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European Juniors, Day 4 Prelims: Vivien Jackl Navigates 200 Fly & 800 Free Double Results Day 1 Prelims Wrap Day 1 Finals Wrap Day 2 Prelims Wrap Day 2 Finals Wrap Day 3 Prelims Wrap Day 4 Finals Wrap Vivien Jackl returned to the Munich pool the morning after winning 1500 free silver for a double ti...

Can Ahmed Jaouadi, Sam Short and Bobby Finke Lead Assault on Vaunted 800 Freestyle World Record? For almost 17 years, the world record in the men’s 800 freestyle has stood as an impossible challenge for the world’s best distance swimmers. China’s Zhang Lin achieved the mark of 7:32.12 at the 2009 Wo...

Plan vs. Strategy: The Ways to Approach the 200 Butterfly Ah, the butterfly. It is routinely acknowledged as a "power" stroke, and the 200 distance is where the rubber meets the road. Butterfly may be the event where there is the least amount of crossover by distance. What I mean by this, is that yo...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 5: Taylor Ruck Finishes 5-for-5 Trials It’s been a banner week for Taylor Ruck. She finished it off on Thursday night with her fifth win in as many events, going 25.93 in the women’s 50 butterfly to pick up the win. All the action from the final night of trials in Montrea...

Is The Commonwealth Games Door in Glasgow Now Open For Mollie O’Callaghan To Replace Kaylee McKeown In the 100m Backstroke ? How do you fill the shoes of Kaylee McKeown ? The loss of the world’s premier backstroker from this year’s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs with glandular fever, leaves a huge....

Australian Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown Withdraws from Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific Championships Australian Olympic gold medalist Kaylee McKeown has medically withdrawn from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Championships. McKeown, who turns 25 on Wednesday, confirmed to...

European Juniors, Day 3 Finals: Theodora Taylor Speeds to 50 Freestyle Crown Through two sessions of finals at the European Junior Championships in Munich, the Neutral Athletes (Russia) have been impressive with a pair of world junior records. Following a WJR in the boys' 400 freestyle relay on the ...

College Visit Guide for Swimmers | Official & Unofficial A visit is one of the most important steps in the college swimming recruiting process. Visits allow swimmers to see the facilities, campus resources, meet potential future teammates and coaches, assess team culture, and get a feel for campus l...

B Finals Back: Why NCAA Swimming Dumped Consols for 2026, Reinstated Them for 2027 For the first time, last season's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships did not include consolation finals. Athletes earned points for their teams based on their ninth through 16th-place finishes in prelims. The resu...

European Juniors, Day 3 Prelims: Luca Hoek Rattles Spanish 50 Free Record Results Day 1 prelims wrap Day 1 finals wrap Day 2 prelims wrap Day 2 finals wrap Luca Hoek was within touching distance of his Spanish 50 free record as he posted the top time in prelims on day three of the European Junior Ch...

Dame Sarah Storey Retires as Great Britain's Most Decorated Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey has retired after a career in which she won five Paralympic golds in the pool and a further 14 titles in cycling to leave the sporting arena as Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian. Storey has decided to...

Penny Taylor Honored with Prestigious Max Ritter Award Carol Jane "Penny" Pence Taylor has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Max Ritter Award, annually presented by United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) to an individual or nation that has contributed the most to the advancement of understandi...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 4: Taylor Ruck Gets Fourth Win, Ella Jansen Wins Third The absence of big names from Bell Canadian Trials has been to the advantage of others at Bell Canadian Trials. Enter Taylor Ruck and Ella Jansen. Ruck won the women’s 50 freestyle for her fourth win in as many nights...

Mary-Sophie Harvey has pulled out of the 200 IM final at the Bell Canadian Trials. The Olympian announced her decision on social media. "Unfortunately, I've had to withdraw from tonight's 200 IM final," Mary-Sophie Harvey wrote on Instagram. "I've been dealing with some health issues since the start...

European Juniors, Day 2 Finals: Neutral Athletes Set Another WJR In Mixed Freestyle Relay Results Day 1 prelims wrap Day 1 finals wrap Day 2 prelims wrap The second night of the European Junior Championships in Munich ended with another world junior record by a neutral athletes relay squad in the mi...

College Swimming League Announces TV Deal with ESPN; Broadcast Dates Set The College Swimming League (CSL) and ESPN today announced a multi-year media rights agreement that makes ESPN the exclusive home of CSL competition in the United States and Canada. Under the agreement, all six regular-season m...

A Statistical Appreciation of Katie Ledecky's Distance Dominance As we near the start of the Commonwealth Games, followed by action at the European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships, we figured it was an appropriate time to provide a quick statistical look at the distance dominance of Kati...

Bob Bowman Sees Similiarities Between Summer McIntosh and Michael Phelps As the man who guided Michael Phelps to never-before-seen Olympic glory and as the coach who guided Leon Marchand to four-time Olympic champion status, Bob Bowman obviously recognizes the characteristics required for greatness....

No Simple Answers: When Hormones, Cancer and Sport Collide By Leann Rossi I’ve learned more about hormones in the past few weeks than I ever expected to in my lifetime. When my biopsy results came back, the explanation was both simple and devastating: my estrogen was feeding the cancer. Suddenly, so...

Results Day 1 prelims wrap Day 1 finals wrap Theodora Taylor returned to the Munich pool the morning after winning relay gold to take top spot in the women’s 50 free during day two prelims at the European Junior Championships. The 17-year-old split 53.42 – the fastest of the field – as the British ...