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Rising NSW Sprint Star Ollie Moclair Sinks A Cam McEvoy Record Twice In One Day Rising NSW sprint star Ollie Moclair has sunk another Cam McEvoy mark not once but twice in one day as he continues his climb up the Australian 50m freestyle ranks. Moclair, who flirted with the World Junior long cours.....

Remembering Frank Gailey, the Australian Who Won Four Medals for the U.S. at the 1904 Olympics Frank Gailey holds a special place in the annals of Australian and US Olympic swimming rivalry as the only Australian to swim for an American team and win four medals in St. Louis in 1904 – before the cen....

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 26. THE sprinters put on a show in day three prelims of the Commonwealth Games here in Glasgow. LIVE RESULTS Men's 200 fly This morning featured a handful of 1:57s and a few 1:58s to make it into the championship final of the 200 fly. Scotland's Cameron Brodie topped the fiel...

The Week That Was, Sponsored by Suitmate The Week That Was featured auctioning off Lochte's Olympic medals, reflecting on World Championship performances, announcing the CSCAA Names Scholar All-American Teams and more. The Week That Was #1: Six Ryan Lochte Olympic Medals Hit Auction Block [caption i...

James Magnussen Claims More Athletes will Join Enhanced Games for Financial Reasons In light of the announcement that the first edition of the Enhanced Games will take place next Memorial Day Weekend, Australian Olympic medalist James Magnussen – one of the faces of the new venture – indicated that ...

Commonwealth Games, Glasgow: Cam McEvoy Launches 50m Freestyle World Record Attack With Personal Best Training Time in German Camp The world’s fastest human Cam McEvoy is on track to launch another full-scale attack on his 50-meter freestyle world record when the 23rd Commonwealth Games kicks off n....

Olympic Silver Medallist Ben Proud Signs Up For Enhanced Games Olympic silver medalist Ben Proud will compete in the inaugural Enhanced Games next May as he retires from traditional competition to move into an event that allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs. The announcement comes wee...

It was a stormy start to the 2016 Victorian Open Championships with racing delayed due to lightning strikes this morning at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. Once the competition commenced, all eyes were on the men’s 100m freestyle as former world champion James Magnussen made his much antici...

Australian Swimming Golden Girl Petria Thomas Won’t Give Up On Her Fight For The Future Of The Commonwealth Games Knowing Australian swimming great Petria Thomas, she would have shed a tear or two when awoken by the news today that has rocked Australian sport – that the State of Victoria had withdr....

Imagine competing in swimming at an elite level and having an entirely legal advantage that could help you smash a world record. Thanks to the new Australian sports technology lab eo, there’s no need to daydream. With a combined 70-years experience in their respective industries, former SKINS boss J...

James Magnussen Discusses Participation in Controversial Enhanced Games on Social Kick Podcast At one time, James Magnussen was the premier 100-meter freestyle in the world. The Australian was the world champion in the event at the 2011 and 2013 editions of the World Championships, with a silver med...

Coverage of the 2015 Pan American Games is sponsored by Triton Wear. Visit Swimming World’s event landing page for results and more! Argentina's Federico Grabich held off hometown favorite Santo Condorelli of Canada for the men's 100-meter free title at the 2015 Pan American Games. Grabich threw dow...

Before the Pan American Games started last week in Toronto, the name Santo Condorelli didn’t register much of a blip on the global sprint freestyle radar. Those who follow American high school and college swimming were aware of his potential from his days at the Bolles School and now at the Universi...

This week saw no shortage of fast swimming, the stars converging at the 2018 Sette Colli Trophy in Rome and Australians gearing up for the Pan Pac Championship Trials Down Under. Read about all the fast swimming at those meets and the other biggest stories of the week in the week that was! The Week ...

By David Rieder The hype almost took the temporary roof off the Kazan Arena. The women's 200 free final had been ordained the race of the meet, as it would feature the defending champion, the woman who won the two world titles before that, the gold medalist in the 200 IM, the gold medalist in the 40...

By Eric Bugby, Swimming World Contributor The Coach We've all seen a lazy coach; reading USA Today, drinking a double tall soy latte, playing Bounce on an iPhone. And all during warmup. The swimmers drudgingly stroke back and forth.  No feedback.  No interruptions.  No coaching.  Then a sound is hea...

Pre-coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing. Each week leading up to the start of the swimming competition at the FINA world championships, Swimming World will offer medal predictions for the 42 events set to be contested in Kazan, Russia. Commentary by Jeff Commings, Swimmi...

Photo by Delly Carr Editorial coverage for the Pan Pacific Championships is proudly sponsored by Master Spas! For complete coverage of the Pan Pacific Championships, check out our event landing page. By David Rieder GOLD COAST, Australia, August 22. ALMOST any American would call Kevin Cordes the be...

Former World Champion and Olympic silver medallist James Magnussen has opened his summer of swimming with a win in the men’s 100m freestyle final at the Victorian Open Swimming Championships in a time of 49.35. After a nine month break from racing while he recovered from shoulder surgery, tonight wa...

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...