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Zhang Yufei Dials Up 50 Butterfly Title at Chinese National Champs; Zhang Zhanshuo Prevails in 400 Freestyle Veteran and 10-time Olympic medalist Zhang Yufei packaged a strong outing in the 50-meter butterfly on Sunday at the Chinese National Championships. Zhang cruised to the victory in 25.27, the...

After Five-Month Break, China’s Zhang Yufei Aiming for 2028 Olympics Zhang Yufei took a five-month break from the pool at the end of 2024. But the 10-time Olympic medalist is back in the water and aiming to swim through the 2028 Olympics. Zhang’s comeback began with a social-media declaration of, “I...

Ranking the Best Women's Swimmers in the World From 1-25 Looking ahead to yet another Olympic year and putting 2020 in the rearview mirror, Swimming World decided to compile a list of the 25 best swimmers in the world leading into 2021. There was a lot of fast swimming in the first three months of 2...

Only 17 Swimmers Entered in Women's 200 Butterfly for Tokyo Olympics As we approach the start of the fourth day of preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, we arrive to the event that has only 17 swimmers entered - the women's 200 butterfly. The event will be swum in three rounds: Prelims, semif...

Tokyo Flashback: It's a Magical Golden Moment For Canadian Maggie MacNeil in 100 Butterfly One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the championship finals – ea...

Tang Qianting Sets Asian 50m Breaststroke Record As China Hint At Sweeping Day 1 Golds At Asian Games Tang Qianting set an Asian 50m breaststroke record as China hinted at a clean sweep of gold on the first day of prelims at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Asian Games Preview Asian Games results Tang w...

Zhang Yufei Enters Olympic Year in Pole Position in 100 Butterfly Few races on the annual World Cup circuit will garner much acclaim, but one showdown at the middle stop in Athens featured the four fastest swimmers ever — and the only swimmers to garner World Championships or Olympic gold in the rac...

Short Course World Championships: Louise Hansson Leads Sweden to Relay WR, Then Wins Individual Gold (Day Two Women's Recap) The second evening of racing at the Short Course World Championships began with a bang as Sweden's group of Louise Hansson, Sophie Hansson, Sarah Sjostrom and Michelle Coleman...

Chinese Nationals Times Foreshadow Elite International Performance If Chinese swimmers can repeat their performances from last week’s national championships when they race internationally in July at the World Championships, the country will finish with its finest international performance since at l...

Sarah Sjostrom To Focus On 50 Free And Fly In Fukuoka: No 100 Free Sarah Sjostrom will focus on the 50 fly and freestyle plus relays at the World Championships in Fukuoka. The Swede will not compete in the 100 free in which she won silver at last year's worlds in Budapest behind Australia Mollie O'C...

Ranking the Top-10 Performances of the Year; Caeleb Dressel Leads the Way (From December's issue of Swimming World) Oh, how it is easy to forget. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Swimming World did not select the top-10 performances of the year for 2020. It wouldn’t have made sense. And in the time tha...

Tomoru Honda & Qin Haiyang Set Meet Marks In Asian Games Prelims; China DQd In Women's Medley Relay Tomoru Honda and Qin Haiyang both pulled out Games records in the final prelims session of the Asian Games pool programme in Hangzhou, China. Asian Games Meet Page However, there was a shock in the wo...

World Cup Berlin, Day 3: Siobhan Haughey Blasts Way to No. 3 Performer in History in 100 Freestyle It’s been a year of sweep for Kaylee McKeown, who added another one to her resume at the World Aquatics World Cup Berlin on its final day Sunday. McKeown won the women’s 200 backstroke in 2:06.47, a wi...

Zhang Yufei, Qin Haiyang Look Sharp at Chinese Champs; Qualify For World Titles in Doha Two of the biggest names in the sport produced impressive performances as the Chinese Championships got underway on Sunday, with Qin Haiyang and Zhang Yufei earning respective victories in the 100-meter breaststr...

World Record Alert: Which Standards Could Fall in Fukuoka? Expect to see history made in Fukuoka, Japan, at the World Championships, with numerous world records under serious threat. At last year's Worlds in Budapest, Thomas Ceccon smashed Ryan Murphy's world record in the men's 100 backstroke while...

Olympic Swimming Top Races, No. 10: Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske Trying to Hold Off International Rivals in 100 Fly The Olympic swimming competition will begin Saturday, July 27, with the best swimmers in the world competing for medals in 28 individual races and seven relays over nine days of competi...

Leon Marchand Leads the 'Tremendous 12' into World Cup Action in Asia Leon Marchand, winner of four golds at Paris 2024, is among a star-studded field of Olympic champions and medallists at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024. The Frenchman is one of 12 swimmers slated to compete at all three...

Paris Olympics, Day 9: Sarah Sjostrom Completes Sprint Double with 50 Free Gold Sarah Sjostrom arrived at her first Olympics in 2008 at age 14, made a few ripples for Sweden and left the Games a 15-year-old. Later this month, Sjostrom will turn 31. She’ll do so as one of the most distinguished femal...

World Cup Budapest, Day 3 Prelims: Qin Haiyang Progresses In Bid For Treble Qin Haiyang progressed safely into the 200 breaststroke final as he seeks to complete the treble triple crown on the final day of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Budapest. Link to results Link to live stream Day 1 p...

Psych Sheet Posted for FINA Short Course World Championships; Seven Gold Medalists from Tokyo Set to Compete The 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships begin Thursday, December 16 in Abu Dhabi and run for six days, and Omega Timing has posted the entries for all events. The meet was delayed from...