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CANET, France, June 12. THOUGH the usual suspects won all the races today to close out the Canet stop on the Mare Nostrum circuit tour, plenty of great long course swimming took place under the French sun, including another barrier-breaking time for Rikke Pedersen in the 200 breast. Pedersen continu...

With two months to go, the organising process has geared up in Denmark where the hosts are preparing for their second big LEN Event in four years. After the outstanding success of Herning 2013, another European Short-Course Swimming Championships will take place in the North, this time in Copenhagen...

In the last stop of the 2018 Mare Nostrum, Japan had a stellar first day in Monte-Carlo, Monaco with Rikako Ikee and Ippei Watanabe swimming the fastest times of 2018 in their respective events. American Kathleen Baker also put together a solid swim in the 200 back final. Women's 100 Fly Japan's Rik...

BERGEN, Norway, May 25. IT's been a bit of a frustrating week for the Hungarian Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu as she drew her first disqualification in years during the Bergen Swim Festival last night. But, she still managed to close out the short course meter meet in fine fashion with three more wins to...

Eyleifur (Leifi) Johannesson is head coach of Aalborg Svoemmeklub (Aalborg Swim Team) in Aalborg, Denmark. Aalborg is the biggest sports club in north Jutland with more 150 competitive swimmers out of its 2000 members. In the last eight years its team has finished first three times in the Danish clu...

Commentary by Jeff Commings This year’s Duel in the Pool, set for December 11-12 in Indianapolis, is likely to further show us what we already knew after this summer’s world championships: the world is catching up to the United States in the pool. Team USA experienced its lowest gold medal count at ...

BERGEN, Norway, May 24. A day after making her way into five finals, the Hungarian Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu collected three titles during short course competition at the Bergen Swim Festival. Hosszu is the most prolific prizeswimmer in the history of the sport, and continues to display that ability ...

Denmark’s reigning 50 fly world champion Jeanette Ottesen raced for the first time since a road rage assault left her with a broken finger and severe injuries for boyfriend Marco Loughran. Ottesen swam the 50 butterfly at the Danish nationals in Copehagen on Tuesday, winning with an impressive 25.68...

Photo by Azaria Basile Editorial coverage for U.S. Senior Nationals proudly sponsored by Master Spas! IRVINE, California, August 6. California’s Tom Shields caught the field by surprise as he won the finale by nearly a full second in the finale.  He surged his way to a 1:55.09 in a wire-to-wire vict...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 30. THROUGHOUT the four days of competition at the Danish Open, the SwimVortex world rankings took some major hits with some of the top swimmers in attendance. Denmark's Rikke Moller Pedersen vaulted to the top of the world rankings in the women's 100-meter breaststroke wi...

Photo by Joao Marc Bosch BERLIN, Germany, August 20. FIVE finals highlighted the event schedule for day three at the European Championships in Berlin, but Gregorio Paltrinieri absolutely stole the show from the beginning, setting a European record in the men's 1500 free. Two other meet records fell ...

The Danish Swimming Union named its World Championships team for the 2019 World Championships this July. Anton Ipsen and Pernille Blume will be in attendance for the Danish team. The team will consist of 12 total swimmers that will include long-time national team veterans Jeanette Ottesen and Mie Ni...

Freya Anderson gave a hint of an exciting 2020 to come when she took a sledgehammer to her 200m freestyle PB as she came away from the Flanders Cup in Antwerp, Belgium, with three gold medals. James Guy won the 100 free as he too enjoyed a successful weekend that saw the Bath National Centre swimmer...

Adam Peaty swam a time only he has bettered with a 100m breaststroke blast of 58.13 at the Edinburgh International Swim Meet. Now that the British Olympic trials are likely to be postponed in the light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the meet at the Royal Commonwealth Pool may well be the fi...

BELLAHOJ - The Dutch trio of Femke Heemskerk, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Moniek Nijhuis put on a show at the Danish Short Course Championships in Bellahoj. Femke Heemskerk jumped to third in the world rankings with a 23.79 in the women's 50-meter free, while Ranomi Kromowidjojo placed second in 23.88. ...

Pal Joensen's world best in the men's 800-meter free led a handful of top-five times during day one of the Danish Open. Joensen clocked a world best time in the men's 800-meter free with a 7:52.82, while Mads Glaesner moved to third this year with a second-place 7:58.88.  Only Damien Joly has joined...

ODENSE, Denmark, July 6. THE Denmark Nationals took place this week in Odense with Viktor Bromer not only setting a Scandinavian record in the men's 200-meter fly but also winning five total titles. After first breaking the Nordic record in the men's 200-meter fly with a 1:56.21 during prelims, he b...

Arena Pro Swim Series editorial coverage is proudly sponsored by Arena USA. Visit ArenaUSA.com for more information on our sponsor. For all the latest coverage, check out our event coverage page. ORLANDO- Viktor Bromer came to the U.S. for a training trip with his club team from Aalborg, Denmark. To...

BERGEN, Norway, May 23. THE first day of the Bergen Swim Festival featured preliminary qualifying in 10 events as Hungarian Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu made her way into finals of all five women's events in the short course meter competition. She also managed to claim another Hungarian national record ...

Photo by Griffin Scott Editorial coverage for U.S. Senior Nationals proudly sponsored by Master Spas! IRVINE, California, August 6. California’s Tom Shields caught the field by surprise as he won the finale by nearly a full second in the finale.  He surged his way to a 1:55.09 in a wire-to-wire vict...