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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 1. FINA has solidified its World Junior Records process, and explained to Swimming World that today is the first day that these WJRs can begin being set. This means that Mack Horton already set a WJR in Australia with a 3:44.60 in the men's 400-meter freestyle at the Aus...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 26. IT was an epic night of swimming for England's Fran Halsall as she posted a textile best in her 50 free win and clocked a Commonwealth Games record in her 50 fly semis. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM FINALS Men's 200 fly It wasn't his fastest time of the year, but South Africa'...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 29. THE final day of competition at the Commonwealth Games featured a chance for Australia to sweep the relay gold medals with the 400 medley relays on tap. Were they able to hold off determined English swimmers? Women's 400 free Breaking away from a pack of five swimmers at ...

TATSUMI, Japan, June 22. THE always-fast Japan Open came to a close tonight with another handful of blistering times. Yasuhiro Koseki blasted his way to second in the world in the men's 200-meter breaststroke to close shop on the Japan Open. Koseki checked in with a 2:08.34 for the win, second only ...

Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon and Jack McLoughlin claimed the top gongs at Swimming Australia’s Awards in Melbourne last night. Triple Olympian Campbell (Chandler) took out the Olympic Program Swimmer of the Year with Griffith University’s McKeon taking out the coveted Hancock Prospecting Swimmers Swim...

Each day through July 23, Swimming World’s Jeff Commings and David Rieder will offer medal predictions in the 19 swimming events on tap at the Commonwealth Games, which begins July 24 in Glasgow, Scotland. We invite you to offer your picks in our Reaction Time comments section below! Commentary by D...

MELBOURNE, Australia, January 18. A day after James Magnussen threw down the gauntlet with a 47.7 in the men's 100-meter free at the Victorian Open Championships, Madelina Groves put up a world-class time in the women's 100-meter fly. Groves dominated the women's 100 fly with a 57.43, downing the Vi...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 29. THE final day of preliminary qualifying did not disappoint as plenty of fast times were produced at the Commonwealth Games. LIVE RESULTS Women's 400 free A pair of 4:07s led the way this morning in the women's middle distance event with New Zealand's Lauren Boyle (4:07.06...

BRISBANE, Australia, April 6. THE Australian Swim Team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been announced, tonight following a week of world class action at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane. World champions Cate Campbell, Christian Sprenger and James Magnussen will join g...

By David Rieder Day seven. The Olympic Trials will have been going for a full week at that point, and new Olympians will have qualified in 20 different events. So, yeah, the finish line is near. But this thing is not over—not by a long shot. The four finals on Saturday, July 2, will come one after a...

PERTH, Australia, January 31. THE Australian sprint crew had too much for the rest of the teams to handle on day one of the Aquatic Super Series in Perth this afternoon, leaving the Aussies in the combined team scoring lead. While Japan had some of the top individual swims with Daiya Seto and Kosuke...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 27. TEAM Australia dominated the fourth night of action at the Commonwealth Games with medal after medal going into the nation's medal tally. Meanwhile, England's Fran Halsall collected her second sprint title of the meet, and South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh put up a siz...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 25. THE second night of the Commonwealth Games proved to be exciting with close finishes throughout the evening. Team Australia, meanwhile, had the strongest night of them all with four gold medals by the time all was said and done, including a monster double by Thomas Fraser...

Freestyle sprint stars Bronte and Cate Campbell, Cam McEvoy and James Magnussen will headline a strong Australian Dolphins contingent at this weekend’s Japan Open Swim Meet at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Centre. The three-day meet will start on Friday, May 20 and conclude on Sunday even...

“Anything you can do I can do too…” was the message from Australian Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown to US world record holder Regan Smith from Down Under tonight. [caption id="attachment_411671" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Exciting times ahead for Kaylee McKeown Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australi...

Triple Olympian and Commonwealth Games dual gold medallist Belinda Hocking has today announced her retirement from the sport of swimming. The Wangaratta-born swimmer had a stellar career that saw her represent Australia at three Olympic Games; Beijing in 2008, London in 2012 and just recently Rio in...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 27. THE oldest Commonwealth Games record in the book took a tumble as Tracey Wickham's historic 800 free mark from 1978 was erased by Jazz Carlin during day four prelims. LIVE RESULTS Women's 200 back Canada's Hilary Caldwell opened the fourth day right with a swift swim of 2...

BRISBANE, Australia, April 6. THE final night of action at the Australian Nationals featured some sizzling swims across the board. FINALS St. Pete's Bronte Barratt blasted off in the women's 400-meter freestyle with a winning time of 4:04.56. That performance finished just off Katie Ledecky's top-ra...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 28. PLENTY of amazing swims went up on the scoreboard tonight, but South Africa's Chad le Clos skyrocketed to the top of the world in the 100 fly as he threw down the gauntlet in the event at the Commonwealth Games. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM FINALS Men's 200 back Australia ear...

Each day through July 23, Swimming World's Jeff Commings and David Rieder will offer medal predictions in the 19 swimming events on tap at the Commonwealth Games, which begins July 24 in Glasgow, Scotland. We invite you to offer your picks in our Reaction Time comments section below! Commentary by J...