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Psych Sheets Released for Commonwealth Games; Action Gets Underway on Friday The official entry lists for the Commonwealth Games have been released by the event's organizing committee, with action set to get underway on Friday from the Tollcross International Swimming Centre. The competition will ru...

Commonwealth Games: Aussies Chasing Freestyle Dominance in Glasgow 36 Years After the Golden Glow of Auckland in 1990 Australia swimmers have the chance to turn the clock back 36 years as they chase a freestyle clean sweep at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, starting in Glasgow on Friday. Auckland host....

The Sites of Future International Swimming Championships; China Will Be Busy The Commonwealth Games will jumpstart what should be a stellar summer of swimming later this week, with that competition being followed by the European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships next month. Meanwhile, the ...

Backstroke Queen Kaylee McKeown Reveals She Has Endometriosis; Juggling Life and Goals for 2028 and 2032 A week after backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs with glandular fever, Australia’s five-time Olympic gold medallist opened up about life outsi....

Dual Olympian Tommy Neill The Latest Withdrawal From Australia’s Commonwealth Games Swim Team For Glasgow. Australia’s Commonwealth Games swim team for Glasgow has been dealt another blow with the withdrawal of Queensland’s dual Olympian Tommy Neill with a hand injury on the eve of the team’s depar....

Long-Form Feature: The Rivalry of Alexander Popov vs. Gary Hall Jr.; 30th Anniversary of Atlanta 1996 To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Swimming World examines - through a long-form feature - the sensational and intense rivalry between sprint legends Gary Ha...

Commonwealth Games, Glasgow: Cam McEvoy Launches 50m Freestyle World Record Attack With Personal Best Training Time in German Camp The world’s fastest human Cam McEvoy is on track to launch another full-scale attack on his 50-meter freestyle world record when the 23rd Commonwealth Games kicks off n....

Chasing Barriers: Hubert Kos and Pieter Coetze Targeting 1:52 Territory in 200 Backstroke At one time, the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly was deemed untouchable. It took 16-plus years for the elimination of Liu Zige's standard, but Summer McIntosh eventually vanquished the super-sui...

Junior Pan Pacific Championships Set for Next Month in Canada The 12th edition of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships will be held from August 17-20 at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. The long-course competition is open to all non-European countries that are members of World ...

How Athlete Advancement Works at the Commonwealth Games, Euros and Pan Pacs With the Commonwealth Games getting underway next week in Glasgow, followed by the European Championships (Paris) and Pan Pacific Championships (Irvine) in August, there will be plenty of elite performances on offer this sum...

The Greatest Team in History: How the U.S. Dominated the 1976 Olympic Games Tomorrow, July 17, will mark the 50th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. To celebrate that golden anniversary, Swimming World is re-running this feature on the men's swimming squad fro...

Commonwealth Games 400m Showdown: If Sam Gets It Right On The Night He Won’t Be Short This Time Sam Short vs. Ian Thorpe and Lukas Martens – that’s the tantalizing imaginary matchup for what could well be the major swimming highlight of this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The Games countdow.....

Swimming Canada Announces Squad for Junior Pan Pacific Championships A talented group of 40 young Canadian swimmers will have the opportunity to race in their home pool this summer as Swimming Canada announced its team for the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, set for August 17-20 at the UBC Aq...

The Day Doctors Told Mollie O’Callaghan She Would Not Be Swimming at Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs Australia’s triple Olympic gold medalist from Paris, Mollie O’Callaghan, will take her place in the Australian swim team for this year’s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs despite being told by doctors....

Glasgow Offers The Perfect Stage For Dolphins To Cash In On Swimming Australia’s Bold New Contract Plans Timing is everything as they say and the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Pan Pac campaigns could well provide the perfect platform for Swimming Australia’s bold new plan to contract its swimmers....

POLL: Which International Swim Meet Will Be the Best of the Summer? (VOTE NOW!) The next few weeks are sure to be exciting, with three major international competitions on the schedule. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will get things started later this month, while the European Championships and Pa...

Can Anyone Close the Gap on Leon Marchand in 400 IM? For the last four years, Leon Marchand of France has dominated rivals around the world in the individual medley events. Those races were part of his historic four-gold-medal sweep at the Paris Olympics, and he swept world titles in the 200 and 400...

Countdown! Two Years to 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles The official start of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is exactly two years away, the Opening Ceremony scheduled for July 14, 2028 between the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium. LA28 will mark the third time in which Los Angeles ha...

Emotional Shayna Jack Reveals She Will Make Her Farewell to Pool After Glasgow Commonwealth Games Australian swimming golden girl Shayna Jack has revealed today in an emotional video that she will bid farewell to the pool after this month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, retiring from the sport she....

Reinvigorated Chad le Clos Chasing All-Time Medals Records at Commonwealth Champs Go back to the 2010 edition of the Commonwealth Games. The likes of Canadian Brent Hayden and South African Cameron van der Burgh excelled in men's competition. On the women's side, Aussie Alicia Coutts totaled five go...