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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...

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 ...

Caeleb Dressel Withdrawal Leaves Hole at World Championships From the outside, it appeared to be a mostly normal start to the World Championships for Caeleb Dressel. Sure, he was not hitting his best times over the first two days of the meet, but he led the U.S. men to an easy win in the 400 freesty...

World Championships: Caeleb Dressel Out for Remainder of the Meet American sprinter Caeleb Dressel is out for the remainder of the FINA World Championships. Dressel won two gold medals to begin the meet (in the 400 freestyle relay and 50 butterfly), but after qualifying second for the 100 free semif...

Arno Kamminga Heads 100 Breaststroke; Nic Fink & Michael Andrew Also Go 58 With Adam Peaty missing through injury, there will be a new champion in the men's 100m breaststroke for the first time since 2013. Peaty won the title in 2015, 2017 and 2019 setting a world record of 56.88 in the semis in Gwa...

FINA president Husain Al-Musallam hosted the opening press conference of the World Championships in Budapest which start on Saturday 18 June. Al-Musallam was joined by Hungarian minister of defence Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky, chairman of the local organising committee Sandor Wladar and Balazs Furje...

How Carson Foster is Fulfilling Potential as Next American Medley Star It was the first long course World Championships final for 20-year-old American Carson Foster, and at the halfway point, he had the lead. Anointed a rising star five years earlier, Foster had been building since then toward this ...

World Championships: Phoebe Bacon Heads Women's 200 Back Prelims With 2:07; Peng & Panziera Next Through Phoebe Bacon set the pace in 2:07.89 to head the women's 200 backstroke prelims on day six of the World Championships. There'll be a new champion with 2019 winner and world record-holder Regan Sm...

World Championships: Alex Walsh Dominates 200 IM Final With Blistering 2:07.13; Leah Hayes Sets World Junior Record for Bronze All year long, Alex Walsh has been building to a coronation as 200 IM world titlist. There was the fastest time in history in the 200-yard IM at the NCAA Championships in Ma...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Thursday, June 9, 2022, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: How fast will it take to win the women's 50 freestyle at World Championships? The top-3 50 freestyle times for 2022 are all held by Swedish swimmer Sara...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault Non-subscribers can download this issue here - only $.99 for a limited time! In this issue of SW Biweekly, read about Claire Curzan's immense performance at the U.S. International Team Trials. At .....

Bobby Finke Becomes First American Man To Win 800 Free World Crown Bobby Finke added the world crown to his Olympic title with a massive final 50 of 25.93 to become the first American man to win the 800 free. Mykhailo Romanchuk led from 350 to 750 but Finke unleashed a huge finish to move from fourt...

World Championships: Yang Junxuan Tops Field in Women's 200 Freestyle Prelims; Siobhan Haughey Out With Injury The preliminaries of the women's 200-meter freestyle at the World Championships were a measured, with only two athletes cracking the 1:57 barrier in an event missing some big names. China's...

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 ...

From Pop Star to Elite Swimmer: Cody Simpson Stamps Pool Comeback With Huge Breakthrough It’s a familiar refrain you have surely encountered on the internet. Some famous figure was once a swimmer, only to give up the sport as they got older to focus on music or acting or their endeavors in another s...

World Championships: Gregorio Paltrinieri Completes 10K-1500m Double; Sharon van Rouwendaal Claims First World Title Gregorio Paltrinieri claimed the 10km crown at Lake Lupa to become the second man to secure the pool and open water double at the World Championships. Results Florian Wellbrock, Ana M...

World Championships: Caeleb Dressel Misses 100 Freestyle Semifinals and Mixed Medley Relay On Medical Grounds Defending champion Caeleb Dressel was forced to withdraw from the semifinals of the 100-meter freestyle and was not on the United States mixed 400 medley relay during the fourth finals sessi...

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: Sarah Sjostrom Claims Second World Crown In 50 Free & Fourth Straight Medal; Wasick Makes Polish History Sarah Sjostrom won the 50 freestyle for the second time as she reinforced her position as the most decorated woman in terms of individual World Championship medals. The Swede...

USA Swimming has released the selection process for the upcoming 2022 FINA World Championships as well as the Junior Pan Pacific Championships and Mel Zajac International meet. The U.S. teams for these events will be selected at the International team Trials in Greensboro, N.C. Just like the Olympic...