Read moreTwo-Time Olympic Champion Sharon van Rouwendaal Brings Curtain Down On Historic Career05 September 2025Two-Time Olympic Champion Sharon van Rouwendaal Brings Curtain Down On Historic Career Sharon van Rouwendaal has announced her retirement after a career in which she became the most successful open water swimmer in Olympic history while claiming medals in the world and European long and short-course...
Read moreUSA Swimming Senior Nationals Results: Katie Ledecky With Easy-Speed Win in 800 Free06 August 2014Photo by Azaria Basile Editorial coverage for U.S. Senior Nationals proudly sponsored by Master Spas! IRVINE, California, August 6. Out under world-record pace at the 400-meter mark, world-record holder Katie Ledecky of NCAP started shutting it down as she held almost a double-digit lead at the 400....
Read moreStacked Fields In Store For 400 Free Finals At European Championships (Medal Predictions)12 August 2014Each 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...
Read moreKatie Ledecky A Dominant Force During First Night of Pan Pacs21 August 2014Photo 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 21. THOSE predictions that Jeff Commings and I spent t...
Read more1Jazmin Carlin Punches Ticket To Rio Olympics With 4th-Best 400 Free This Year16 April 2016Jazmin Carlin, who missed the British Olympic qualifying time with a win in the 800 free earlier this week, clinched her spot on the roster with a winning time of 4:04.33 in the women's 400-meter free at the 2016 British Nationals. Carlin's 4:04.33 moved her up to fourth in the world, and cleared th...
Read moreUSA Swimming Senior Nationals: California Dominates Night One at Seniors06 August 2014Photo by David Farr Editorial coverage for U.S. Senior Nationals proudly sponsored by Master Spas! IRVINE, California, August 6. California had a monster day at the office tonight with three titles out of the six individual events on offer. On top of a 100 free sweep by way of Nathan Adrian and Mis...
Read moreAnother World-Ranked Double From Britain's Fran Halsall to Close Mediterranean Open09 March 2014MARSEILLES, France, March 9. A day after torching the pool, Britain's Fran Halsall was back at it again at the Mediterranean Open in Marseilles. Halsall opened up the night with a 26.12 to win the women's 50-meter fly. That effort moved her from fourth in the world with a 26.25 to move to second in ...
Read moreFran Halsall Claims Sprint Double at Speedo Flanders Cup26 January 2014ANTWERP, 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...
Read moreKatinka Hosszu, Adam Peaty Sizzle at Flanders Speedo Cup25 January 2015ANTWERP - The second, and final, day of the Flanders Speedo cup featured a double from the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu as well as a blistering breaststroke from Adam Peaty. Hosszu, after a six-medal day yesterday, grabbed her second win of the two-day meet with a 1:57.19 in the women's 200-meter free. ...
Read moreGreat Britain Sending 12 To Short Course World Championships01 October 2014Photo 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...
Read more5World Championships Predictions: Katie Ledecky Gold, Sun Yang Passes Test For Historical Sweeps19 June 2015Each 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. Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing By Jeff Commings, Swimming World Senior ...
Read moreBen Proud Races to Third-Ranked 50 Free at 2017 British Swimming Championships22 April 2017Day five of the 2017 British Swimming Championships are now complete, and some familiar faces will be looking to make the World Championships team in tonight's final. Siobhan Marie O'Connor and Max Litchfield will race the 200 IM while Ben Proud will look to take over the World Rankings in the 50 fr...
Read moreXu Jiayu Sweeps Backstroke With Blistering Meet Mark in China16 May 2014QINGDAO, China, May 16. XU Jiayu is the newest rising star in Chinese swimming after sweeping the backstroke titles at the Chinese Nationals this week in Qingdao. After already claiming the 50 and 100 backstroke titles in record times, he did it again with a blazing time of 1:55.11 to win the men's ...
Read moreRace Video: Katie Ledecky Cruises to 800 Free Win06 August 2014Photo by Peter H. Bick Editorial coverage for U.S. Senior Nationals proudly sponsored by Master Spas! IRVINE, California, August 6. Out under world-record pace at the 400-meter mark, world-record holder Katie Ledecky of NCAP started shutting it down as she held almost a double-digit lead at the 400....
Read moreCommonwealth Games Swimming Medal Predictions: No Surprises Expected At Top Of 800-1500 Free Podiums10 July 2014Each 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...
Read moreJazz Carlin Snares 2nd in World in 400 Free in Britain15 April 2015Jazz Carlin blasted her way to second in the world in the women's 400-meter free during day two of the British Swimming Championships today. Carlin was predicted to win multiple medals at the 2013 world championships after superb swims at that year’s British nationals. Carlin didn’t win any medals i...
Read moreFran Halsall Sizzles at Mediterranean Open With Strong Double08 March 2014MARSEILLES, France, March 8. A day after Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia owned the spotlight at the Mediterranean Open in Marseilles, France, Great Britain's Fran Halsall stole a bit of that thunder with a scintillating sprint double this evening. Halsall put on a show in the women's 100-meter fly to...
Read morePsych Sheets For Canet Stop of Mare Nostrum Circuit Released09 June 2014CANET, France, June 9. THE second stop of the Mare Nostrum series, set for Wednesday and Thursday in Canet, will feature several top swimmers from Great Britain and France, while the Americans who raced in Monte Carlo last weekend return for more racing. CLICK HERE TO VIEW PSYCH SHEETS After just be...
Read moreWorld Leader From Jazz Carlin in 800, British Record in 100 Breast for Sophie Taylor Spark Day Five in Glasgow14 April 2014GLASGOW, 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 ...
Read moreGreat Britain Dominates Day One of Speedo Flanders Cup25 January 2014ANTWERP, Belgium, January 25. WITH British Swimming electing to send a full team to the Speedo Flanders Cup, not many other international representatives had a chance to collect podium spots this evening as the Brits ran roughshod through the competition. The meet kicked off with Great Britain's Jaz...