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Australia vs. World Meet: Will Sprint King Cam McEvoy Rule World For Dolphins? The world’s fastest man Cam McEvoy will be right in his element in Brisbane tonight with the inclusion of a unique 3 x 25m freestyle sprint series when Australia hosts The World in an innovative Duel Meet in the 2032 Oly....

Eric the Eel: A Unique Tale of Hope and Struggle ... And Lifeguards on Alert The Olympic Games in Paris concluded, Swimming World takes a look back at the tale of Eric Moussambani, dubbed "Eric the Eel." The swimmer from Equatorial Guinea barely made it through his 100-meter freestyle at the 2000 Ga...

Flynn Southam Stakes A Claim For New Age Australian 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team For Paris Olympics The race for what could well be a new look Australian men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team for the Paris Olympics just started to get a whole lot hotter after 18-year-old Flynn Southam unleashed his 1:46....

Honoring the Greatest World Records In History; Michael Phelps Leads the Celebration The fastest of all-time. It’s a special title to hold, and only a tiny percentage of athletes can make the claim. To own the label of world-record holder elevates an individual to a status that cannot be argued. Whe...

On This Date: Jason Lezak And His Beijing Anchor For The Ages (Video) When Jason Lezak entered the water for the United States on the anchor leg of the United States’ 400 freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the race was seemingly over. On August 11, Lezak trailed Frenchman Alain Be...

A Look Back at Australia's Epic Olympic Relay Triumph of 2000 and an Air Guitar Concert Today marks the 25th anniversary of the start of the swimming competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The opening night was a celebratory affair for the host nation, capped by a victory in the 400-meter ...

By Giulia Filocca, Swimming World College Intern. The Super-Suit Era Crafted to enhance hydrodynamic performance, the sleek "rubber suit" truly revolutionized the sport of swimming as we know it: a cumulative total of 74 world records had been shattered after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, while 43 were...

Anytime an Olympic Games nears, discussion of Michael Phelps and his legendary status is part of the equation. He is, after all, the barometer for Olympic excellence. So, Swimming World is running this piece from the archive that identifies the greatest performances from Phelps' career. Phelps' long...

Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer John Konrads has been described as “Mr Unbeatable” as Australian swimming remembers one of its greatest ever champions, following his death on the Sunshine Coast yesterday. [caption id="attachment_470880" align="alignright" width="434"] WORLD RECORD SMILE: John Kon...

Celebrating Pride Month: Five LGBTQIA+ Aquatic Athletes As we are in the middle of Pride month, it is important to recognize and celebrate notable members who are a part of both the aquatic sports and LGBTQIA+ community on their accomplishments and pride in their identity. Sharing the stories of tho...

Australia's Rio Olympic Gold Medallist Mack Horton Calls Time On a Golden Career With One Regret ... 'Only that the Years Went So Quickly' Australia’s 2016 Rio Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton has today retired from swimming, in the same graceful, humble manner in which he swam, with the aplomb t....

Two of the stars of Australia’s Rio Olympic swimming campaign Mack Horton and Emma McKeon were front and centre in Sydney today when iconic aquatic brand Speedo unveiled its exclusive sports uniform range for this year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Speedo Olympic and Paralympic swim suit...

By Stephen J. Thomas Sydney, Australia - Ian Thorpe, Swimming World's Male Swimmer of the Year in 1998 and 1999, won the 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle over the three days of the New South Wales Open (Long Course) Championships at Homebush, January 19-21, which followed immediately after the F...

The Next Ian Thorpe or Kyle Chalmers? Aussie Flynn Southam a Surging Young Talent Bond University Swimming’s 16-year-old Flynn Southam has eclipsed the times swum by Olympic champions Kyle Chalmers and Ian Thorpe in an impressive record breaking weekend of racing at the Queensland State Short Course...

The Week That Was, Sponsored by Suitmate The Week That Was featured the dominance of Australian swimming. The Week That Was #1: Mollie O’Callaghan Named Australia’s Olympic Program Swimmer Of The Year At Glittering Awards Ceremony in Sydney [caption id="attachment_494174" align="aligncenter" width="...

Race Of the Century: When Two Stalwarts and a Rising Star Clashed For History (Video) The 200 freestyle had enough substance at the 2004 Olympics, thanks to a repeat clash between the Netherlands’ Pieter van den Hoogenband and Australia’s Ian Thorpe. But when Michael Phelps entered the fray, too, th...

Day 4 Winners: Men's 400m freestyle - Ian Thorpe of Australia (3:44.35) Men's 200m breaststroke - Simon Cowley of Australia (2:13.13) Men's 400m freestyle relay - Australia (3:17.83) Women's 100m breaststroke - Helen Denman of Australia (1:08.71) Women's 100m butterfly - Petria Thomas of Australia (...

OBITUARY: Australian Olympian Adam Lucas Pays A Special Tribute To His Celebrated Coach Grant Stoelwinder Australia’s 2004 Athens Olympic medley swimmer Adam Lucas summed up his coach Grant Stoelwinder perfectly when the Western Australian swimming community gave the coach they all called “Stolly” t...

11 Iconic Moments in World Championships History; Michael Phelps' Seven Golds in Melbourne Dazzled Since FINA introduced the World Championships in 1973, hundreds of athletes have been crowned as global titlists. Beyond capturing Olympic gold or setting a world record, earning a world championship i...

Mollie O'Callaghan Named Australia's Olympic Program Swimmer Of The Year At Glittering Awards Ceremony in Sydney Teenage sensation Mollie O’Callaghan has tonight beaten an all-star field to be crowned the Australian Olympic Swimmer of the Year at a glittering awards ceremony in Sydney tonight. A nig...