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Reinvigorated Chad le Clos Chasing All-Time Medals Records at Commonwealth Champs Go back to the 2010 edition of the Commonwealth Games. The likes of Canadian Brent Hayden and South African Cameron van der Burgh excelled in men's competition. On the women's side, Aussie Alicia Coutts totaled five go...

5 Male Swimmers Staring at Breakout Summers: How Low Can Van Mathias Go in Breaststroke Events? Will any world records fall at the upcoming Commonwealth Games? What about the European Championships, or the Pan Pacific Championships? The year's premier competitions are just around the corner, and swi...

How Sam Short and Daniel Wiffen Match Up for the 2026 Commonwealth Games With the Commonwealth Games coming up in just a couple of weeks, the men's 800 and 1500 freestyles could emerge as two of the best races of the meet. Sam Short, the 22-year-old from Australia, and 24-year-old Daniel Wiffen of I...

5 Female Swimmers Staring at Breakout Summers: Isabelle Stadden Ready to Continue Rise Over the next few months, stretching through the Asian Games in September, several of the biggest names in the sport will add to their legacies. It could be Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky starring at the Pan Pa...

European Juniors, Day 4 Finals: Czechia's Jan Foltyn Mines Gold in 50 Freestyle The European Junior Championships have moved into their back half in Munich, with the Day Four finals featuring eight medals races on Friday night. The boys' 200 breaststroke will feature Turkiye's Doruk Yogurtcuoglu, th...

Can Ahmed Jaouadi, Sam Short and Bobby Finke Lead Assault on Vaunted 800 Freestyle World Record? For almost 17 years, the world record in the men’s 800 freestyle has stood as an impossible challenge for the world’s best distance swimmers. China’s Zhang Lin achieved the mark of 7:32.12 at the 2009 Wo...

Is Commonwealth Games Door Now Open for Mollie O’Callaghan To Replace Kaylee McKeown in 100 Backstroke? How do you fill the shoes of Kaylee McKeown? The loss of the world’s premier backstroker from this year’s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs with glandular fever leaves a huge hole in the Australian....

Australian Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown Withdraws from Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific Championships Australian Olympic gold medalist Kaylee McKeown has medically withdrawn from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Championships. McKeown, who turns 25 on Wednesday, confirmed to...

Penny Taylor Honored with Prestigious Max Ritter Award Carol Jane "Penny" Pence Taylor has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Max Ritter Award, annually presented by United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) to an individual or nation that has contributed the most to the advancement of understandi...

Bob Bowman Sees Similiarities Between Summer McIntosh and Michael Phelps As the man who guided Michael Phelps to never-before-seen Olympic glory and as the coach who guided Leon Marchand to four-time Olympic champion status, Bob Bowman obviously recognizes the characteristics required for greatness....

Irish Swim Coach George Gibney Convicted of Sexual Abuse Irish former swim coach George Gibney was convicted by a court on Monday of sexually abusing young swimmers in the 1970s and 1980s. The 77-year-old was originally charged with 79 counts of assault involving four individual, including the attem...

IOC Provisionally Lifts Suspension on Russia The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee. The decision clears the way for unfettered participation of Russian athletes and teams in international competition...

Summer McIntosh is First Swimmer Since Sarah Sjostrom to Own Four World Records Simultaneously When Summer McIntosh broke the world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the Canadian Trials on Sunday night, the 19-year-old increased her total of global standards to four. McIntosh now owns world recor...

What if the Stroke 50s Were in Paris? Another Gold for Sarah Sjostrom? Last year, the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the 50-meter stroke events to the Olympic program for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. For the first time, there will be 43 sets of medals awarded in the pool,...

The End: World Record from Summer McIntosh Brings Women's Super-Suit Standards to Zero Dozens of national records have gone unchallenged. A trio of Olympic records are still on the books. And there are still five men’s world records standing. But for the first time since the sport's technological ci...

Marrit Steenbergen Speeds to 50 Freestyle Win at Dutch Championships; Roos Vanotterdijk Shines Make it four victories in as many days for Marrit Steenbergen at the Dutch Championships. The recently annointed world-record holder in the 100-meter freestyle prevailed in the 50 freestyle on Sunday, cloc...

Marrit Steenbergen Scares Own World Record in 100 Freestyle at Dutch Champs; Sean Niewold Grabs Another Title The sensational roll of Marrit Steenbergen continued at the Dutch Championships on Saturday, where the two-time world champion recorded her fourth sub-52-second performance of the year en ro...

What if the Stroke 50s Were in Paris? France Would Have Challenged for Another Gold Last year, the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the 50-meter stroke events to the Olympic program for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. For the first time, there will be 43 sets of medals awarded...

Josh Liendo Bypassing Pan Pacific Championships; Placing Focus on Commonwealth Games Another big name will be missing from next month's Pan Pacific Championships, as Canadian star Josh Liendo has opted to focus on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Liendo confirmed to SwimSwam that he will bypass th...

Katie Ledecky Facing Incredible Competition in 800 Freestyle: How We Got Here Never in swimming’s history has an individual dominated an event the way Katie Ledecky has run roughshod over her competition in the 800 and 1500 freestyle. She has never lost either race at a major international competiti...