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Pan Pacific Championships: Asaki Nishikawa, Fan Yaqi Win Swim-Offs The second morning of preliminaries at the Pan Pacific Championships included not one but two swim-offs, with Japan’s Asaki Nishikawa and Fan Yaqi of China securing A final spots. Nishikawa broke a tie with countryman Yumeki Kojima f...

Pan Pacific Championships, Day Two Men’s Prelims: Tomoyuki Matsushita Scares 400 IM Meet Record Tomoyuki Matsushita started the morning strong at the Pan Pacific Championships Thursday, nearly taking down the meet record in the 400 individual medley. Matsushita went 4:07.61, which is .02 off the com...

The 2026 Pan Pacific Championships continued with the Day Two prelims on Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Wollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, California. The events for Thursday morning session include the 400 IM, 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 50 backstroke. This is a live recap of the women's events. ...

FLASH! Sara Curtis Takes Down Newly-Minted 50 Back World Record En-Route To European Title Sara Curtis took down her 50 back world record in 26.56 en-route to the European title in Paris. The Italian took 0.07 off the record of 26.63 she set a day earlier at the Olympic Aquatic Centre ahead of home ...

FLASH! Kristof Milak Roars to European 100 Fly Record to Clinch Historic Fourth Straight Title Kristof Milak roared to a European 100 fly record with a surge over the final metres to clinch an historic fourth straight crown in Paris. The Olympic champion overhauled long-time leader Maxime Grousset i...

European Championships, Day Four Finals: Filip Nowacki Extends British Breaststroke Excellence With 200 Victory Results Watch the European Championships Live (And Free!) Day 1 prelims report Day 1 finals report Day 2 prelims report Day 2 finals report Day 3 prelims report  Day 3 finals report Day 4 ...

European Championships, Day Four Semifinals: David Popovici Closing In on Third Title in 200 Freestyle Fresh off a come-from-behind victory in the 100-meter freestyle, where he clocked the third-fastest time in history, Romania's David Popovici was the headliner of semifinal action on Night Four of ...

Pan Pacific Championships: 'Blazing' Taylor Ruck Claims Three Medals on Opening Night Taylor Ruck was amped. In the first event of the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships, the versatile Canadian star claimed a bronze medal in the 50 butterfly. "I try to take races one at a time. But I was ready to go aga...

Pan Pacific Championships: Day Two Heat Sheets; Kate Douglass Opts for 100 Breaststroke After the first night of the Pan Pacific Championships delivered a world record in the mixed 400-meter medley relay and victories from Katie Ledecky (1500 freestyle) and Lani Pallister (200 freestyle), expectatio...

Approaching Legendary World Record Elevates Hubert Kos Alongside Marchand as World's Dominant Swimmer Last month, Summer McIntosh erased the last women's long course world record surviving from the polyurethane-suit era, her 2:01.65 in the 200 butterfly at Canadian Trials finally beating the 2009 ma...

Adam Ramsay-Peaty Still Searching for a Solution as Clock Ticks Down to LA 2028 Adam Ramsay-Peaty arrived in Paris towing a record of 16 golds from 16 European Championship races. [caption id="attachment_473410" align="alignleft" width="240"] Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto[/caption] Starti...

European Championships, Day Four Prelims: David Popovici Launches 200 Free Defence Results Watch the European Championships Live (And Free!) Day 1 prelims report Day 1 finals report Day 2 prelims report Day 2 finals report Day 3 prelims report  Day 3 finals report David Popovici moved one step close...

Pan Pacific Championships: Australia Goes 1-2 in Women's 200 Fly Behind Brittany Castelluzzo The Commonwealth Games brought a wholesale reconfiguration of best times for Brittany Castelluzzo. The Australian kept the good times rolling in Irvine Wednesday night. Castelluzzo won the women’s 200 fly at...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Katie Ledecky Adds to Legacy in 1500 Freestyle A pair of Olympic titles. Six world championships. Three Pan Pacific crowns. Those are the international credentials for the United States' Katie Ledecky in the 1500-meter freestyle, an event the 29-year-old ...

Pan Pacific Championships Day One Finals: Mixed 400 Medley Relay One of the most fun events at the Pan Pacific Championships is the mixed medley relay. It blends the countries, strokes and men and women into one sensational race full of nation pride. It is also a chess match of which swimmers should...

Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Sam Short Adds 800 Free Gold Sam Short is putting together another outstanding summer. He added to it with one more gold medal Wednesday night. Short went 7:37.02 Wednesday night to win the men’s 800 free at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, Califor...

Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Luca Urlando Takes Down Michael Phelps' Meet Record inMen's 200 Butterfly The U.S. men led the 200 butterfly field into the finals at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships. Luca Urlando and Carson Foster were the top two seeds in the finals with Michael Phelp...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Canada's Blake Tierney Rallies for Gold in 100 Backstroke Prior to Wedneday night, the lone medal Blake Tierney had earned in international competition arrived in the 100-meter backstroke at the Pan American Games in 2023. That visit to Santiago, Chile pr...

Pan Pacific Championships Day One Finals: Women's 100 Backstroke The women's 100 backstroke was destined to be fast at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships. So fast that a meet record didn't make the finals. Three successive meet records by U.S. swimmers during prelims set the table for a speedy final...

Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Luke Hobson Holds off Gabriel Jett in 200 Free Luke Hobson looked amazing early. Gabriel Jett closed like crazy. In between, the U.S. has two pretty impressive swims in the men’s 200 free. Hobson just held off Jett by .11 seconds to win gold on the first n...