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The first night of action at the Longhorn Elite Invite featured Michael Phelps making his final return to the pool in which he broke his first world record, as well as a showdown between Allison Schmitt and Missy Franklin in the 100 free. Phelps got a tight win in his first event of the evening, but...

International Women’s Day (IWD) To mark International Women’s Day, Swimming World is rolling out a series of features this Sunday, fresh and from the archive, to highlight the achievements and work of  pathfinders in swimming and raising issues that continue to have a massive impact on women in spor...

Lani Pallister Saves The Best Till Last With Her 15:39.14 – Becoming The Third Fastest Woman In History Over 1500m Lani Pallister has amazingly saved her best till last at the World Swimming Trials in Adelaide tonight, becoming the third fastest woman in history over 1500m freestyle. The 23-year-o.....

By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. In her first meet as a professional swimmer, Katie Ledecky stunned the world with remarkable swims and silenced a lot of her recent critics at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianpolis. She put up a new world record in the 1500 freestyle and strong worl...

Sharon van Rouwendaal turned in an impressive 1500-meter free during day two of the Romanian National Championships to move herself up to fourth in the world rankings for that event for 2015. Van Rouwendaal dominated the competition in the women's 1500-meter free, turning in a smoking 16:03.37 for f...

Special thanks to ArenaUSA for proudly sponsoring our coverage of the Arena Grand Prix circuit. For all of our coverage and more, please visit our event coverage page AUSTIN, Texas, January 18. IN a loaded finale, Katie Ledecky posted an in-season best by breaking 4:05 with a blazing time of 4:04.46...

Doha World 200 Fly Champion Laura Stephens Calls Time On Career Laura Stephens has called time on her career in which she was crowned world 200 fly champion in 2024 and visited the European and Commonwealth podiums. The 26-year-old won the title in Doha last year, clocking 2:07.35 ahead of Helena Ro...

Katie Ledecky continued her march towards immortality as the best distance freestyle swimmer of all time with another world-record smashing in the women's 1500-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Ledecky won the finale in 15:25.48 to earn her sixth career world title and break her preli...

PHOENIX - It was a big week for swimming headlines, with universities in the United States officially announcing their recruiting classes, a Japanese star making his ambitious intentions known and a documentary about two Olympians getting a world premiere. We bring you these headlines and more on th...

On Friday, the Danish Swimming Union, named 15 swimmers to the roster for the 2016 Olympics in August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pernille Blume, Sarah Bro, Lotte Friis, Julie Kepp Jensen, Mie Ø. Nielsen, Jeanette Ottesen and Rikke Møller Pedersen are the seven women on the team. Friis was the bronze...

If Lotte Friis had a theme song to describe her journey as an elite athlete in the past year, it would be “I’m Still Here.” The words at the end of the Stephen Sondheim-penned song might perfectly sum up the trials and tribulations the Dane faced in 2014 and 2015: I got through all of last year And ...

Denmark’s Lotte Friis will not be moving with Bob Bowman and Michael Phelps to Arizona in the year before the 2016 Olympics, saying she will remain with the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Friis told reporters at the FINA world championships that she has been training with Erik Posegay, NBAC’s new hea...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern A couple of weeks ago, one of my campers asked me if I thought Katie Ledecky would break the world record in the 1500 in Rio next year. "No," I said, and as only young children can do, she cocked her head to one side, looking puzzled and asked "Why?" I t...

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Maddy Gough Joins Short Course Record Rumble With The Fifth Fastest 1500m In History It was Maddy Gough’s turn to keep the records rolling in Brisbane today with the 21-year-old Queenslander from the Gold Coast demolishing her own Australian 1500m freestyle mark, clocking the fifth fastest time in h...

Commentary by Jeff Commings PHOENIX, Arizona, July 16. WHEN the nominees for the ESPY Awards, ESPN’s way of honoring the best sports athletes and moments of the past 17 months, I was shocked that swimming and other aquatic sports were not listed in the nominations. Judging by the reactions from the ...

AUSTIN - Allison Schmitt unleashed for the second night in a row.  A day after moving to fifth all time in the 500-yard free, she became just the second swimmer all time to clear 1:41 in the 200-yard free. Schmitt, who came into this meet ranked seventh all time with a 1:41.85 personal best from the...

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. WHILE the women's 400-meter freestyle had one of the most high-profile matchups set up this evening at the Arena G...

Italy's Simona Quadarella crushed the meet record in the women's 1500-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships. Quadarella won the event in a time of 16:05.61.  That swim demolished the 2011 meet record of 16:18.63 set by Slovenia's Tjasa Oder in Lima, Peru. The swim pushed Quadarella ...

AUSTIN, Texas, January 13. ALTHOUGH the swimming world got its hopes up with Ryan Lochte having confirmed entries in the Arena Grand Prix in Austin this weekend, it looks like it just turned out to be a tease. Lochte was slated to compete in the 100 and 200 free as well as the 100 fly and 200 back t...