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Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha claimed gold in the women's 5K Open Water race at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Cunha was consistently in the top ten throughout the race, but p...

The battle for the world's fastest man will unfold on day seven of the World Championships. Reigning world champion Caeleb Dressel of the United States is a favorite to repeat his gold medal from 2017...

The the 2019 World Championships in Aquatics is underway in Gwangju, Korea. Each day through the event, Swimming World will bring you a round-up of news items in brief beyond our main coverage in our ...

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom holds the 14 fastest times in history in the 50 fly as she is the heavy favorite to win the gold in this event. She has won the last two world titles and is looking to be the f...

Ten women and ten men have officially been granted the opportunity to race in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the 10K open water swim. Florian Wellbrock was the first man awarded the honor by winning ...

The British men are going for their third straight gold medal in the 4x200 free relay. They won world titles in 2015 and 2017 and they would become just the third country to win the same relay at thre...

The men's 200 breaststroke looks to have a number of strong contenders, with Anton Chupkov leading the way. The Russian won the world title in 2017 and had the fastest time in the world last year. Chu...

The the 2019 World Championships in Aquatics is underway in Gwangju, Korea. Each day through the event, Swimming World will bring you a round-up of news items in brief beyond our main coverage in our ...

USA's Ryan Murphy and Russia's Evgeny Rylov have been the two best 200 backstrokers in the world the last few years, with Murphy winning the 2016 Olympic crown and Rylov taking the 2017 World title. B...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has been unable to fast-track a hearing into the latest Sun Yang anti-doping case to cause consternation in the swimming world because no parties to the case, ...

Much like the women's 100 breaststroke, the women's 200 breast is expected to come down to USA's Lilly King and Russia's Yulia Efimova. The two have built up quite the rivalry in the 100 breast over t...

The women's 100 free has been one of the most stacked races this decade. Eight of the ten best swimmers of all-time are still active and seven of them will by vying for the gold in Gwangju at the Worl...

Mike Higgs, Britain Olympic coach, mentor to Olympic medallist, World short-course and Commonwealth Sarah Hardcastle, Worlds medallist and Commonwealth champion Jackie Willmott, multiple world short-c...

The the 2019 World Championships in Aquatics is underway in Gwangju, Korea, the FINA Doping Panel will hear the case of Gabriel Santos on the eve of pool racing, the FINA director says a Sun Yang hear...

The 2019 World Championships continued with a pivotal women's open water race on Sunday in Gwangju, South Korea. The women's 10K provided automatic qualification for the 2020 Olympics to the top 10 sw...

The the 2019 World Championships in Aquatics is underway in Gwangju, Korea, this evening. Each day through the event, Swimming World will bring you a round-up of news items in brief beyond our main co...

Sun Yang, the Chinese Olympic swimming champion heading for a Court of Arbitration ruling that could either end his career or salvage it after he contributed to the smashing of a vial of his blood dur...

The United States and Australia have been the two best countries for most of history in the sport of swimming. And it looks like those countries are headed for a showdown in the 4x200 freestyle relay....

Story and main photo courtesy of Ian Hanson  Legendary Australian swim coach John “JR” Rodgers will watch tomorrow’s Open Water Swimming World Championships in Gwangju, Korea from the confines of his ...

USA's Chase Kalisz carried on the tradition for the United States in the men's 200 IM at the 2017 World Championships. The Americans have won eight straight World titles in this event, stretching back...