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European Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Krzysztof Chmielewski & Kristof Milak Go 1:55 In 200 Fly Kristof Milak got his 200 fly title defence under way at the European Aquatics Championships as he returned to the pool the morning after leading a Hungarian 1-2 in the 100m event. The 24-year-old is seek...

By Andrew Ross, Swimming World College Intern I've always wondered what and how swimmers would be rated if there was a swimming video game. ESPN has been doing NBA rankings the last four years where they rate all the players on a scale of 1-10 and rank their score to get an accurate depiction of who...

By Dylan Evangelista, Swimming World College Intern Since her first Olympic berth back in 2012, it's an understatement to say that Katie Ledecky has made her mark on the sport of competitive swimming. At this year's FINA World Championships in Budapest, it is no surprise that Ledecky was the first m...

By David Rieder. It was to be a showdown between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, the last time the two titans would ever go head-to-head before Phelps entered his second retirement. And on top of that it was to be their one chance to clash with the world’s next great IMer, Kosuke Hagino, who already...

By David Rieder Few athletes can channel motivation the way Michael Phelps can. Many have tried using trash talk to get into Phelps' head over the years, most notably Milorad Cavic prior to going head-to-head with Phelps in the 100 fly at both the 2008 Olympics and 2009 World Championships. Both tim...

LUXEMBOURG - Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos and Spain's Mireia Belmonte opened up their 2015 campaigns with wins during day one of the Luxembourg Euro Meet. The meet started off with a bit of an upset as Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos upended Spain's Mireia Belmonte in the women's 400-meter IM. Belmonte h...

Passing the Torch: Swimming Has Been Defined by Inspirational Legacies Over the course of the 21st century, we have seen countless stories of legendary swimmers inspiring around the world as they have established themselves among the greatest in history. With that in mind, let's take a look at some ...

By David Rieder. Chad Le Clos was 20 years old and in his first Olympic Games, his second Olympic final, when he took down a legend. That time, there were no tears, only joy. Michael Phelps was bidding for a then-unprecedented third straight Olympic gold in the men’s 200 fly, but Le Clos, with a mon...

DEBRECEN, Hungary, July 18. FOR the first time all week at the Hungarian Open National Championships, the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu wasn't the top headline coming out of Debrecen. The men's 200-meter fly featured an incredible battle. In one of the fastest races of the meet this week, Tamas Kenderesi...

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 15. RYAN Lochte and Kathleen Baker continued to roll Saturday night in Charlotte, as both swimmers picked up wins during the third night of racing at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center. After setting a new sectional record in the women’s 200 fly this morning with a 1:54....

Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Miron Lifintsev Edges Hubert Kos To Take 100 Back Title In WJR Miron Lifintsev edged Hubert Kos by 0.03 to claim the 100 back title in a WJR of 48.76 at the short-course worlds in Budapest. Kos excelled through the rounds and went within 0.7 of the WR in the semis in 49....

By David Rieder. For all of the different events Michael Phelps has raced—and won—over the years, one of them always meant more than any other: the one in which he made his first Olympic team and Olympic final, the one in which he broke his first world record, the one in which he won his first World...

With the 2016 European Championships underway in London this week, there was a great opportunity for European stars to make some statement swims as we head into this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio. Hungarian star Laszlo Cseh did just that, taking the opportunity to post world leading times in the 100...

In the last session in Netanya, Laszlo Cseh took down the European and championship records by nearly half a second in the 200 butterfly final. He was the only one in the final to break the 1:50 barrier. With a time of 1:49.00 Cseh now has the fastest time in the 200 fly SCM in the world. Finals sta...

The Eindhoven stop of the 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup featured record-setting performances throughout all days of competition. The short course meters format allowed for two meet and one World Junior Record on day three. Daiya Seto made the first mark in the men's 400 IM, narrowly breaking his own ...

Peter Bernek claimed a world best in the men's 800-meter free during day one of the Eindhoven Swim Cup. Bernek moved to the top of the world rankings in the men's 800-meter free with a meet-record time of 7:50.42.  Pal Joensen had the previous top time with a 7:52.82 from the Danish Open earlier thi...

Worlds: How Hubert Kos Went from 2:03 to Gold in Men's 200 Back The 200 backstroke had become something of a forgotten event for Hubert Kos. The Hungarian had shown early promise in the event, even if a 2:02.58 at age 16 at the 2019 World Junior Championships didn’t exactly portend greatness. In the...

5 Quotes From Swim Greats to Keep You Motivated and Positive Sometimes, it only takes a few words to find motivation or turn a down moment around. Here are some quotes stated by some of the best swimmers in the world during past interviews or given through social media. Some might be simple and clic...

Guide To International Swimming League Indianapolis will stage the first round of the new International Swimming League (ISL) this weekend. As ISL put it in a press release today: "Over 100 Olympians are represented by the ISL, including 41 Olympic gold medals from the 2016 Olympic Games" (see full ...

By David Rieder. For a few years early in his career, the 200 IM was the event that Michael Phelps dominated more than any other. At the 2003 World Championships, Phelps defeated second-place finisher Ian Thorpe—one of the greatest swimmers of all-time in his own right—for the gold by more than thre...