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On Path to LA28, an Event-By-Event Look at the Leading 18-and-Under Swimmers (Women's Edition) The impending 2026 season will offer a handful of international competitions, but none where the best in the sport gather in a one location. Instead, it will be a year of comparisons from results recorded ...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here In this issue of Swimming World, read about the new era of young talent from around the world that have been powering the sport, including Summer Mc...

World Championships, Day 8 Finals: Summer McIntosh Achieves Fourth Gold Medal, Championship Record in Dominant 400 IM The 800 freestyle final marked the first and only time this week that Summer McIntosh was not utterly dominant. After racing neck-and-neck with Katie Ledecky and Lani Pallister for 1...

Rising Stars of Swimming in 2025: 5 Women Who Broke Through This Summer The year after a Summer Olympics brings chances for younger and less accomplished swimmers to step into the limelight at championship-level events, particularly as veterans step back from the sport to consider their future. The ...

Junior Pan Pacs - Day 4 Finals: Maximus Williamson Crushes NAG Record (15-16) in 200 IM The Junior Pan Pacific Championships have featured several National Age Group records over the past few days in the 15-16 classification. There were marks from Thomas Heilman in the 100-meter freestyle and 100 bu...

Taikan Tanaka Sets Japanese Record in 50 Butterfly; Mizuki Hirai Claims 100 Fly Title at Japan Swim The first day of the Japan Swim, which is serving as a selection meet for this summer's World Championships in Singapore, opened with a national record in the men's 50-meter butterfly. Taikan Tanaka p...

World Championships Preview — Women's IM: The Astounding Summer McIntosh Hits World-Beating Speed Seven years after Katinka Hosszu swam a time of 4:26.36 in the 400 IM at the 2016 Olympics, shattering the already-stunning world record by two seconds, Summer McIntosh finally knocked off that mark. Sh...

World Junior Championships - Day Four Finals: Ksawery Masiuk Among Five Swimmers Earning Second Gold Medal For the second consecutive sprint backstroke race at the FINA World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru, Poland's Ksawery Masiuk is a gold medalist. The Polish teenager who won a bronze medal in...

The Rising International Stars to Watch on Road to LA28 (Women's Edition) The early stages of each quad provide an opportunity to look ahead, particularly at a handful of athletes who might have an impact at the next Olympic Games. Although several veterans will maintain a presence on the internatio...

World Championships, Day 8: 400 IM Favorites Line Up Behind Jenna Forrester For all the pre-race favorites in the 400 IM, the final will be ostensibly chasing Jenna Forrester, in a World Aquatics Championships where everything has come up aces for the Aussies. Forrester went 4:35.88, winning a fast ...

Rikako Ikee Snares Fourth Title of Japanese Championships; Mio Narita An Emerging Star in Medley Events The Japanese Championships came to a close on Sunday, and Rikako Ikee put the exclamation point on the competition with her fourth victory. Following up earlier triumphs in the 100 freestyle, 50 b...

Mio Narita and Mizuki Hirai Looking to Spark Japan from Recent Struggles It’s been a rough stretch in international waters for the Japanese women. Not since the 2020 Olympic Games, held on home soil in Tokyo, has a female athlete from Japan appeared on a podium at a global championship meet. The 202...

World Championships: Rikako Ikee to Make Inspiring Return to Individual Racing Four years ago, the last time the World Championships were held in their typical late July slot, the medalists in the women's 100 butterfly stepped onto the podium with a touching message. The medalists, Canada's Maggie M...

FINA World Junior Championships: Ksawery Masiuk, Pieter Coetze Set for Another Showdown Just eight-hundredths of a second separated Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk and Pieter Coetze of South Africa in the 100 backstroke at the FINA World Junior Championships this week. The 50 backstroke is shaping up to be ...

Kosuke Hagino Points To Wang Shun's 200IM Odyssey To 1:54 As Highlight Of Asian Games Four-time Olympic medallist Kosuke Hagino singled out Wang Shun’s journey to 1:54 in the 200IM as his personal highlight at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Wang elevated himself to third all-time when he went 1...

Rikako Ikee Leads 40-Strong Japanese Team for Fukuoka World Championships Rikako Ikee is set to return to the World Aquatics Championships for the first time in six years after her performances at the recent Japanese trials. The Japan Swimming Federation on Monday released a roster of 40 swimmers fo...

Paris Practice For Los Angeles? Teenagers Who Could Emerge as Stars Three years before they emerged as the top swimmers of the Paris Olympics, Leon Marchand and Summer McIntosh each got a taste of the sport’s highest level, collecting some valuable international experience that they would quickly pa...

Junior Pan Pacs - Day 4 Prelims: Maximus Williamson Seeking Gold in 200 IM The final session of prelims at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships saw 15-year-old American Maxiumus Williamson lock down the top seed for the final of the 200-meter individual medley. Williamson put together a performance ...