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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...

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...

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...

IOC Withdraws Doping Case Against Australia's Brenton Rickard Who Is Left Holding A $50,000 Bill To Clear Name Nightmare doping charges that emerged some eight years after the London Olympics against Australian triple Olympic swimming medalist Brenton Rickard have today been withdrawn by the Interna...

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.....

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....

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 ...

MOSCOW, Russia, May 15. ALTHOUGH Daria Ustinova still kept on earning kudos as the new 15-year-old darling of Russia swimming, Veronika Popova captured the headline at Russian Nationals with her new national record. Popova popped a Russian record in the women's 200-meter free semifinals with a 1:56....

Great Photos from Australian Swimmer of the Year Awards night.  Check out all the stars that came to the event. [caption id="attachment_403699" align="alignnone" width="700"] TROPHY TIME: Paralympic Head Swim Coach Brendan Burkett with Paralympic Program Coach Of the Year Harley Connolly. Photo Cour...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, January 18. A day after James Magnussen threw down the gauntlet with a 47.7 in the men's 100-meter free at the Victorian Open Championships, Madelina Groves put up a world-class time in the women's 100-meter fly. Groves dominated the women's 100 fly with a 57.43, downing the Vi...

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...

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...

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...

Brent Hayden comeback ambitions: Olympic medal - and the ISL When Brent Hayden was welcomed back to the sport of swimming by media members on Wednesday, he smiled and said: "I did not think that would ever happen." Hayden, who just turned 36 on Monday, had been retired for seven years. He seemed to ...

SYDNEY - After weeks of speculation, world champion swimmer James Magnussen has announced the names of the coaches who will guide him through the next 20 months to the Rio Olympics: Mitch and Lach Falvey. Magnussen had parted ways with longtime coach Brant Best this summer, and while he was undergoi...

James Magnussen Hails “Profoundly Positive Effect” of Missing Out On Gold Australian sprinter James Magnussen entered the 2012 Olympics as the favorite for gold in the men’s 100 freestyle. The missed the top step on the podium by .01 seconds, thank to the swim of Nathan Adrian’s life. With nine year...

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...

BRISBANE, Australia, April 5. IN the most impressive night of the meet thus far, Christian Sprenger headlined night five of the Australian Nationals and Commonwealth Games with a textile best in the 50 breast. FINALS St. Pete's Mitchell Larkin started the night off with a bang as he popped a Commonw...

NARBONNE, France, September 16. IT’S been a tough 24 hours for some of the best swimming coaches in the world, with James Magnussen and Yannick Agnel leaving Brant Best and Bob Bowman, respectively, in Australia and the United States. Another world champion has announced a major move, with Federica ...