater Streaming Headphones Swimming has long offered a meditative escape—just you, the water, and the rhythm of your stroke. If you're looking to get more out of every workout, that quiet can feel isolating. Sheera Goren and Charlie Melvoin saw an o....

Maccabiah Games Postponed By One Year Due to Wars in Israel The Maccabiah Games, the quadrennial event referred to as the "Jewish Olympics," have been postponed by one year due to ongoing conflicts in Israel. The Maccabiah organization announced that due to "Operation Rising Lion," which began with ...

World Championships Relay Analysis: Powerhouse British 800 Free Relay Under Siege From Americans At the Tokyo Olympics, the team of Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott became the first relay representing Great Britain to win gold in swimming since the inaugural Olympic swimming relay...

Poll: Who Will Win the 800 Freestyle Showdown at Worlds Between Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh As the Trials season around the world wraps up, next month's World Championships in Singapore will become the No. 1 topic in the sport. What world records might be broken? What events will provide can't...

Olympians Joined By Emerging Stars On Australia A Team For TYR Summer Championships in Irvine Australia will send a team of 21 swimmers led by Olympians Ben Armbruster and Se-Bom Lee and a host of emerging stars to contest the TYR Summer Championships in Irvine in August. Armbruster (Bond, QLD) wa.....

Senate Subcommittee Criticizes ‘Stonewalling, Intimidation’ by WADA A panel hosted by the United States Senate on Tuesday criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency for its handling of Chinese influence on the organization. At a hearing before a subcommittee of the Commerce, Science and Transportation ...

French Championships: Maxime Grousset Goes 21.68 to Lead Four Ssub-22 Sprinters The French sprint legacy is in good hands, and it’s more than just Maxime Grousset. Grousset went 21.68 to win the 50 free at the French Championships in Montpellier on Wednesday. He was one of four swimmers to break 22 ...

World Championships Relay Analysis: Without Ariarne Titmus, Can Australian Women Maintain 800 Free Relay Supremacy? Favorite status did not always suit Australia in the women’s 800 free relay. Considered the clear top team entering the Tokyo Olympics, poor splits from Ariarne Titmus and Emma McKeon ...

The Rising International Stars to Watch on Road to LA28 (Women's Edition) The early stages of each quad provide an opportunity to look ahead, particularly at a handful of athletes who might have an impact at the next Olympic Games. Although several veterans will maintain a presence on the internatio...

World Championships Relay Analysis: No Dressel, No Problem for U.S. Men’s 400 Free Relay? The first time Nathan Adrian swam on the finals squad of a U.S. men’s 400 free relay team, he pulled off an unlikely gold medal. At the 2009 World Championships, Adrian took down Russia and favored France for g...

The new World Aquatics Championships Arena (WCH Arena) is ready to welcome the world’s elite aquatics athletes for the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 from July 11-Aug. 3. The 4,800-seater purpose-built facility, located next to Leisure Park Kallang at the Singapore Sports Hub, was off...

A Look at the Rising International Stars Prepared to Make a Mark (Men's Edition) The countdown to the next Olympic Games is already on, the page having turned from last summer in Paris to what will unfold when Los Angeles welcomes the world in 2028. Of course, some of today’s well-known internationa...

World Championships Relay Analysis: American Women Favored for First 400 Free Relay Title in Eight Years The reign of dominance for Australia in the women’s 400 freestyle relay stretches back more than a decade to the country’s upset win at the London Olympic Games. Three further Olympic gold medals...

Once Largely Dismissed, Data Usage is Taking Swimming Into the Future Russell Mark knew the look before coaches even had to open their mouths.  It was the early 2000s, and Mark had worked his way from a research assistant to a biomechanics analyst with USA Swimming. Using video technology, he prepar...

Winning By a Tenth: Why Starts Matter More Than Ever In swimming, just tenths or even hundredths of a second often separate medalists from non-medalists. The difference between winning and losing, standing on the podium or missing it, or qualifying for a championship final often comes down to a razo...

Lani Pallister Saves The Best Till Last With Her 15:39.14 – Becoming The Third Fastest Woman In History Over 1500m Lani Pallister has amazingly saved her best till last at the World Swimming Trials in Adelaide tonight, becoming the third fastest woman in history over 1500m freestyle. The 23-year-o.....