2021 FINA Short Course World Championships - (Tag)

FLASH! Sweden Ties World Record to Win Short Course Worlds Gold in Women's 200 Medley Relay Sweden qualified only fifth for the final of the women's 200 medley relay at the Short Course World Championships, but the Swedes revamped their squad before the final, rolling out a group of Louise Hansson, ...

Swimming Australia Cancels Short Course Nationals; Will Not Send Official Squad to Short Course Worlds Swimming Australia has announced that it will cancel its Short Course National Championships scheduled for late September in Melbourne and that it will not send a representative team to the FINA Sh...

Claire Curzan Lowers 100 Fly World Junior Record During Grueling Final Night at Short Course Worlds The busiest swimmer during the final session of the Short Course World Championships was 17-year-old American Claire Curzan. The Cary, N.C., native had already won individual bronze in the 50 butterfl...

Short Course World Championships: Canada Wins Three Gold Medals with Pickrem, MacNeil, 800 Free Relay (Day Five Women's Recap) Over the past six years, Canada has become one of the powerhouse nations of women's swimming, and that was on full display on day five of the Short Course World Championship...

Short Course World Championships: Double Gold For Kliment Kolesnikov; Ben Proud Wins 50 Free (Men's Recap) Kliment Kolesnikov won double gold on day four of finals at the Short-Course World Championships in Abu Dhabi. Ryan Held claimed gold and silver and Ben Proud became the first Briton to make a ...

Ilya Borodin, Yu Yiting, Claire Curzan Set World Junior Records in Abu Dhabi Three world junior records were set during the fifth evening of finals at the Short Course World Championships, with two of the three swimmers earning individual silver medals for their efforts while the other qualified sec...

Pakistan Record Holder Muhammad Mustafa Awan, 23, Shot and Killed Muhammad Mustafa Awan, an elite swimmer from Pakistan, was shot and killed in his home country on Tuesday, per reports out of Pakistan. Mustafa Awan was 23 years old. He was reportedly shot outside of his home in the village of Jatli ...

Short Course World Championships: Daiya Seto Wins Fifth Straight 400 IM Title (Day Five Men's Recap) Japan's Daiya Seto had a difficult 2020 as he did not win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, but he has looked great throughout the short course season, and he won his second gold medal of the meet in th...

Ryan Held Breaks Streak of Bad Timing With Individual World Championships Medal and Relay Gold Ever since the moment when Ryan Held won Olympic gold as part of the U.S. men’s 400 freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympics, his career has suffered from off swims at the worst possible moments. One year afte...

Veteran Official Carol Zaleski Awarded FINA Order  Veteran official Carol Zaleski has been awarded the FINA Order. Zaleski, who is chair of the FINA Technical Committee, a longtime official with a consistent presence on deck at major international competitions and a major figure in swimming in the U...

Short Course World Championships: Alberto Razzetti Claims 200 Fly Gold and 200 IM Bronze (Day One Men's Recap) The men's star of day one at the Short Course World Championships was Italy's Alberto Razzetti. Fresh off qualifying for his first Olympic final at the Tokyo Games and then winning his firs...

Psych Sheet Posted for FINA Short Course World Championships; Seven Gold Medalists from Tokyo Set to Compete The 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships begin Thursday, December 16 in Abu Dhabi and run for six days, and Omega Timing has posted the entries for all events. The meet was delayed from...

Historic Short-Course Worlds Cements Canada's Place as Swimming Power Canada took 12 swimmers to Abu Dhabi, not filling the plane with enough men to even qualify a relay at the FINA Short Course World Championships. It left the UAE after six illustrious days with 14 national records (nine individual...

Short Course World Championships: United States and Canada Tie for Women's 400 Free Relay Gold (Day One Women's Recap) The very first women's final at the FINA Short Course World Championships in Abu Dhabi saw Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey take down the world record in the women's 200 freestyle, touch...

FINA Short Course Worlds: Kate Douglass Scares 200 IM American Record as Top Seed Kate Douglass led the way in prelims of the women’s 200 individual medley at FINA Short Course Worlds Monday, with a time of 2:04.24. That time earned her the top seed among the eight progressing to finals in Abu Dhabi...

FINA: "Fewer Than 40" Positive COVID Tests at Short Course Worlds; Many in Isolation Until After Christmas COVID-19 made a significant impact on the Short Course World Championships this week in Abu Dhabi as numerous big-name swimmers were forced to miss events or pull out of the entire meet because...

FINA World Short Course Championships: Kliment Kolesnikov Paces Frantic 50 Back Kliment Kolesnikov is the top seed after a frantic preliminary heat in the men’s 50 backstroke Saturday in Abu Dhabi on the third day of prelims at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Kolesnikov led the way with a...

Short Course World Championships: Siobhan Haughey Makes It a Double; Rhyan White is Golden (Women's Live Updates) Coming off a world-record performance in the 200-meter freestyle, Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey was again in the spotlight at the Short Course World Championships in Abu Dhabi. This time, ...

COVID-19 Protocols Send Home Additional Americans From Short Course World Championships One day after USA Swimming announced that COVID-19 protocols knocked Lydia Jacoby and Katie Grimes out of the Short Course World Championships in Abu Dhabi, the governing body revealed that three more swimmers ha...

Florian Wellbrock Takes Down 1500 Free World Record at Short Course Worlds Performance of the Week sponsored by Luma Lanes. Germany's Florian Wellbrock has become one of the best and most consistent distance swimmers in the world over the past four years, and he secured that status with a new world ...