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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, ...

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...

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...

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...

ANTWERP, Belgium, January 26. FRAN Halsall led another strong day for Great Britain at the Speedo Flanders Cup with a sprint double by way of the 50 free and 50 fly on the final day of a two-night swimming extravaganza. Great Britain opened where it left off yesterday when it dominated the podium on...

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...

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...

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 28. WHAT an amazing week of news in and out of the pool we just had. We’re in the throes of the championship phase of the long course summer season, with the Commonwealth Games kicking off the first of four major international meets we’ll be covering between now and mid-Septem...

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 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...

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 ...

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 14. JAZZ Carlin appears to have put a disappointing summer at the world championships behind her with a personal best in the 800 freestyle tonight at the British long course nationals, vaulting her to the top of the world rankings. Carlin posted an 8:18.36 to lower her best ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...