2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships - (Tag)

Katie McLaughlin raised her fist and let out some emotion when she finished third in the 100 fly at the NCAA championships. Her swim (49.97) broke the Cal school record set by Natalie Coughlin and was part of a double in which McLaughlin earned All-American honors in both events. She had done the .....

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.....

FINA World Swimming Championships (Yulia Efimova) Gwangju 2019 Day Six Finals (Women's 200 Breast) Russia's Yulia Efimova won her third 200 breast World title on Friday night at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Efimova swam a 2:20.17, not far off her 2:19.41 best t...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

In a surprising upset Tuesday, the favored Serbians—who have won almost every major water polo title the past five years—were eliminated from title contention at the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships. Spain, which had not beaten Serbia in World Championship play since 2009, stunned the defendin...

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...

FINA World Swimming Championships Gwangju 2019 Day Three Finals (Men's 200 Free) In a severe turn of events in the pool on Tuesday night at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, China's Sun Yang won the 200 free final with a 1:44.93. Lithuania's Danas Rapsys, who originally touched ...

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 ...

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. Duncan Scott, Regan Smi...

USA's Lilly King has a chance to win all three breaststroke events at the 2019 FINA World Championships. She has the top time entering the meet in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and is also the favorite to win the 50. Since the 50 strokes were added to the Worlds lineup in 2001, no man or woman has e...

World Swimming Championships (Katie Ledecky, Simona Quadarella, Ariarne Titmus) Gwangju Day 7 Finals (women's 800m freestyle) We have never seen Katie Ledecky like this: out ahead and pace-setting; then caught; then seemingly defeated but... no, wait; fighting back but struggling with Simona Quadare...

It was originally reported that the backstroke wedges were not going to be used for tonight's men's and women's 100 backstroke semifinals. After a meeting with the coaches, the wedges will now be permitted but only used on one setting. A source told Swimming World: "Due to the issues this morning FI...

Through the years, watching Katinka Hosszu win major titles in the 400 IM title has become the norm. She has won four world titles in the event and is looking to be the first woman to win the same event five times (if Sarah Sjostrom does not win the 100 fly). Hosszu won the world title in 2009, 2013...

World Swimming Championships (Ledecky vs Titmus) Gwangju 2019 Day 1 finals Women's 400m freestyle It was billed as a thriller. It surely was. And it marked the moment of doubt about Katie Ledecky and longevity. The drain of Midas was tangible in the American defending champion, who handed her crown ...

World Swimming Championships (Adam Peaty) Gwangju 2019  Day 1 semifinals Men's 100 Breast Great Britain's Adam Peaty has completed one of his ultimate career goals, taking down the 57-second barrier in the men's 100 breast. Peaty achieved a time of 56.88, crushing the world record of 57.10 that he s...

FINA World Swimming Championships: Gwangju 2019 Day 2 Heats The second morning of swimming from the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships from Gwangju, South Korea had five preliminary events with four of them qualifying for semifinals tonight. The women's 1500's top eight swimmers will compete in ...