2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships - (Tag)

World Swimming Championships (Caeleb Dressel) Gwangju Day 6 (Men's 100m butterfly semi-finals) Caeleb Dressel has just shattered the world record with a 49.50 blast in another world at the helm of pace going through top the final of the 100m butterfly. He'd intended it, telling Swimming World: "I wo...

Swimming World presents the video series, the Ross Report. It is a series where our head video producer Andy Ross will travel around the country to tell the stories of the athletes you don’t know much about. This week's episode focuses on the University of Louisville Swimming and Diving program. T.....

Great Britain's Adam Peaty is the quickest breaststroker ever over 100 meters. His speed has been even more evident over 50 meters, as Peaty is the only man in history to break 26 seconds over one lap. Peaty is the two-time reigning world champion in the 50 breast as he is aiming for a third straigh...

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...

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. The Australians stunned the Americans last summer at Pan Pacs in the women's 4x200 free relay, brea...

World Swimming Championships (Kristof Milak) Gwangju 2019 Day Four Finals (Men's 200 Fly) Hungary's Kristof Milak crushed the world record in the 200 fly on Wednesday night at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.  Milak, 19, crushed the world record at 1:50.73 to lower...

The 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships will take place in Gwangju, South Korea July 12-28, 2019. On May 4, the Gwangju 2019 committee announced the mascot for the games via their Twitter account: We chose to have otters as #symbol for the #Championships! Why? The otter swims freely in the water ...

Three-time Olympian and 2012 100 freestyle gold medalist Nathan Adrian announced via social media on Thursday he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He wrote a lengthy post on Instagram that read: "Life, like swimming the 100 free, can come at you hard and fast as you can't always see who, or what...

Women’s water polo opened play Sunday at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju, and there were two significant scores that stood out: the host South Koreans lost 64-0 to Hungary, while South Africa, which is embroiled in a scandal due to a controversial coaching change, lost 33-0. The shellac...

FINA World Swimming Championships (Caeleb Dressel and Sarah Sjostrom) Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Finals The 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships came to a close on Sunday night in Gwangju, South Korea with Caeleb Dressel and Sarah Sjostrom being announced as swimmers of the meet. Dressel won six gold ...

Each week leading up to the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Swimming World will do a special look-back on some of the most memorable races in World Championships history. Men's 200 Free, 2007 World Championships - Melbourne Michael Phelps had one of the best meets of his life at the 2007 World ...

World Aquatics Championships (TeamUSA water-polo woman injured) Gwangju An American water-polo player, Kaleigh Gilchrist, and seven other athletes are among 14 injured among party goers at a club just next door to the Athletes' Village in Gwangju when a mezzanine floor and balcony collapsed, killing...

Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden and Caeleb Dressel of the United States were announced as the swimmers of the meet at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest. Sjostrom won three gold medals and a silver and set three world records in the competition. Sjostrom won the 100 fly, 50 fly and 50 free here ...

The last time Olivia Smoliga stepped onto the blocks on the world stage, she had the most dominating performance of her career. Smoliga won a record eight gold medals at the 2018 Short Course World Championships and re-established herself as one of the top swimmers in the world. After making the 2.....

A 25-strong British Swimming team has been selected to compete at this summer’s FINA World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, the event taking place from 12-28 July. Defending world champions Adam Peaty, Ben Proud, Duncan Scott, Calum Jarvis and James Guy headline the team, which boasts...

FINA has sent a warning letter to Swimming Australia over Mack Horton's silent protest against the presence of Sun Yang, of China, yesterday. Sun retained the world title here in Gwangju, with Olympic champion Horton second and Italian Gabriele Detti third. Horton then decided to make a stand agains...

Tragedy again struck Gwangju, South Korea and the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships. Saturday night in a 70+ masters water polo match between the Blue Thunder Masters Polo Team from Southern California and Australia’s Perth Cockatoos, Robert Wake, Jr., a masters player from the Blue Thunder clu...

Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indicates just a minor tremor, while a “10” means a race brought massive upheaval. Caeleb Dressel On July ...

Swimming World continues its coverage of the 2019 men’s and women’s water polo world championships. Stick with us for comprehensive coverage of this year’s most prestigious polo tournament. In what must have been an anxious start for some—including Matt Farmer, playing his first game representing hi...

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 ...