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Jeanette Ottesen, the second ranked swimmer in the world in the 100-meter fly, unleashed a strong swim in prelims of the event at the 2015 FINA World Cup Beijing. Ottesen clocked a top time of 58.57, while Zhang Yufei joined her under 1:00 with a second-seeded 59.03.  Ottesen has some time to drop t...

Shoma Sato became the fifth-fastest man in history over 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:07.02 on the final day of the Japan Student Swimming Championships. It rocketed the teenager from fifth to third in the all-time Japanese rankings behind former world-record holders Ippei Watanabe with a best ...

Akihiro Yamaguchi, the Japanese breaststroker who held the world record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke for more than four years, announced his retirement from the sport. Yamaguchi announced his retirement via Instagram, posting a picture with several members of the Japanese national team – Kats...

Japan's Shoma Sato broke the world junior record in the 200 breast on Sunday at the Japanese College Swimming Championships in Tokyo. Sato broke the record with a 2:09.21, splitting a 1:02.14 on the first 100 as he lowered the old junior record of 2:09.39 from China's Qin Haiyang set in 2017. Sato r...

The sprint sisters Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell picked up two of the top three spots in a loaded women's 50-meter free finale at the 2015 FINA World Cup Hong Kong. Cate led the way with a strong time of 24.84, while Bronte qualified third in 25.46.  Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen split the differen...

By David Rieder. When Anton Chupkov swims the first 100 meters of his 200 breaststroke, he’s in no hurry. Check out his swim from the final at the European Championships: On the second length, Chupkov swims with the slowest stroke tempo, taking one stroke approximately every 2.2 seconds or so. He sa...

GIFU, Japan, September 11. TWO years ago, Akihiro Yamaguchi stunned the swimming community by blazing to a world record time of 2:07.01 in the 200 long course breaststroke at the Japanese Sports Festival. This week's competition at the Japanese Sports Festival in Nagasaki might not feature any world...

By David Rieder. As professional swimming has grown over the past several Olympiads, the average age of the world's top swimmers has gone up, particularly on the men's side. It's hardly unusual anymore to findmen in their mid-to-late 20s standing on international podiums. Michael Phelps and Ryan Loc...

TOKYO, Japan, April 13. ALL sorts of storylines played themselves out during the final night of action at the Japanese Long Course Nationals in Tokyo. Some of the deepest finales in the world occurred tonight as well as a barrier-breaking national record by Shinri Shioura. In one of the most high-pr...

TOKYO, Japan, April 10. EIGHT top swimmers at this week’s Japanese nationals will be racing officially under the Mizuno banner after signing multi-year deals with the Japanese swimsuit manufacturer. Judging by his strong performance on day one of nationals in the 400 IM, Kosuke Hagino appears to be ...

Photo by David Farr Editorial coverage for U.S. Senior Nationals proudly sponsored by Master Spas! By David Rieder IRVINE, California, August 7. THE crowds in the grandstands at the Woollett Aquatic Center love the PA announcer call out big names like Phelps, Lochte, and Franklin, but few words can ...

The final morning of the 2018 FINA World Cup Beijing featured two timed finals and nine individual preliminary events. Races included numerous controlled swims across all events, with exciting matchups set up among the sprint events to close out the meet at finals. Live Results Men's 400 IM The fina...

The Japan Open continued its rich tradition of producing record-setting times on the final day of the meet, as Ippei Watanabe lowered his own junior world record in the 200 breaststroke to close out the meet. Watanabe, 18, swam a 2:09.75 in the event to lower his own mark of 2:10.23 from June 2014. ...

PERTH, Australia, February 1. THE two-day Aquatic Super Series in Australia featured some strong swimming across the board from the various teams that took part, but tops among the list has to be the back-to-back sprint days from Aussie stars Cate Campbell and James Magnussen. Both Campbell and Magn...

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 10. MICHAEL Jamieson's fast swim in the 200 breast today at the British nationals put a scare into Akihiro Yamaguchi's world record in the 200 breast, coming within seven tenths of the mark. Jamieson is primed to challenge that record when he returns to Glasgow in July for th...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, January 16. IN an interview with Eye Witness News, Olympic gold medalist Cameron van der Burgh has now publicly stated his intent on pursuing an Olympic breaststroke double at the 2016 Rio Games. “Something that I’m also looking at in 2014 is the 200m,” van der Burgh said...

Editorial coverage for the Pan Pacific Championships is proudly sponsored by Master Spas! For complete coverage of the Pan Pacific Championships, check out our event landing page. PHOENIX, Arizona, August 16. KEVIN Cordes was primed to take last year’s world championships by storm after his blazing ...

By David Rieder. For a few scary minutes Tuesday afternoon, Nathan Adrian’s chances at a title defense in the 100 free hung in the balance. Adrian swam a 48.58 to finish fourth in the seventh of eight heats. He finished well but only after going out in an abnormally sluggish 23.46. Would he even mak...

For about 175 meters, Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki chased countryman Akihiro Yamaguchi's world record of 2:07.01 in the 200 breaststroke at the FINA world championships. Koseki's 2:08.03 in the semifinals makes him the top seed for the finals. A throng of Japanese journalists was waiting in the mixed zon...

Alia Atkinson uncorked a 30.76 to top the women's 50-meter breaststroke field to earn the spotlight in the day two prelims of the 2015 FINA World Cup Hong Kong. That's not far off her third-ranked 30.11 from Worlds, and she should put up a swift time in finals.  Liu Xiaoyu qualified a distant second...