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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 hearing at CAS will take place in September, despite official answers that 'no date' has yet been set - ...

Ten women and ten men have officially been granted the opportunity to race in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the 10K open water swim. Florian Wellbrock was the first man awarded the honor by winning the 2019 World Championship race in 1:47.55.90. Germany had a strong showing with their first- and t...

Korean swimming stars Park Tae Hwan and An Se-hyeon were named honorary ambassadors for the 2019 FINA World Championships on Wednesday. The Championships will be held July 12-28, 2019 in Gwangju, South Korea. The organizers for the championships announced the ambassadors on Wednesday in Gwangju. Par...

At the 2019 USA Water Polo Holiday Cup last month, women's teams from Italy, the Netherlands and Russia traveled to Princeton, N.J. to sharpen their skills for a final push to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But one top European team did not make the trip East. Hungary last visited the U.S. in ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BERLIN, Germany. FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup 2018 quarterfinal play last night at the Europa Sports Park was filled with upsets, historic victories and a bit of intrigue—befitting an tournament where proposed rules changes are roiling coaches and f...

World Swimming Championships (Regan Smith) Gwangju 2019, Day 8 finals Women's 400 Medley Relay Attention swim fans, there’s a two-for-one deal in Lane Four. In a little less than four minutes, the United States produced a pair of world records in the 400 medley relay to punctuate the World Champions...

Carmel On Top: Boys' National High School Champions Indiana’s Carmel High School has long produced standout swim teams for both boys and girls, but the boys’ program has long lived in the shadow of the girls. That’s because Carmel’s girls have won an amazing 33 straight high school state championshi...

Host country South Korea will be sending its largest ever team to this summer's World Championships, according to a report from the website en.yna.co.kr. South Korea will be sending 82 athletes to compete in five of the six disciplines: 29 swimmers, eight divers, 26 water polo players, 11 synchroniz...

Test Run For Tokyo: 2019 FINA World Championships Recap By Craig Lord With the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo a year away, this summer’s World Championships, July 21-28, in Gwangju, South Korea was a global meet of watersheds, with pioneers refusing to yield to youth and youth seizing their day to overtake....

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor As the water polo community looks forward to a new year, Swimming World takes a look back at the top five events in men’s water polo for 2018. The only major championship this season was the 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona, wo...

With no live sports for the foreseeable future, American TV networks have filled the void by airing old sporting events. Next week, NBC Sports Network will air the swimming events at the 2019 World Championships from Gwangju, South Korea. NBCSN will air the entirety of the finals session in groups o...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor.  Diving has officially started at the 2019 FINA Diving World Championships with women's one-meter, men's synchronized three-meter, and mixed synchronized ten-meter platform. Mixed synchronized 10m was the first final event to finish. The Chinese team, mad...

In the wake of #1 USC—defending national champions—loss last Sunday to UC Santa Barbara, the first time the Trojans have lost to the Gauchos since 1990, there was a roiling of the rankings in the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Top 20. But not enough to suit fans of the upstart Gauchos, off to t...