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Kristof Milak made a winning return to the water and Katinka Hosszu retraced her steps to the podium at the Hungarian Championships in Budapest. Milak, the Olympic 200 fly champion and world record-holder, has been seldom seen in international waters since 2022 when he won the 100/200 double at the ...

Top Men's Performances of 2025: Leon Marchand Shines Again With 200 IM World Record With the final days of 2025 approaching, it's time to look back on the year of swimming and determine the top performances in the pool. The list will emphasize long course and championship-winning performances, and e...

David Popovici, Jack Alexy Chasing World Record of Enigmatic Pan Zhanle in Men’s 100 Freestyle Like many world records in men’s swimming, the mark in the 100 freestyle stood untouched for years following the polyurethane suit era. In a two-year stretch when the suits were legal, the long-standing wo...

Ranking the Top-20 Men's Swimmers in the World, Part IV (1-5): Marchand Tops the Best of the Best At the recent World Championships, swimmers competed for medals in 42 pool events, and the results clearly show the best swimmer in the world for each race. Comparing swimmers across events is a subject...

David Popovici Produced an All-Time Spectacular Year in the 100 Freestyle Having moved into the last two months of 2025, Swimming World will close out the year by presenting a look at some of the top performers from the campaign. These periodic pieces will highlight impressive accomplishments, great...

FLASH!!! Paris Olympics, Day 5 Finals: China's Pan Zhanle Shreds World Record in 100 Freestyle The storylines surrounding the final of the men’s 100-meter freestyle at the Olympic Games in Paris were exactly what is expected of a marquee event. They were compelling. They had historical significance....

World Championships, Day 5 Finals: David Popovici Swims Second-Fastest Time Ever in 100 Free, Secures Gold-Medal Double The closing speed that every other swimmer fears, the tenacity to be at his best in the biggest moments. These attributes that made David Popovici so special when he won world titl...

FLASH! David Popovici Rockets To European 100 Free Record Of 46.71; Second-Fastest All-Time David Popovici has downed his European 100m freestyle record in 46.71 at the European Aquatics U23 Championships in Samorin. The Olympic bronze medallist came home in the second-fastest time in history better...

David Popovici Becomes Global Ambassador for Automation Company UiPath The 20-year-old Romanian who last year became his country's first-ever Olympic champion in men's swimming has continued to expand his business reach. David Popovici has been named a global ambassador for UiPath, a company that sp...

Vlad Stancu Heads 1500 Free As Romanian Championships Wrap Up Vlad Stancu was among the winners as the Romanian National Championships wrapped up on Sunday in Otopeni. The 18-year-old posted 15:33.54, more than 33secs outside the national record of 15:00.51 that secured silver behind Turkey's Kuzey ...

Adam Peaty, An Inspiration To Young Freestyle King, Pays Tribute to David Popovici In the aftermath of the first world record of his career, David Popovici revealed he was already envisioning greater achievements in the water. Specifically, he expressed a desire to take the 100-meter freestyle to a ...

Before They Became Superstars: World Junior Championships Has Served As Springboard for Future Success At the World Junior Championships that wrapped up over the weekend, we witnessed the rise of a new generation in the sport. In the years ahead, some of the athletes who flourished as juniors will t...

Sarah Sjostrom and Kliment Kolesnikov were standout performers on the first morning of the 2021 European Short-Course Championships in Kazan, Russia. The pair headed their respective fields in the 50 free and 50 back at the Aquatic Palace with Kristof Milak marking his debut at the continental showc...

A Scientific Analysis Of The Improvement Of David Popovici; How The Teen Set the 100 Freestyle World Record David Popovici: From Rome 2021 to Rome 2022 – From the European Junior Championships To the New World Record In the 100-Meter Freestyle Same pool – same champion – only one year later. At the....

David Popovici Rockets to 47.30 100 Free, Breaks Own World Junior Record, Fastest Time in the World The week of David Popovici continues at the European Junior Championships in Rome. Competing in the Foro Italico that hosted the 1994 and 2009 World Championships, the 16-year-old from Romania won the...

Olympic Swimming Top Races, No. 1: Pan Zhanle, David Popovici Lead Scintillating Showdown in 100 Freestyle The Olympic swimming competition will begin Saturday, July 27, with the best swimmers in the world competing for medals in 28 individual races and seven relays over nine days of competition. Be...

Ranking the Men's World Records From Softest to Most Challenging Our sport’s world-record book features 17 individual standards for long-course competition. Some of the marks are newer in age, such as the three-month-old 100-meter freestyle record of Romanian teenager David Popovici. Some are more m...

World Championships, Day Three Men's Finals: Kyle Chalmers Wins 100 Free In CR: WJR For Popovici Kyle Chalmers won his first short-course world title with a final 25 blast to take the 100 free in a championship record of 45.16 at the World Championships in Melbourne. Live results Day 3 Results David...

Paris Olympics, Day 3 Finals: David Popovici Claims Gold in 200 Freestyle with Last-Stroke Heroics The October 2021 edition of Swimming World featured an image of rising star David Popovici on the cover. His teeth clenched, the Romanian teenager splashed water at the end of a race, clearly pleased w...

The Favorites for Gold in the Men’s Events at the Tokyo Olympics After previously ranking the women’s events based on their favorite or favorites to win gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics in a week, it’s time to take a look at the 14 individual men’s events. Once again, there’s a wide range of event ...