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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...

The women's 50 back, although not an Olympic event, is one of the biggest toss-ups of the meet. World record holder Liu Xiang of China set the world record at the Asian Games last summer to become the...

2019 FINA World Championships Predictions: Men's 100 Free The men's 100 free is always one of the marquee events on the Worlds and Olympic schedule and 2019 will be no different. The men's 100 free th...

By Daniela Navarrete, Swimming World College Intern. Swimmers face tougher challenges in open water swimming than in the pool. They deal with extreme water temperatures, uncertain weather and powerful...

The Opening Ceremony is underway at the World Championships in Aquatics in Gwangju, Korea, this evening. Each day through the event, Swimming World will bring you a round-up of news items in brief bey...

Sun Yang, the Chinese Olympic freestyle champion facing a challenge from the World Anti-Doping Agency at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, has withdrawn from the 1500m at the World Championships tha...