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Li Bingjie Continues Freestyle Surge at Chinese Nationals; Qin Haiyang Adds 50 Breaststroke Title Make it a triple in the freestyle events for Li Bingjie. Adding to her previous victories in the 400-meter freestyle and 1500 freestyle, Li secured the title in the 200 freestyle on the fourth night of ...

World Record Holder Andrii Govorov Announces Retirement Ukrainian world record holder Andrii Govorov announced his retirement from swimming on Monday, taking with him the world record in the 50 butterfly. Govorov made the announcement on social media. One of the swimmers who figured to most benefit ...

Pan Zhanle Claims 200 Freestyle Title at Chinese Nationals; Xu Jiayu Posts Quick 100 Backstroke Coming off a victory in the 400-meter freestyle earlier in the meet, Pan Zhanle made it a pair of wins at the Chinese National Championships, as he prevailed in the 200 freestyle on Monday. The reigning O...

Qin Haiyang Delivers Strong Showing in 100 Breaststroke at Chinese Nationals Reigning world champion Qin Haiyang took the first step toward defending that title when he won the 100-meter breaststroke on Sunday at the Chinese National Championships. Qin recorded the only performance under the 59-seco...

12-Year-Old Yu Zidi Bound for World Champs After Clocking 2:10.63 in 200 IM While familiar names Qin Haiyang and Yu Yiting combined for three victories on the second night of finals at the Chinese National Championships, it was a 12-year-old who produced the finest performance of the night. Yu Zidi,...

Breaking: Para Star Alexa Leary Breaks S9 100 Freestyle World Record Twice In One Day In Sydney LIVE RESULTS Paralympic wonder girl Alexa Leary has turned up the world record heat  in Sydney today breaking the S9 100m freestyle world record, not once but twice on the third and final day of the 2025....

Para Golden Girl Alexa Leary’s 50m Freestyle World Record Lights Up Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Paralympic gold medallist Alexa Leary has surprised even herself at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre overnight, breaking the S9 50m freestyle world record on the second day of the 2025 Sydne....

Siobhan Haughey Claims 200 Freestyle Title as Mare Nostrum Tour Opens A four-time Olympic medalist between the 100-meter freestyle and 200 freestyle, Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey got her Mare Nostrum Tour off to an impressive start on Saturday. Competing on the first of two days in Monaco, Haughey co...

Li Bingjie Breaks Asian Record, Joins Exclusive Club in 400 Freestyle at Chinese Nationals; Pan Zhanle Shows Range The first night of finals at the Chinese National Championships featured immediate fireworks when distance star Li Bingjie joined an exclusive club. The veteran became the sixth woman i...

Birthday Boy Cam McEvoy's Flying Start To 2025 Continues At Sydney Open And Uni Nationals Olympic champion Cam McEvoy has maintained his flying start to 2025 clocking his fourth World Top Ten time of 2025 in another dominant 50m freestyle win on the opening night of the Sydney Open and Uni National....

Olympic Flashback: Dawn Fraser and the First Olympic Three-Peat On October 11, 1964, the Olympic Games in Tokyo opened. During the week in Japan, Australian star Dawn Fraser made history by capturing the 100-meter freestyle for the third consecutive time. The feat was the first of its kind in Olympi...

Dawn Fraser Back In the Pool As She Faces The Greatest Challenge Of Her Life Olympic legend Dawn Fraser has revealed that doctors told her “she could die” on the operating table following a fall at her Noosa home last December as she takes to the pool again for her greatest challenge. The 87-year...

Who Could Emerge as 100 Breaststroke Queen in 2025? The last six global-level long course competitions have all seen a different swimmer earn the top step of the podium. That trend began following the 2019 World Championships, which marked the last gold medal for Lilly King in the 100 breaststroke. ...

Olympic Champion Cam McEvoy Leads “Next Gen” Men Into Sydney Open And Unisport Nationals  Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cam McEvoy will spearhead a “next gen” group of Aussie sprinters into this weekend’s 2025 Sydney Open and Unisport Nationals Meet at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Th...

A Week of Katie Ledecky Stats: How Many Times Inside Rebecca Adlington's Former World Record? A little more than a week after she stunningly lowered her world record in the 800-meter freestyle to 8:04.12, Swimming World continues its Week of Katie Ledecky Statistics. Each day for a week, we’ll run a...

No World Record Chase? No Problem! Men's 800 Freestyle Stacked with Talent The world record of China’s Zhang Lin in the 800-meter freestyle is widely considered the most daunting of the men’s global standards. It was set at the 2009 World Championships, the height of the super-suit era, and stands a...

LA28 confirmed that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Stadium in Inglewood will serve as the official venues for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games on May 8. Largely consistent with the 2017 bid plan, this announcement follows updates to the Olympic v...

Kap7 Named World Aquatics' Official Water Polo Match Ball Through LA28 When water polo opens the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 this July, the KAP7 HydroGrip ball will take centre stage, following today’s announcement during the Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Draw for the upcoming Champ...

Water Polo Draw Held for Group Play at World Championships in Singapore With just over two months to go until the tournament begins, all qualified nations now know their group-stage opponents for the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships in water polo. The draw ceremony was hosted in Buda...

The Spectacular Legacy of Sarah Sjostrom in the 50 Butterfly On Friday night, Gretchen Walsh walked through a door in the sport that had previously been accessed by just one person. Behind a time of 24.93 at the TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale, Walsh broke her own American record in the 50-meter b...