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Caeleb Dressel obliterated the world record in the 100 IM at Monday’s ISL Semifinal 2, going 49.88 in the 100 individual medley. The world record had been Vlad Morozov’s 50.26, the Russian with a stranglehold on the top 10 times in history before the ISL season began. Dressel’s American record had b...

Kyle Chalmers went third all-time as he blasted a shuddering 45.03 100 free at the World Cup stop in Doha. That was just 0.09secs off the world record of 44.94 held by Amaury Leveaux since 2008 amid the shiny-suit chaos and demolished the Australian mark of 45.46 set by Matt Abood in 2009. As well a...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. After he came within a tenths of the mark one week earlier, Kyle Chalmers has finally broken the 13-year-old world record in the short course meters men's 100 freestyle. At the final stop of the FINA World Cup in Kazan, Russia, Chalmers swam a 44.84 to beat o...

Paris Olympics, Day 6 Prelims: Unique Line In 50 Free History Beckons For Florent Manaudou After five days of racing, La Defense Arena has witnessed the greatest of spectacles with the prospect of more history about to unfurl with another Frenchman as protagonist. Florent Manaudou and Gary Hall Jr a...

The first season of the International Swimming League (ISL) yielded three world records, a rapid and historic start to the league’s life. But 2020 has been fallow on the records front, not a surprise given the lack of meets this season and the rampant training disruptions forced by COVID-19. But as ...

Flash: Kyle Chalmers Takes Down 100 Free SC World Record Aussie star Kyle Chalmers has taken down the world record in the men’s short-course 100-meter freestyle Friday at the FINA World Cup in Kazan, Russia. Chalmers won the event in 44.84 seconds. It erases the near 13-year-old record set by French...

The London Roar of the International Swimming League (ISL) were decimated by Swimming Australia's decision to withdraw its swimmers from the ISL over concerns of traveling overseas during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Roar had a large contingent of Australian athletes on its roster including Cat...

Amaury Leveaux announced on Monday that he had missed a drugs test in Mulhouse, France. The Frenchman has his sights set on Tokyo 2021 - when he will be 35 - after returning to the pool in 2018. Leveaux, who won his first Olympics medals at Beijing 2008 when he took silvers in the 50 free and 4x100 ...

Roman Fuchs Makes Maiden Voyage Inside 1:47 To Head 200 Prelims At French Champs In Rennes; Marchand Through In Seventh Roman Fuchs made his first journey inside 1:47 to head the 200 free prelims as Leon Marchand returned to the water after going fourth all-time in the 200 breaststroke at the French...

In a report from multiple news outlets, Olympic medalist Amaury Leveaux announced he is coming out of retirement at the age of 32. Leveaux originally retired in 2013 at the age of 28, but is coming back because he thinks he has something left in the tank to challenge for a gold in the 50 free in two...

The biggest news of the week was WADA’s controversial reinstatement of Russia’s anti-doping agency after a three year ban, which was met with harsh criticism from some of the sport’s biggest names. Check out the other biggest stories of the week, including a big engagement announcement, below in the...

Flash! Caeleb Dressel Lowers American Record in 100 Freestyle The record-breaking show of Caeleb Dressel continues. One day after he set a pair of world records and an American record on the first day of the International Swimming League Grand Final, Dressel opened Day Two with another standard. Tou...

After Near Miss, Kyle Chalmers Ready to Make Another Run at World Record in 100 Freestyle The next stop of the FINA World Cup is scheduled for Oct. 28-30 in Kazan, and there is no doubt about the leading storyline as the series shifts to Russia. Coming off the third-fastest performance in the histor...

Last September, French sprint ace Amaury Leveaux was finally getting back to fighting-fit shape after a steady comeback that began in 2018. A five-year break from the pool, a time during which he penned a controversial book and became a father, meant that he had a lot of work to do if he was to have...

Liz Byrnes, Swimming World's new European Correspondent, hones in on the achievements of Adam Peaty, one of the most outstanding pioneers on the pool in swimming history, as her No1 pick in our series looking back at our favourite moments of the decade about to end. Liz's list is rich with some of t...

Kyle Chalmers was 10 when Amaury Leveaux set the 100 free short-course world record of 44.94 at the 2008 European Short-Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. Kyle Chalmers Goes Third All-Time With 45.03  FINA World Cup results It was one of four world marks for the Frenchman at the December meet ...

MULHOUSE, France, September 16. THE French swimming federation is experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions today as it deals with the resignation of its national technical director and the return of Olympic champion Yanick Agnel to France. Horter submitted his resignation to the national federation ...

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse Commentary by Maria Dobysheva DOHA - All the debates about short course popularity in swimming quieted down after the first day of World Championships in Doha. Traditionally, all the attention is attracted to the king's event: the men’s 400 freestyle rel...

Caeleb Dressel just keeps getting faster. That’s not a folksy, gee-whiz, qualitative observation. Instead, it’s backed by the times: Almost unfailingly in this second International Swimming League season, Dressel has gotten faster every meet. As you’ll see below, in the five events he’s swum in all ...

Decade in the Mirror - Between now and the end of 2019, Swimming World Writers will be listing their favourite moments of the decade 2010-2019. Today, Andy Ross lists his top 10, podium protests at the top of the pile. In reverse order: #10: Missy Franklin's London Double Shoots Her Into Legend Stat...