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Pre-World Championships Rankings: The 25 Best Male Swimmers in the World Right Now Since Michael Phelps walked away from swimming for good after the 2016 Olympics, one individual has held the title of "world's best male swimmer" for almost six years. Regular readers of this website will have no trou...

World Championships: Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte Wins Gold in the 50m breaststroke 10 Years after Winning Olympic Gold in London Ten years after winning Olympic gold and nine years after her last world championship win, former teenage wonderkind, Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte has tonight won second world ...

World Championships: Thomas Ceccon Crushes World Record to Claim 100 Back World Title The world record in the men's 100 backstroke had lasted six years and numerous challenges, but in a stunning moment at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Italy's Thomas Ceccon smashed that mark. Ceccon, 21, ...

National Power Rankings: Which Country is Best in Women’s Swimming? For decades, the United States has held the title of best swimming nation in the world, with the Americans securing the lead in medal count at most international competitions. Indeed, the U.S. won a record-setting 45 medals at this ...

World Championships: Top 10 Men's Performances – Marchand Brilliance Tops Ceccon, Milak World Records Eight days of competition at the FINA World Championships in Budapest included impressive efforts throughout, and a pair swims on the men's side resulted in individual world records. With some time ...

Ukrainian Mykhailo Romanchuk Pleads To Maintain Ban On Russia As Father Fights In Eastern Ukraine Mykhailo Romanchuk made an impassioned plea to sports organisations around the world to maintain the ban on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The two-time Olympic medalist was born in Rivne, a t...

Pre-World Championships Rankings: The Top 25 Female Swimmers in the World With the next edition of the FINA World Championships approaching, it's time to consider who are the best swimmers in the world. Certainly, ranking swimmers across different events is a highly subjective exercise, and we must ...

World Championships: Ceccon, Martinenghi Lead Italy to Medley Relay Gold Over United States Italy had never captured a World Championship gold medal in the men's 400 medley relay, but this year's Italian team had a chance for a special result with world champions swimming the first two legs. Thomas ...

World Championships: Training Mates Florian Wellbrock And Mykhailo Romanchuk Lead The Way In 1500 Free Training mates Florian Wellbrock and Mykhailo Romanchuk booked the centre lanes for the 1500 free final in Budapest. Results How to Watch & Key Links Mykhailo Romanchuk Pleads To Maintain Ban On Ru...

World Championships: U.S. Ends 800 Free Relay Drought with Dominant Swim The sting for Drew Kibler hasn’t abated in 11 months. Finishing off the podium in the 800 freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics – that’s just something a proud American program doesn’t do. To be part of that foursome was, for K...

Tokyo 2020 was just the start for Tom Dean who is inspired by the greats of the sport and their longevity. Dean became the first British man to win the Olympic 200 free title when he led home teammate Duncan Scott for an historic one-two in the Japanese capital. The pair were subsequently joined by ...

World Championships: Nicolo Martinenghi Takes 100m Breaststroke Title Ahead Of Kamminga & Fink Nicolo Martinenghi won the men's 100m breaststroke as Adam Peaty's bull run came to an end after injury prevented him from competing at the World Championships. Olympic champion Peaty won in 2015, 2017 and...

Backstroke Finish Rule Needs Change After World Championships DQ Ordeal It was a pure moment of triumph for two American sprint backstrokers. Justin Ress had edged out world-record holder Hunter Armstrong to win the world title in the 50 backstroke, and the two men raised their arm in celebration. B...

World Championships: Maxime Grousset Tops Bruno Fratus in Swim-Off for 50 Freestyle Final; 100th 21-Second 50 Free for Fratus In the men's 50 freestyle semifinals at the World Championships, two high-profile performers ended up on the verge of qualifying for the final when Maxime Grousset of France ...

Regan Smith Tops Qualifiers in the Women’s 100m Backstroke With Kaylee McKeown A Late Withdrawal The USA’s former world record holder Regan Smith produced the most impressive swim of five heats to top the qualifiers in the women’s 100m backstroke on night two of the World Swimming Championships in a...

World Championships: Kristof Milak Dominates 100 Fly Final for Second Title This Week Two days earlier, Hungary's Kristof Milak had delivered in front of his home fans in the men's 200 butterfly when he smashed his own world record and won gold by more than three seconds. Milak said after that race ...

World Championships: Summer McIntosh Shatters World Junior Record in 200 Fly; Set for Showdown with Flickinger If the performance by Summer McIntosh in the prelims was stunning, she had plenty more in store in the 200 butterfly semifinals at the World Championships. The Canadian teen dropped two sec...

Torri Huske's World Championships Put Her In Elite Company By the end of the eight days in Budapest, Torri Huske admitted she was feeling the effort. Four individual events and four relays will do that. Carrying around all those medals really starts to strain the back after a while. Not to mention a...

World Championships Day One Preview and Predictions: Rising Stars Battling Veterans for 400 IM Title The 19th edition of the FINA World Championships will begin June 18 on the banks of the Danube River in Budapest, with swimming's signature meet outside of the Olympic Games returning to the Duna Are...

Fifteen-year-old Summer McIntosh will be greeted by a wall of noise at the Duna Arena where Hungarian hero Katinka Hosszu awaits. The rising Canadian star will launch her maiden FINA World Championship campaign on Saturday when she steps out for the heats of the 400 free followed by the 200 fly and ...