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Australia's Paris Golden Girl Alexa Leary Headlines Who's Who For Para Swimming World Series On The Gold Coast Paris golden girl Alexa Leary will headline a who’s who of Australia’s paralympic swimmers at this weekend’s opening 2026 Para Swimming World Series event on the Gold Coast (February 20-22...

Michael Phelps Has Olympic Gold Double-Digit Company as Johannes Klæbo Earns 10th Gold The list of double-digit Olympic gold medalists has doubled. Johannes Klæbo joined Michael Phelps as the only athletes in history to reach 10-plus gold medals. Klæbo, a cross-country skier from Norway, has won fiv...

Olympic Athletes Deserve the Right to Speak Out During Rare Moment in the Spotlight The ongoing competition in Italy at the Winter Olympics has produced its usual slate of glorious moments. Athletes from across the world have worked for years with goals of performing at these Games. With those high ...

Psych Sheets Released for SEC Championships; Texas Out to Defend Titles The psych sheets for this week's Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships have been released for the meet that will take place at the University of Tennessee. Diving got underway today, with swimming action set to unfold from...

Who's Next for 10 Olympic Gold Medals? Johannes Klæbo Has Reached Nine, But Only Michael Phelps in Double Digits Halfway through the greatest single performance in Olympic history, Michael Phelps earned the 10th Olympic gold medal of his career, making him the first athlete in any Olympic sport to r...

Australian 'Iron Woman' Brittany Castelluzzo Unleashes Four Impressive Wins At Victorian Championships Brittany Castelluzzo is continuing her reputation as the “Iron Woman” of Australian swimming, chalking up impressive freestyle and butterfly doubles at the 2026 Mattioli Victorian State Open Swimm....

New Zealand World Champions Erika Fairweather and Lewis Clareburt In Dominant Form At The Victorian Championships World champion New Zealanders Erika Fairweather and Lewis Clareburt have already left their mark on the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre after two days of the 2026 Mattioli Victorian....

Australia's World Champion Breaststroker Sam Williamson Celebrates Successful Return At Victorian State Championships Australia’s world champion breaststroker Sam Williamson completed a successful comeback to racing in Melbourne last night after suffering a debilitating training accident in May las....

Coming Off World Champs Podium, Mio Narita Positioned to Continue Medley Climb The depth of the medley events among Japanese men has been a top storyline in the sport over the past year. While Tomoyuki Matsushita has established himself as the nation's No. 1 performer in the 200-meter individual med...

Veteran Wang Shun Continues to Make an Impact in 200 Individual Medley As China moves toward the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, it features a quality crop of rising stars. Headlining that group is Yu Zidi, the 13-year-old multi-event talent who just missed several individual podium finishes at l...

Behind Summer McIntosh, Women's 400 IM Has Largely Stagnated The 4:30-barrier in the women's 400 IM went down during the polyurethane-suit era as Australia's Stephanie Rice and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (now the President of the International Olympic Committee) achieved the feat at the Beijing Olym...

Siobhan Haughey, Egor Kornev Impress at Dubai Open Siobhan Haughey and Egor Kornev were among the impressive headliners at the weekend’s Dubai Open Swimming Championships. Haughey won three events, including two on Friday’s opening day of the meet, and was generally busy with an all-around program t...

Cam McEvoy Bound for China Open; Meet Will Feature Multiple Olympic Champions and Medalists Next month's China Open and National Spring Championships won't just include some of the top swimmers from the home nation. A superb collection of international athletes are also expected to race in Shenzhen,...

The Most Top-10 Performances: Summer McIntosh and Sarah Sjostrom Lead the Way Who owns the most top-10 performances in women's swimming history? It's a question that initially suggested Katie Ledecky as an answer, given her long-term dominance in the distance-freestyle events. While Ledecky owns 19 ...

Could a Bronte Campbell Inspired 'Super Hub' Become a Game Changer for Future Australian Olympians? Bronte Campbell’s tailor-made gold medal-winning Paris 2024 Olympic Games campaign has paved the way for what could well be a game-changing partnership in Australian swimming. A newly formed collabo.....

The Longest-Lasting World Records in Each Event (Women's Edition) World records are spectacular by nature, a performance better than anything previously produced. But some world records hold iconic status, thanks to their durability. For example, distance-freestyle legend Janet Evans owns three of t...

Throwback Thursday: Michael Phelps' 41 Days to Remember in the 200 Individual Medley The lower-key nature of the 2003 Santa Clara Invitational belied what unfolded in the water of the George Haines International Swim Center. On the final day of the meet in Northern California, Michael Phelps treated...

Poll: What New Event Would You Most Like to See Leon Marchand Attack? (VOTE HERE!) Over the past several years, fans of the sport have been treated to the talent of Leon Marchand. The Frenchman has established himself as future Hall of Famer, with four Olympic titles earned at the 2024 Olympic Games...

Australian Olympic foursome to Spearhead 10-Strong Dolphins For Open Water World Cup Olympic and world champions Moesha Johnson, Chelsea Douyere (Gubecka), Kyle Lee and Nick Sloman will spearhead the 10-strong Australian team to contest the 2026 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Spain....

World Records in Women’s Breaststroke Could Last For Years Almost very discipline in women’s swimming saw at least one long course world record beaten or challenged in 2025. At the Fort Lauderdale Pro Series in May, Katie Ledecky knocked off her long-standing record in the 800 freestyle while Gretch...