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The Australian sprinter sisters were back at it again, this time, making waves in the 100 free final. Bronte Campbell (52.27) and Cate Campbell (52.69) earned gold and silver, respectively with the gold medalist earned herself a new Commonwealth Games record. Earning a bronze medal for Canada was Ta...

New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe finished more than four seconds ahead of her competition in the women's SM10 200 IM final, leading wire-to-wire and recording a time of 2:27.72. The gold was the Kiwi's third at the Commonwealth Games in her career after winning the 200 IM and 100 breast titles four years...

International Women’s Day (IWD) To mark International Women’s Day, Swimming World is rolling out a series of features this Monday to highlight the achievements and work of  pathfinders in swimming and raising issues that continue to have a massive impact on women in sport. Here we speak to Aimee Wil...

In the second semi-final of the men's 50 free we saw a Commonwealth Games record from England's Benjamin Proud who swam a time 21.30, which earned him the top seed going into the final. Australian Cameron McEvoy touched second in the heat with his 22.00 while Canada's Yuri Kisil tied for third in th...

The New Zealand Olympic Team introduced their flag bearer for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Sophie Pascoe, at a banquet and on their social media outlets on April 3: Pascoe will represent New Zealand's largest Commonwealth Games team in history. The honor fits well for one of the country's most decor...

This was a huge week of swimming, with Australia holding its qualification meets for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and other professionals from around the world coming together at the latest TYR Pro Series meet in Atlanta. Check out the latest episode of The Week That Was. https://youtu.be/5YMre-I8PAw...

Swimming Canada is nominating 11 Para-swimmers to its 2018 Commonwealth Games team, which will be the largest integrated team in Canadian swimming history. The group headed to Gold Coast, Australia, in April includes eight members of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games team. Quadruple world-record holder....

South African Olympic Finalist Brad Tandy Announces Retirement Brad Tandy, a two-time Olympian from South Africa, declared his retirement this weekend at the South African Swimming Championships. Tandy, 30, swam the 50 free at the meet in Gqeberha, just over a week after taking part in the TYR Pro S...

This week’s Performance of the Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes to Cate Campbell for her stunning swim in the 50 free at the 2018 Australian Trials. https://youtu.be/HPVx9Q9sQk8 Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know Campbell’s story over the last few years. Heading into the 2016 Olympic...

In the Commonwealth final of the women's 200 breast, South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker took over on the third 50 and pulled away to dominate the field. She came in to win the event in 2:22.02, moving all the way up to 18th all-time in the event. Schoenmaker broke the African record of 2:23.21 set b...

The final selections for the Team England swimming squad for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games have been announced yesterday, after the initial roster was announced in October. Among the line-up is double Commonwealth silver medallist Aimee Willmott, Commonwealth champion James Wilby and Paraly...

Double Commonwealth Medallist Dan Jervis Retires After Decade-Long International Career Double Commonwealth 1500 free medallist Dan Jervis has announced his retirement after competing for 10 years on the international stage. Jervis announced himself on the senior international stage when he claimed ...

Commonwealth Record Holder and World Championships silver medalist Max Litchfield is officially out of competition at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Litchfield placed fourth in the 400 IM in both Rio and Budapest. Team England made the announcement on their Twitter handle: Injury kee...

By David Rieder. Only one swimmer captured four individual gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. This swimmer was the class of one stroke, earning three narrow victories while dominating his signature event. After a massively disappointing meet at the 2017 World Championships, this swimmer was back...

The ladies were in the spotlight during the fourth day of the KZN Aquatics Premier Championships as a total of ten Commonwealth Games qualification times were posted at the Kings Park Aquatics Centre tonight. Leading from start to finish, 18 year old Nathania van Niekerk bagged her first Commonwealt...

The second morning of swimming from the 2018 Commonwealth Games featured the likes of superstars Adam Peaty, Cate Campbell, Kylie Masse and Emily Seebohm as Masse broke a Games Record in the 100 back heats. Campbell also showed no signs of slowing down as she had the fastest time in the 50 free heat...

It's the memory of that moment of defeat at the 2022 Commonwealth Games that has ignited in Adam Peaty a drive that is “almost demonic” in its relentlessness and intensity. With the words ‘ride’ and ‘fuel’ tattooed across his knuckles, seared on to his consciousness is the evening of 31 July at the ...

Cast your mind back two months to a time when Tokyo 2020 was looming large on the horizon and the Olympic trials with their highs, lows and everything in-between were just a few short weeks away for many across the world. Mel Marshall had taken her Loughborough group to the McCullagh International i...

Seven-time Olympic medallist Penny Oleksiak has withdrawn from Team Canada for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next month to focus on her long-term preparation for Paris 2024. Oleksiak and Swimming Canada made the announcement on Wednesday from Budapest, Hungary, where the team is preparing for...

With trials season well under way, eyes now turn to the London Aquatics Centre and the British Championships. Already we’ve seen history rewritten in European waters by Evgeny Rylov and Kira Toussaint while the likes of Kristof Milak and Kliment Kolesnikov promise something very special come Tokyo. ...