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Two-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...

Photo 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....

THE first morning of prelims at the Commonwealth Games served notice that the swimmers assembled plan on making a huge dent in the world rankings. By the end of the day, six meet record times had gone up on the board heading into finals. Women's 400 IM Scotland's Hannah Miley, who already stands thi...

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. Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing By Jeff Commings, Swimming World Senior ...

Jazmin 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...

Photo 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...

MARSEILLES, 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 ...

ANTWERP, 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...

Photo 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...

Day 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...

Photo 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....

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...

CANET, 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...

GLASGOW, 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 ...

ANTWERP, 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...

Katie Ledecky opened the 2015 IU visitbloomington.com Bucceto Open with a sizzling 8:16.40 in the women's 800-meter free, putting her only 5.19 seconds off her world best of 8:11.21 for the 2015 season. Only she has posted a time faster than this this season with Jessica Ashwood ranked second in the...

ANTWERP - 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. ...

By David Rieder DURHAM − If nothing else, the turning of the calendar to 2015 means one thing: we made it. We survived yet another year awkwardly stuck in the middle of the quadrennial where there's no chance for the best swimmers in the world to test themselves in one long course venue. But this ye...

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 21. THOSE predictions that Jeff Commings and I spent t...

The 2017 British Swimming Championships are underway, taking place at the Ponds Forge International Sports Center from April 18-April 23. The event will determine who will claim the World Championships roster spots for the upcoming games in Budapest. Prelims sessions begin at 5:00 am, EST while fina...