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MANCHESTER, England, June 25. BRITISH swimmers are gathering in Manchester this week for a final racing tuneup before the Commonwealth Games, and dominated the medal podium today in the first morning finals session of the British Gas Long Course International. Though the meet is open to foreigners, ...

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 11. ROBERTO Pavoni had the crowd behind him as he chased his English national record in the 400 IM on the second day of competition at the British long course nationals, while Liam Tancock was in danger of not being able to defend his Commonwealth backstroke titles. The meet...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 21. ENGLAND's best swimmers will be taking to the pool on Thursday as they begin their bid for medal glory at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Team England will be wearing carbon flex suits from Arena, official aquatics wear supplier to Team England at the Co...

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 12. ROSS Murdoch chased the British record in the 100 breast, while Fran Halsall celebrated her 22nd birthday with a 50 free win. Murdoch, a week after a great meet at the Scottish nationals, just missed the British record in the men's 100 breast, but put him in the Commonwe...

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...

Photo by Delly Carr MELBOURNE, Australia, August 25. SHORTLY after a dominating performance in the sprint freestyles at the Pan Pacific championships that included tying the fastest swim in a textile suit in the 50 free, Cate Campbell announced that she will be undergoing shoulder surgery in a week....

LONDON, England, May 7. ENGLAND'S team of 39 athletes named today for the Commonwealth Games is one of its strongest ever, with a talented group that could challenge Australia for the most medals in Glasglow, Scotland. Among those on the list is Liam Tancock, who won the 50 and 100 backstrokes at th...

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 ...

Photo by Andrew Fielding-USA TODAY Sports EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, August 7. AMONGST an electric atmosphere at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Russia's Olesya Vladykina and Great Britain's Claire Cashmore finished in a dead heat to claim joint gold in t...

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...

Matt Bowe has joined the California men’s swimming & diving staff as an assistant coach, head coach David Durden announced Tuesday. Bowe arrives in Bear Territory following five years spent at Ohio State, where he helped lead the Buckeye men and women to five combined top-10 finishes at the NCAA Ch....

Photo Courtesy: Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre TORONTO, Canada, October 10. Canada’s largest city finally has a world-class pool that will be home to everything from international championships to development programs for the next generation of aquatic athletes. Swimming Canada’s High Performance Cent...

By Taylor Brien Cate Campbell, 24, is the favorite for Olympic gold in both the 50 free and 100 free in Rio. Not only does she come into Rio with a one-month-old world record in the 100, but she also has the fastest time in the world this year in the 50 at 23.84. However, the gold medal in the 50 wo...

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor was the only swimmer to beat British Swimming’s tough world championship qualifying standards today at the British nationals, dipping under 2:10 to win the 200 individual medley. O’Connor, who upset multiple national champion Fran Halsall in the 100 free on Tuesday, was not ch...

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...

BARCELONA, Spain, June 14. THERE must be something in the water at the Piscina Pere Serrat, given that several swimmers just made some major gains on the No. 1 world standings on the first day of swimming in Barcelona, the final stop on the Mare Nostrum circuit. Nathan Adrian has never been under 48...

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse LONDON, England, October 1. GREAT Britain has had moderate success at the past two short course world championships, winning seven medals across the 2010 and 2012 events. Back in 2008 when Great Britain hosted the short course worlds four months before t...

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...

Great Britain took down the world record in the mixed 400 medley relay at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Great Britain's Chris Walker-Hebborn (52.94), Adam Peaty (57.98), Siobhan Marie O'Connor (57.02) and Fran Halsall (53.77) put together a time of 3:41.71 for the top time.  That swim broke the...

By Jeff Commings PHOENIX, Arizona, June 4. IN 50 days, the best swimmers from countries formerly a part of the British Commonwealth will begin racing at the Commonwealth Games. Some of the fastest times in the world will come from this meet that includes the top Australian, English, Welsh, Scottish,...