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The 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships entered its penultimate day of competition with excess momentum from its first three days, as Europe's best young talent reconvened in Kazan to gain attention on the world stage. Having been quite the World Championships precursor, this junior meet is ...

The 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships entered its final day of competition with renewed energy after a climactic four days. For the last time, Europe's best young talent convened in Kazan in hopes of leaving an impression in the final weeks leading up to the World Championships. Having bee...

The 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships entered its second day of competition this evening, showing no signs of slowing down. Hosting the continent's best young talent, the meet continued to showcase its strengths in Gen Z, as the rising athletes took Kazan by storm. With an eclectic slate o...

World Cup Budapest, Day 3 Finals: Kaylee McKeown & Qin Haiyang Crowned Overall Champions Kaylee McKeown and Qin Haiyang were crowned overall women's and men's champions as the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup concluded in Budapest. McKeown ended her historic trip to Hungary with a World Cup record ...

World Aquatics Opens The Door For Neutral Athletes To Enter Relay Teams Neutral Athletes (NAs) will now be able to compete in relays at World Aquatics events after updated guidelines for athlete participation came into force on 18 November 2024. The Guidelines for Athlete Participation in World Aqua...

FLASH! Regan Smith Takes Down 200 Back World Record, Completes 50-100-200 Sweep; McIntosh Sets WJR Her earlier wins in the 50 and 100 backstroke were not particularly close, but as Regan Smith aimed to win her third backstroke gold medal of the Short Course World Championships, she faced a familiar ...

Ilya Shymanovich lowered his national 200m breaststroke record to 2:02.77 on the first day of the Belarusian Short-Course Championships in Brest. Shymanovich had set a previous record of 2:02.86 while representing Energy Standard at the International Swimming League final in November. It was during ...

18th FINA World Aquatics Championships Preview: Women's Swimming July 21-28 FREESTYLE Cate Campbell will arrive in Gwangju fresh off, perhaps, the finest performance of her illustrious career at last summer’s Pan Pacs, where she swept the 50 and 100 meter freestyle gold medals (23.81, 52.03) and a.....

Paris Olympics, Day 7: Kaylee McKeown Outduels Regan Smith in 200 Back in OR Regan Smith has been posting best times and set American records here in Paris during the Olympics. But try as she might, the American can’t seem to find a way to beat Kaylee McKeown in an individual race. McKeown extended ...

World Cup Budapest, Day 2 Prelims: Benedetta Pilato Goes 1:05.75 For 100 Breaststroke Meet Record, Rattles Italian Mark Benedetta Pilato set a 100m breaststroke meet record of 1:05.75 on day two of prelims at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Budapest. It was the second best time of her caree...

The International Swimming League (ISL) opened Match 6 of the 2020 season with first-day action from Budapest. The Sunday-Monday meet will feature the Aqua Centurions, Energy Standard, NY Breakers and Toronto Titans. Abbie Wood from the NY Breakers set a British Record in the 200 IM, while Marco Koc...

17-year-old Anastasiya Shkurdai of Belarus blasted a 56.95 in the 100 butterfly at the Belarusian Cup in her home town of Brest. Shkurdai, who was the silver medalist at last summer's World Junior Championships behind American Torri Huske in the 100 butterfly, broke her own national record of 57.39 ...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. There was a glimpse of normalcy in the last week as some swimmers around the world were able to return to competition for the first time in months. Most notably, Anastasiya Shkurdai of Belarus broke 57 seconds for the first time in the 100 butterfly in long c...

ISL Match Seven Day Two: Energy Standard in Line For Second Win The reigning ISL champs Energy Standard cruised to a second straight win with a dominating win over Team Iron and the Toronto Titans. Iron's sprinters put them thoroughly in second place after advancing one swimmer to the final in both ...

ISL Match Six Day Two Live: Energy Standard in Tussle With Toronto Titans The second day of the sixth match of the International Swimming League featured defending champs Energy Standard against expansion team Toronto Titans as Energy won its first match of the season. The New York Breakers and Aqua...

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom is one of just two women to win the same event at the World Championships on four separate occasions. Sjostrom and Katinka Hosszu have each won their respective World titles in the 100 fly and 400 IM at the 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2017 Worlds. If Sjostrom can win the 100 fly aga...

The 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships kicked off its third day of competition this afternoon, but its athletes showed no signs of fatigue. Reconvening in Kazan for another intracontinental battle, Europe's best young talent continued to turn heads on the world stage just in time for the Wo...

The International Swimming League semifinals get underway Saturday with ISL Semifinal 1 from the Budapest bubble. Reigning champion Energy Standard is out to defend its title, but it faces stiff competition. The London Roar are rested up after the regular season, while the Day 2 strength of Tokyo Fr...

Ilya Shymanovich swam the third-fastest 50m breaststroke in history when he stopped the clock at 25.39 at the Belarusian Short-Course Championships in Brest. The world short-course silver medallist entered the meet with a PB of 25.48, a time he set in Energy Standard colours at the ISL final in No....

ISL Match 1, Day 2: Energy Standard Wins, Summer McIntosh Moves Toronto to Second Halfway through the first match of the ISL season, Energy Standard held an early edge, as was to be expected given the program’s pedigree. But how the other three teams in the opener of the third season of the Internat...