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Adam Peaty was taken aback by his own performance as he flew straight to the top of the 50m breaststroke world rankings with a time of 26.83 at the McCullagh International in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Peaty, who became the first man to win the 50-100m breaststroke double for the third time at the 20...

Mel Marshall Heads To Australia After Guiding Adam Peaty To Olympic Gold & Uncharted Territory Mel Marshall – who has blazed a pioneering trail with Adam Peaty to the top of the Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth podiums – will leave Aquatics GB to take up a high-performance role with Swimmin...

The Soak - Swim News In Brief Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of January 10-February 16, 2020 Sunday, ...

Adam Peaty treated the crowd at the Aurora Aquatic and Leisure Centre to a performance only he and 2012 champion Cameron van der Burgh have bettered in Olympic waters as he won the McCullagh International title in 58.78. Out in 27.42 and back in 31.36, the Olympic champion cut 0.02secs from the time...

The first night of the 2017 British Swimming Championships went underway from Sheffield as one British record went down and six other swimmers were inside qualification times for the World Championships. Adam Peaty swam the fastest 100 breaststroke of 2017 with a 57.79 for the win. Peaty will be the...

Sarah Vasey has called time on her career in which she won European and Commonwealth golds. It follows her British teammate Stephen Milne's announcement that he too was stepping away from the pool. Vasey made her British debut at the 2017 World Championships, coming sixth in the 50br and eighth over...

Duncan Scott continued to rewrite the British record books, Dan Jervis had a dream come true and Sarah Vasey booked a trip to Tokyo on the final night of the British Swimming Selection Trials. Scott went 1:44.47 to win the 200 free and take 0.44 off his own national mark with Tom Dean also under the...

The final night of competition from the 2017 British Swimming Championships from Sheffield featured four World Championship qualification events. James Guy dueled Duncan Scott in the 200 free on Sunday night as those two swam 1:45's to move to second and third in the world rankings. The top four in ...

British Swimming announced its 43-swimmer roster for the 2018 European Championships on April 11. The meet will run from August 3-9 in Glasgow, Scotland. A young, 20-year-old Duncan Scott leads the team's roster after earning six medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. While he competed...

The McCullagh International concluded on Sunday morning with a host of fine performances from Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty and Abbie Wood among others while Irish swimmer Mona McSharry left the Bangor Aurora Aquatic and Leisure Complex with six medals. Dan Jervis went sub-3:50 in the 400 free to clinc...

Great Britain Swimming has announced that a strong team of 14 swimmers has been nominated to represent GB students at this summers’ 2019 World University Games. The team will travel to Naples, Italy for the landmark 30th edition of the Summer Universiade which takes place between 3-14 July. As an in...

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 10. JAMES Guy and Matthew Wylie got the crowd excited on the first day of the British long course nationals, setting British records in the first two men’s events of the meet. But hometown hero Michael Jamieson was the person fans came to see, and he improved on his world-le...

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 11. ROBERTO Pavoni had the crowd behind him as he chased his English national record in the 400 IM on the second day of competition at the British long course nationals, while Liam Tancock was in danger of not being able to defend his Commonwealth backstroke titles. The meet...

The first morning of swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games from the Gold Coast in Australia featured plenty of drama to get the swimming portion of the Games started. 2017 World Champion Ben Proud broke the Games Record in the 50 fly but was disqualified for a false start as he won't get a chance ...

The first finals sessions of the British Championships get under way at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, with the event doubling as trials for World Championships. Results Women's 50m Breaststroke Imogen Clark was just 0.06 outside her British record as she claimed a dominant victory. The 22-year-old stopped...

Adam Peaty makes his return to racing when he spearheads a strong field at the McCullagh International Meet in Bangor, Northern Ireland. The Olympic 100m breaststroke champion will be joined by a number of British team-mates including Duncan Scott, James Wilby, Luke Greenbank, Siobhan O’Connor and M...

Britain's strength in the men's 200 free was underlined once more as Duncan Scott headed the heats in 1:47.22 with in 1:49.65 the cut-off to make the final at the national championships. Results Day 5 finals wrap Day 5 heats wrap Day 4 finals wrap Day 4 heats wrap Duncan Scott Sets British and Commo...

Tom Dean and Laura Stephens delivered stand-out performances on the first day of the Edinburgh International Swim Meet. While swim meets across the world were postponed or cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it was business as usual in Scotland as many of the British team g...

Duncan Scott spearheaded what will be a fascinating 200 free in 1:46.41 with the first five qualifiers separated by 0.47 and all sub-1:47 at the British Swimming Selection Trials. The 2019 world bronze medallist booked lane four ahead of Tom Dean, Matt Richards and James Guy with Max Litchfield the ...

"For me the Olympics is the start of what’s coming next, a bit of hope. I’ve said that the NHS has taken care of health and I feel like it’s sport’s job to take care of hope. "I’ve never gone to an Olympic Games with a feeling more of our moral purpose. "We’ve been on an oil tanker in a frozen river...