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Ranking the Best Men’s Swimmers in the World From 1-25 Looking ahead to yet another Olympic year and putting 2020 in the rearview mirror, Swimming World decided to compile a list of the 25 best swimmers in the world leading into 2021. There was a lot of fast swimming in the first three months of 202...

Swimming Siblings: When Two (or More) Members of One Family Achieved International Success When a child dives into summer league or club swimming for the first time, he or she often has familiar company with a sibling: a few years older, a few years younger or even a twin. When a swimmer reaches eli...

Dates Announced For 2026 European Championships In Paris The 2026 European Championships will run from 31 July to 16 August with the pool programme taking place in the latter half of the event in Paris. Artistic swimming and diving will both start on 31 July and conclude on 5 and 6 August respective...

The Art of Bouncing Back: Comeback Tales That Proved Fruitful World-class swimmers typically discuss leaving the sport based on their love for the grind, their current athletic prowess, and if another major competition is worth pursuing. This decision to retire, for the vast majority, is final. A ca...

Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of January 6-12, 2020   Sunday, January 12 Tokyo 2020 Golden Shot Mats...

As the 2020 ISL season came to a close over the weekend, and all the swimmers packed their bags to head home after six weeks on Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary, we have reflected on what was a successful season of racing where no COVID cases were reported from the "bubble" and eight world recor...

Paris Olympics, Day 7 Finals: Cam McEvoy Wins 50 Free Ahead Of Ben Proud & Florent Manaudou Cam McEvoy won the 50 free at his fourth Olympic Games, as he led home the three oldest men in the field at La Defense Arena. McEvoy clocked 21.25 to become the first Australian to make the dash podium ahead ...

Over the coming three days, the Swimming World writing team will bring you its collated thoughts on the first season of the International Swimming League. The exercise takes a look at what we perceive as pros, cons (Pro et contra - for and against) and solutions that we recommend the League takes in...

Happy 40th Anthony Ervin! Revisiting the Sprint Legend's Epic Rio Gold Sprint legend Anthony Ervin turns 40 today, a Hall of Fame nod in his future. On the heels of Phil Mickelson becoming the oldest major champion in golf history, thanks to his triumph at the PGA Championship at the age of 50, we t...

If Swimming Added New Events to the Olympic Lineup, What Could They Be? The women's 1500 freestyle, men's 800 free and the mixed medley relay made their debuts at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, bringing the total number of events in the pool to 35. Previously, the last time an event was added to the O....

Paris To Host 2026 European Aquatics Championships Paris will host the 2026 European Aquatics Championships, two years after the French capital stages the Olympic Games. The Olympic Aquatics Centre (OAC) will stage the swimming, diving and artistic swimming with the open water set to take place in t...

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...

Adam Peaty Relishing The Chance To Blaze A Pioneering Trail Once More At LA 2028 For Adam Peaty, the prospect of once again making history is part of the allure of LA 2028 following the addition of the 50m breaststroke. The 30-year-old has three gold and as many silver medals across three Olympics a...

Brazil's Bruno Fratus swam one of the fastest times in the world in the 50 free on Friday at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome with a 21.42. Fratus originally had the fastest time in the world for 2019 with his 21.31 from Monaco. He swam just a tick slower than that as he is one of the favorites to win...

CHARTRES, France, April 8. THE long course French nationals kicked off in earnest today, adding several swimmers to the team that will compete at this summer’s European championships. Yannick Agnel looked in control in the men’s 400 free final, turning three seconds ahead of the field at the 300-met...

Marie Wattel, David Aubry & Anastasia Kirpichnikova Book Tickets For A Home Games On Day One Of Trials Marie Wattel, David Aubry and Anastasia Kirpichnikova all booked their places at a home Games on the first day of the French trials in Chartres. The meet runs from 16-21 June with the likes of Leon...

This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Florent Manaudou, who had an impressive showing in the 50 freestyle skins at the first International Swimming League meet in Indianapolis. Manaudou announced his comeback to swimming earlier this year after he initially stepped away from the sport af...

World Championships, Day Four Prelims: Kate Douglass Dominates 200 Breast Prelims, Looking for Fourth Gold In a short prelims session on the fourth day of the Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, the only women's events on the program were the 200 breaststroke and 50 freestyle, ...

Florent Manaudou Fires Off 48.12 In 100 Free Prelims In Rennes; Fourth-Fastest Of Career Florent Manaudou went 48.12 for the fourth-fastest 100 free of his career and his swiftest in over seven years in day three prelims of the French Championships in Rennes. Rennes Preview Leon Marchand Goes Fourth...

Post Olympics Rankings: Swimming World’s Top 25 Male Swimmers The title of the top female swimmer in the world has shifted on several occasions this year. Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown have all been considered for that spot throughout the past several months, but at the Olympics, ...