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For complete coverage of the Arena Grand Prix in Austin, including interviews, recaps and links to live results and stream, check out our event coverage page. AUSTIN, Texas, January 17. WITH 40 Olympics medals owned by finalists tonight at the Arena Grand Prix stop in Austin, there was no doubt that...

Aussie Trials, Night 4, Finals: King Kyle Chalmers Turns The Clock Back 11 Years To Celebrate A Decade Of Domination LIVE RESULTS Australian freestyle king Kyle Chalmers has turned back the clock 11 years in Sydney tonight – celebrating an unbeaten domestic record of more than a decade in swimming.....

PERTH - Emma McKeon led a strong Aussie attack with a double on day one of the BHP Aquatic Super Series as the hosts put on a show against Team USA, Japan and China.  Aussie sprinters also dominated with Cate Campbell and James Magnussen powering their way to wins. Medal Table [table] Team, Gold, Si...

With Olympic Trials underway around the world there was no shortage of world leading performances this week, but Australian Cameron McEvoy gave us one for the record books. Swimming at the Aussie Trials in Adelaide, McEvoy threw down a 47.04 to produce the fastest ever 100 freestyle in a textile sui...

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...

World Anti-Doping Agency Condemn ‘Dangerous, Irresponsible’ Enhanced Games The World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday issued a statement condemning the Enhanced Games as “dangerous and irresponsible.” From the organization’s statement: WADA condemns the Enhanced Games as a dangerous and irresponsible ...

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...

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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...

Aussie Rookies Ed Sommerville and Benjamin Goedemans Join Four World Champions For A Freestyling Fesast n Singapore Two rookies will join four world champions as Australia looks to stay in touch with the world in five of the most competitive men’s freestyle events ever swum in World Championship hi....

MELBOURNE, Australia, January 17. IN one of the more star-studded events taking place this weekend, James Magnussen popped a sizzling men's 100-meter free at the Victorian Open Championships on day one. The world champion posted a meet record of 47.73, just missing the time it took for him to win th...

Just three races in following shoulder surgery and a nine month break from competing, former world champion James Magnussen will leave the Victorian Open Championships with both the 50 and 100m freestyle titles to his name. The 24-year-old posted impressive early season times and will be able to tak...

PHOENIX - Last week we wanted know if you felt Sun Yang’s recent doping suspension makes you question his world record and gold medal performances from the 2012 London Olympics Games. You guys weighed in and it was almost a landslide. Note: YouTube Measures Views Only For Episodes Watched On YouTube...

By Eric Bugby, Swimming World Contributor “Numbers never lie.” It’s a sports idiom. Like all sayings, they become overused, cliché, and eventually “miss the mark.” But this one “goes the distance.” Sorry. But numbers are important enough for ESPN to create a show outlining how they can shape the fut...

The Australian Olympic Committee and Swimming Australia has been rocked by a positive drug test to champion breaststroker Brenton Rickard, back-dated to the 2012 London Olympics. The test threatens to strip six Australian swimmers of their medals for the first time in history and comes at the same G...

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...

By Jeff Commings, Swimming World Senior Writer Fifteen years ago today, one of the most intense races in the history of Olympic swimming took place in the Sydney Aquatic Center in Australia to end the first finals session of the 2000 Olympic swim meet. With about 18,000 screaming Australians in atte...

James Magnussen's shoulder injury is so severe that it will require surgery, and means the 24-year-old will not defend his 100 freestyle title at the world championships. Magnussen has withdrawn from a Grand Prix meet in Australia because he experienced extreme pain when swimming at a high intensity...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. Every year in either late May or early June for the past half-century, the George F. Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara, Calif., has been a destination for many of the world's best swimmers. Yes, for 50 years. Nowadays, many of the specific meets that com...