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Olympics: After Historic Start in Tokyo Pool, Great Britain Destined for 800 Free Relay Gold Off the final turn in the men’s 200 freestyle final, Great Britain’s Tom Dean and Duncan Scott asserted themselves, getting past early leader Hwang Sun-Woo of South Korea and beginning to pull away. The only...

Evgeniia Chikunova of Russia broke the world junior record in the 200 breast in short course meters on Saturday at the Salnikov Cup in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Chikunova swam a 2:17.71 to break her won world junior record that she set last month at 2:18.59. She won ahead of sister Daria (2:20.75) a...

The International Swimming League semifinals get underway Saturday with ISL Semifinal 1 from the Budapest bubble. Reigning champion Energy Standard is out to defend its title, but it faces stiff competition. The London Roar are rested up after the regular season, while the Day 2 strength of Tokyo Fr...

The Russian Swimming Federation announced their team of 37 swimmers to represent them at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The team is highlighted by Anton Chupkov, Yulia Efimova and Evgeny Rylov, who all won gold medals at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. Russi...

Russian Short-Course Championships came to a close in Kazan today with a hint of the potential of 15-year-old Eugenia Chikunova, who took the 200m breaststroke in 2:18.59 ahead of a rival nine years her senior, Maria Temnikova, on 2:19.73. Chikonova had entered the race with a best of 2:26.17 from a...

Cate Campbell of Australia remained the queen of consistency on Friday at the FINA World Cup in Kazan as she swam a 24.08 in the 50 free to win yet another title on her European tour this fall. Campbell has been extremely busy this month as she began her trek in Budapest on October 4 at the World Cu...

The Brazilian team of Luiz Altamir Melo, Fernando Scheffer, Leonardo Coelho Santos and Brent Correia set a new World Record time in the 4 x 200 free relay at the 2018 Short Course Worlds. Their 6:46.81 broke Russia's World record from 2010 and was led by Scheffer and Correia with their 1:40.99 and 1...