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GLASGOW, Scotland, July 27. TEAM Australia dominated the fourth night of action at the Commonwealth Games with medal after medal going into the nation's medal tally. Meanwhile, England's Fran Halsall collected her second sprint title of the meet, and South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh put up a siz...

Duncan Scott fired off a time of 1:47.06 in the final of the 200m free at the McCullagh International in Bangor, Northern Ireland, a 27.81 blast down the last 50 rocketing him into the world top 6 on the early 2020 World Rankings. The double Olympic medallist cut 0.26secs from his time of 1:47.32 in...

MANCHESTER, England, June 25. BRITISH swimmers are gathering in Manchester this week for a final racing tuneup before the Commonwealth Games, and dominated the medal podium today in the first morning finals session of the British Gas Long Course International. Though the meet is open to foreigners, ...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 24. ALTHOUGH Scotland had been earning the bulk of the top headlines throughout the night with big wins from Hannah Miley and Ross Murdoch, the Aussie women's 400-meter freestyle relay capped the night with an amazing world record. It was an amazing night at the Commonwealth ...

World bronze medallist Duncan Scott swam the sixth-fastest 200 free of the year as he came home in 1:47.32 following a heat swim that combined grace and strength at the McCullagh International in Bangor, Northern Ireland. It was Scott’s first 200 in a long-course pool since that night at the 2019 Wo...

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...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 28. THE Aussies kept piling it on at the Commonwealth Games with another impressive preliminary session here in Glasgow. LIVE RESULTS Women's 800 freestyle swimoff In a swimoff for the second alternate position in tonight's finals, Emma Robinson of New Zealand took down Scotl...

THE first morning of prelims at the Commonwealth Games served notice that the swimmers assembled plan on making a huge dent in the world rankings. By the end of the day, six meet record times had gone up on the board heading into finals. Women's 400 IM Scotland's Hannah Miley, who already stands thi...

The final night of the 2018 British Swimming Championships, which has served as a warm up for the Commonwealth Games in a month, featured Olympic champions Mireia Belmonte and Adam Peaty in action in Edinburgh. Belmonte, who was visiting from her native Spain, won the 1500 to start the night with a ...

Ruta Meilutyte provided an answer to Yuliya Efimova's top-ranked time in the women's 100-meter breast with a sizzler of her own at the Edinburgh International. Earlier this month, Efimova threw down a smoking top-ranked time of 1:05.70 in the event at the Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.  Today, Meilu...

MANCHESTER, England, June 26. BRITISH swimmers continued to impress in this morning's finals at the British Gas International as preparation for the Commonwealth Games rolls forward. After posting a quick 59.59 in prelims to mark yet another sub-1:00 swim this year, Adam Peaty couldn't replicate the...

ABERDEEN, Scotland, June 1. THE North District Open/Scottish Grand Prix came to a close with another pair of victories for Garioch's Hannah Miley in Aberdeen. A day after an incredible 400 free/200 fly double victory, Miley clinched another win in the women's 200-meter free with a 2:00.79. Aberdeen'...

ANTWERP, Belgium, January 26. FRAN Halsall led another strong day for Great Britain at the Speedo Flanders Cup with a sprint double by way of the 50 free and 50 fly on the final day of a two-night swimming extravaganza. Great Britain opened where it left off yesterday when it dominated the podium on...

Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri claimed the title in the men's 1500-meter free with a final time of 14:39.67 and set a new Italian record. Paltrinieri lowered his own record of 14:39.93 which he set at the European Championships in 2014. His finals time is a new best for 2015 after previously posting a...

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 3. THE Scottish Gas National Open Swimming Championships kicked off at Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow today with a host of athletes securing the qualification standard for Team Scotland consideration. The highlight was the men's 50m breaststroke final wit...

Ryan Cochrane led off a night full of meet records at the Mare Nostrum stop in Barcelona. Cochrane opened up the night with a meet-record 7:52.51 in the men's 800-meter free.  That swim lowered the 7:58.32 set by Gergo Kiss from 2011, and moved Cochrane to sixth in the world. Stephen Milne placed se...

Two-time Olympic silver medallist Duncan Scott went 1:41.94 over 200 free at short-course time trials at the University of Stirling - a time only he has bettered among British men. Elite swimmers in Scotland were allowed to return to the water in July after having to look on as their counterparts in...

Stephen Milne has announced his retirement after a career in which he has earned Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth medals. The 28-year-old first graced the international podium when he won 4x200 silver with Team Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The Olympic rostrum beckoned...

By David Rieder. The United States men swept Olympic golds in the three relays last summer in Rio, but each one of those wins came with the assistance of Michael Phelps—who, as most of you reading almost certainly know, is once again retired. The success of 2016 helped wash away some of the stench f...

Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing Commentary by Jeff Commings, Swimming World Senior Writer Though it’s an island nation, Great Britain has never done very well in swimming at the Olympic Games. Sure, the Brits have celebrated a few gold medals in the 120 years since t...