2019 FINA World Aquatics Championship - (Tag)

From the moment Hali Flickinger steps onto the blocks, she is facing a little bit of adversity — every single race. The U.S. butterflyer stands nearly 5 feet, 5 inches, sometimes being towered over by the woman in the next lane. It means Flickinger will likely have to take a few more strokes each le...

Every time Siobhan Haughey touches the wall, she is making history for her country. At least it seems that way. In the past four months, Haughey capped her career as one of the top swimmers in Michigan history, then qualified for the 2019 World Championships, the 2020 Olympics, become the first swim...

World Swimming Championships (Adam Peaty) Gwangju, Day 4 Finals Men’s 50m breaststroke Adam Peaty seemingly writes a new line in the history books every time he swims and Wednesday night was no different after victory in the 50m breaststroke saw him become the first swimmer to win six world titles i...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor.  Rhiannan Iffland, the most decorated woman in high diving history, defended her world championship title this morning, July 23, 2019 in an extremely close competition. Despite her accolades, the Australian diver did not command the competition like one m...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor. China added two golds to their collection in today's diving events. The day four final events started with women's synchronized three-meter. The winning team from China, made up of Shi Tingmao and Wang Han, put on a show for the judges and the world. The ...

The swimming portion of the 2019 FINA World Championships opened with the open water men’s 5K. Hungary’s Kristof Rasovzky earned the gold medal with a swim of 53.22.10 to finish 10 seconds ahead of the rest of the field by 10 seconds for a dominating victory to open the World Championships on Saturd...

Shayna Jack has revealed she tested positive for Lingadrol in both her A and B samples in a lengthy social media post as the Australian continues to deny knowingly having ingested the banned substance In a post titled 'The Day My Life Turned Upside Down' which she published on her Instagram account,...

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 swimmers in the race. American Haley Anderson and Ashley Twichell earned their spots on the 2020 U.S. ...

FINA World Swimming Championships Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Finals (Men’s 50m Freestyle) Caeleb Dressel swam the fastest 50m freestyle in textile when he won gold in 21.04secs at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The Team USA swimmer was irresistible, surging past 2017 bronze medallist B...

World Swimming Championships (Nathan Adrian) Gwangju 2019 Day 1 finals Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Flash back to the beginning of this year. As the calendar flipped through the early pages of 2019, Nathan Adrian wasn’t concerned with times on a scoreboard. His coaches weren’t tracking splits during...

FINA World Swimming Championships (Duncan Scott) Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Finals (Men's 4x100m Medley Relay) Duncan Scott split 46.14 as he surged past Nathan Adrian in the final metres as Great Britain won the men's 4x100m medley relay to inflict defeat upon the United States for the first time. Adri...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor. Only one finals event took place on day five of the FINA World Championships: the mixed three-meter and ten-meter. The Chinese team, made up of Lin Shan and Yang Jian won by 26.6 points. The team competed a back dive pike (201B), a reverse two-and-a-half ...

FINA World Swimming Championships (Daiya Seto) Gwangju 2019 Day Five Finals (Men's 200m individual medley) Daiya Seto broke the United States’ stranglehold on the 200 individual medley as he became the first non-American since 2001 to top the podium and at the same time book a spot on the Japan team...

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 World Championships Diary. Check out more of our complete World Championship coverage here. Water Po...

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 beyond our main coverage. Check out more of our complete World Championship coverage here. Swimming...

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 coverage in our World Championships Diary. Check out more of our complete World Championship coverage ...