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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...

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 ...

MARSEILLES, France, March 8. A day after Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia owned the spotlight at the Mediterranean Open in Marseilles, France, Great Britain's Fran Halsall stole a bit of that thunder with a scintillating sprint double this evening. Halsall put on a show in the women's 100-meter fly to...

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...

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...

Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing Commentary by Jeff Commings, Swimming World Senior Writer Though it’s an island nation, Great Britain has never done very well in swimming at the Olympic Games. Sure, the Brits have celebrated a few gold medals in the 120 years since t...

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, 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...

Each day through August 17, Swimming World’s Jeff Commings and David Rieder will offer medal predictions in the 19 swimming events on tap at the European Championships, which begins August 18 in Berlin, Germany. We invite you to offer your picks in our Reaction Time comments section below! Commentar...

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 13. SIOBHAN Marie-O’Connor is making a name for herself at the British long course nationals, and she put on a show today in the 200 IM final to highlight tonight’s competition. O’Connor, previously known as a top British breaststroker, is branching off into different events...

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...

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...

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...

Photo courtesy British Swimming Each day through August 17, Swimming World’s Jeff Commings and David Rieder will offer medal predictions in the 19 swimming events on tap at the European Championships, which begins August 18 in Berlin, Germany. We invite you to offer your picks in our comments sectio...

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....

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, ...

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,...

By Emily Sampl BOULDER, Colorado, June 12. A bevy of big-time national and international events are on the slate for the coming days, including USA Swimming’s Open Water National Championships, the Canet and Barcelona stops of the Mare Nostrum tour and the Sette Colli meet in Italy. Here are this we...

BARCELONA, Spain, June 13. THE third and final meet of the 2014 Mare Nostrum series begins tomorrow in Barcelona, and it's shaping up to be just as exciting as the first two meets in Monaco and Canet as many of the top swimmers from both those meets will be in Spain to close out the series. Psych Sh...

LONDON - Five Commonwealth Games champions are in the running for the first-ever British Swimming Athlete of the Year award, which will honor the swimmer who had the most successful year in the pool -- not an easy feat in a year that saw British athletes clean up at the European championships and Co...