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The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) hosted the Class of 2024 Honorees and award winners, as well as the MISHOF (Masters) Class of 2023, this past weekend, Oct. 4-6, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the 59th annual Induction Weekend. The Honorees weekend kicked off Friday evening, O...

Olympic Champion Zac Stubblety-Cook To Join Adam Peaty’s Coach Mel Marshall On The Gold Coast Australia’s Olympic champion breaststroker Zac Stubblety-Cook has revealed he will link with celebrated British Olympic coach Mel Marshall on the Gold Coast as he kick-starts the next chapter of his career....

Rookie Queensland Butterflyer Harrison Turner Rewarded With Dolphins Call Up For World Short Course Championships Brisbane-based Nudgee College 20-year-old Harrison Turner will make his international debut at the Budapest World Short Course (SC) Championship from December 10-15 after being called i....

Leon Marchand Leads the 'Tremendous 12' into World Cup Action in Asia Leon Marchand, winner of four golds at Paris 2024, is among a star-studded field of Olympic champions and medallists at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024. The Frenchman is one of 12 swimmers slated to compete at all three...

How Olympians Raced the 200-Meter Events: Analyzing Strategies of Success in Paris “Go out as fast as possible. Don’t hold back!” “Build the first 100, and then stay strong.” “Keep a consistent pace!” These are all strategies which have guided the ways athletes race the 200 freestyle, an event that ...

Marchand Record Mania to Continue? Frenchman Sets Sights on Short Course Meters World records in short course meters swimming often lack the credibility of their long course counterparts, largely because of elite swimmers eschewing opportunities to race in the 25-meter course. European swimmers typi...

The Week in Review: Kaylee McKeown Planning a Break; Katie Grimes Headed for College As a new week begins, let's make sure everyone is caught up on the major news stories from the past week. To do so, Swimming World brings its readership the latest installment of Week in Review, which is headlined b...

How Often Should You Be Swimming Fast? It's a New World On September 26, five-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown blasted a new short course meters 100 backstroke world record. Swimming a 54.56, McKeown undercut the previous record by a significant three tenths of a second. The performance came jus...

Paris Practice For Los Angeles? Teenagers Who Could Emerge as Stars Three years before they emerged as the top swimmers of the Paris Olympics, Leon Marchand and Summer McIntosh each got a taste of the sport’s highest level, collecting some valuable international experience that they would quickly pa...

Kaylee McKeown Announces Surprise Withdrawal from World Short Course Championships; World Cups Remain on Schedule Kaylee McKeown has announced her surprising withdrawal from December’s World Short Course Championships in Budapest, just four days after the 24-strong Dolphins team had been announced.....

Week in Review: A Look at Key Stories From the Past Week; Leon Marchand Set for Competition Return While college action is set to heat up in the coming weeks, there has been plenty going on in the sport since the conclusion of the Olympic Games in Paris. Last week, news broke that Canadian Maggie Ma...

McKeown Magic Adds Midas Touch To Australia Dolphins Team  For Budapest World Short Course Championships Australian Olympic golden girl Kaylee McKeown will headline 12 Paris Olympians who will fill half of the 24-strong Australian Dolphins Swim Team for the  World Short Course Championships in Buda....

Isaac Cooper Pops 20.81 50 Freestyle Screamer As Australia Names 24-Strong Dolphins Team for Budapest SC Worlds Queensland’s dual Olympian Isaac Cooper has sizzled down the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide faster than any other human in that part of the world, clocking 20.81 in the 50 free....

Gold Medalists Leon Marchand, Kaylee McKeown Returning to Competition at World Cup in Shanghai Only 11 weeks will have passed since the conclusion of the swimming events at the Paris Olympics when several big-name competitors return to international competition at the Swimming World Cup in Shanghai,...

James Magnussen Discusses Participation in Controversial Enhanced Games on Social Kick Podcast At one time, James Magnussen was the premier 100-meter freestyle in the world. The Australian was the world champion in the event at the 2011 and 2013 editions of the World Championships, with a silver med...

Following the Olympic Games in Paris, there is room for reflection on the British swimming team. Paris showed a significant drop in podium places compared to the achievements of Tokyo 2020. The medal comparison from Tokyo to Paris tells a story, as the team placed third on the table in Tokyo, but wa...

Kaylee McKeown Agonizingly Close to Second WR in 50 Backstroke at Aussie Short Course Champs World beating Australian backstroker Kaylee McKeown has gone within a whisker of her second world record in Adelaide tonight – missing by almost the barest of margins – swimming 0.15secs outside the 50m sho....

Australian Short Course Champs Day 2: With Kaylee McKeown Away, Iona Anderson Comes Out To Play In 200m Backstroke With Kaylee McKeown sitting out day two of the Australian Short Course Championships it was over to rookie Paris Olympian, Iona Anderson to make the most of the absence of swimming’s .....

Aussie Young Gun Ed Sommerville Charges To SCM 200 Free National Record, Sixth Fastest In History Queensland teenager Ed Sommerville has recovered from a dislocated shoulder to set a new Australian record in Adelaide overnight, securing a place on the Australian team for the December World Champion....

FLASH: Kaylee McKeown Shatters 100 Backstroke World Record at Aussie Short Course Champs Australian swimming’s “Miss Unstoppable” Kaylee McKeown has tonight continued her world record backstroking assault, setting a new short course global mark in the 100m backstroke in Adelaide, clocking a time of....