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Unheralded as a Multi-Event Star: How Thomas Ceccon Ranks Among the Sport's Most Versatile Swimmers As the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder, Thomas Ceccon is best known for his achievements in the 100-meter backstroke. The 24-year-old Italian, whose global mark stands at 51.60, also...

The Longest-Lasting World Records in Each Event (Men's Edition) What are the longest-standing world records in each event? Swimming World analyzed the sport's world-record progressions to present that data, which can be found below. It turns out that several current world records are also the most-e...

Ilya Kharun Announces Decision to Shift from Canada to United States for International Competition After years of representing Canada at the international level, including as an Olympic medalist, Ilya Kharun took to social media on Monday to announce that he is changing his international representat...

The Longest Current Medal Streaks in International Swimming At last summer’s World Championships, Katie Ledecky continued one of the all-time great streaks in athletic competition. In the women’s 800 freestyle final, Ledecky held off spirited charges from Lani Pallister and Summer McIntosh to secure...

Kyle Lee Wins 5km National Title After Original Race Abandoned; Moesha Johnson Wraps Up Women’s Treble Local hero Kyle Lee had to survive a re-start and a strong challenge from Olympic teammate Sam Short before adding the 5km National crown to his gold medal tally on a disruptive final day of the A....

Sam Short Makes His Mark With 3km Open Water Knockout Australian Title in WA Paris Olympian and former 400m freestyle world champion Sam Short has made a splash at the Australian Open Water Championships in Bunbury today, winning the newly added the 3km knockout National title, suggesting a sea ch.....

'Butterfly' Short Film Depicting Life of Alfred Nakache Receives Oscar Nomination (VIDEO) A swimming film has been nominated for the 98th Academy Awards in the Animated Short Film category. "Butterfly" depicts the life of Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics...

Pieter Coetze, Miron Lifintsev Among Contenders to Track Down Long-Standing 100 Back WR In the last 16 years, the world record in the men’s 100 backstroke has fallen only twice. Aaron Peirsol, the Olympic champion in the event in 2004 and 2008, became the first man under 52 at U.S. Nationals in 2009...

Summer McIntosh Dominating 400 IM At Spectacular Level An athlete’s dominance of an event can be measured in multiple ways. The number of consecutive global titles in a specific discipline. The gap between a world-record performance and the No. 2 performer in history. How many of the all-time top ma...

American Women Positioned for 400 Freestyle Relay Breakthrough The premise here should sound familiar. Over the summer, the U.S. women were in prime position to capture a world title in the 400 freestyle relay and end an eight-year gold-medal drought in the event. The team has never failed to reach ...

After Eight-Year Hiatus, Pan Pacific Championships Making Return in 2026 The last time the Pan Pacific Championships were held, Tokyo served as the host. The year was 2018 and Australia's Cate Campbell and the United States' Katie Ledecky walked away with multiple individual titles in women's action...

Kasia Wasick: Retired, Returned, and Racing to Gold Kasia Wasick’s comeback is one of the most remarkable stories in modern swimming. She retired. She came back. Now she’s beating swimmers half her age. The oldest swimmer at the European Aquatics Championships, Kasia Wasick won gold and broke master...

USA Swimming Pro Swim Series, Day 3 Prelims: Summer McIntosh, Leon Marchand Lead 400 IMs The morning after their sweeps in the 200 individual medleys, Summer McIntosh and Leon Marchand were back in the water Friday in the 400 IMs. They’re on track for the same results, the two reigning Olympic champ...

Olympic Gold Medalist Yannick Agnel to Face Trial for Sexual Assault Olympic gold medalist Yannick Angel will face trial for sexual assault in his native France after an appeal was rejected on Thursday. Agnel, 33, had appealed an order to go to trial in a 2025 court appearance, but a court in Colmar...

USA Swimming Pro Swim Series Austin, Day 1 Prelims: Caeleb Dressel Goes 22.33 in 50 Free Caeleb Dressel started off the Austin stop of the Pro Swim Series Wednesday morning with a time of 22.33 in the men’s 50 free that placed him seventh. That gets him into Wednesday night’s semifinals at the Lee a...

When Tamas Darnyi Took the 200 IM Under 2:00; Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of a Special Achievement The rich tradition of Hungarian swimming stretches back more than a century, to the days of early Olympians Alfred Hajos and Zoltan Halmay. Most recently, the men's banner has been carried by Hube...

David Popovici Produced an All-Time Spectacular Year in the 100 Freestyle A sub-47 performance in the 100 freestyle remains a significant achievement. Only six men have ever visited that territory, and none with greater frequency than David Popovici. During the 2025 campaign, Popovici clocked 46-poi...

Event Domination: Which Swimmers Own the Most Top Times in a Specific Event (Men's Edition) Through the years, some athletes have dominated events at extreme levels, owning many of the top-10 times in an event's history. Think Michael Phelps in the 400-meter individual medley and 200 butterfly. Ian ...

Superfish Lani Pallister Wins Record-Breaking Seventh Lorne Pier To Pub Australian superfish Lani Pallister has again proved unstoppable, claiming a record seventh Lorne Pier to Pub 1.2k ocean swim classic on Victoria’s surf coast. The 23-year-old Queenslander – just as much at home in the surf as.....

Event Domination: Which Swimmers Own the Most Top Times in a Specific Event (Women's Edition) Who maintains the greatest dominance in a single event? It's a question that can be measured in multiple ways. An argument can be made for the athlete whose best time holds the greatest percentage differenc...