Read morePan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Katie Ledecky Adds to Legacy in 1500 Freestyle12 August 2026Pan 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 ...
Read moreFLASH! Pan Pacific Championships: US Mixed 400 Medley Relay Crushes World Record12 August 2026Pan 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...
Read morePan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Sam Short Adds 800 Free Gold to 'Best Year'12 August 2026Pan 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...
Read morePan Pacific Championships: Luca Urlando Takes Down Michael Phelps' Meet Record in Men's 200 Butterfly12 August 2026Pan 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...
Read morePan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Canada's Blake Tierney Rallies for Gold in 100 Backstroke12 August 2026Pan 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...
Read morePan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Katharine Berkoff Edges Smith, Ruck in Women's 100 Backstroke12 August 2026Pan 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...
Read morePan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Luke Hobson Holds off Gabriel Jett in 200 Free12 August 2026Pan 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...
Read morePan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Lani Pallister Clips Summer McIntosh in 200 Freestyle12 August 2026Pan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Lani Pallister Clips Summer McIntosh in 200 Freestyle Last month, Lani Pallister exited the pool at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle, as she finished behind countrywoman Mollie O'Callaghan. A few weeks later...
Read morePan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Ben Armbruster Wins 50 Fly12 August 2026Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Ben Armbruster Wins 50 Fly Three swimmers swapped the meet record in prelims at the Pan Pacific Championships on Wednesday morning. There was little separating them again at night. Ben Armbruster led the way with a time of 22.75 seconds, a meet record. He ...
Read morePan Pacific Championships, Day 1 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Wins Opening Gold in Irvine at 24.65; Kate Douglass Takes Silver12 August 2026Pan Pacific Championships, Day 1 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Wins Opening Gold in Irvine at 24.65; Kate Douglass Takes Silver The first gold of the Pan Pacific Championships belonged to the American who has redefined butterfly and freestyle swimming in every format over the past several years. In her fir...
Read morePan Pacific Championships: Night One Finals Heat Sheets; Summer McIntosh Chasing WR in 200 Freestyle12 August 2026Pan Pacific Championships: Night One Finals Heat Sheets; Summer McIntosh Chasing WR in 200 Freestyle Several world records will be on watch during the first night of finals at the Pan Pacific Championships, including Summer McIntosh chasing the global mark in the 200-meter freestyle. McIntosh eased ...
Read morePan Pacific Championships: Claire Curzan Breaks Meet Record But Still Misses Finals in Loaded 100 Back12 August 2026Pan Pacific Championships: Claire Curzan Breaks Meet Record But Still Misses Finals in Loaded 100 BackComing into the Pan Pacific Championships, the elite swimmers knew there would be some tough-luck races. In the meet format, only two swimmers from each country can qualify for the finals, which lea...
Read moreFLASH! Johannes Liebmann Takes Down European 800 Free Record12 August 2026FLASH! Johannes Liebmann Takes Down European 800 Free Record 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 Johannes Liebmann took down his own European record in the 800 free en-route ...
Read moreFLASH! Sara Curtis Blisters World Record in 50 Backstroke at European Championships12 August 2026FLASH! Sara Curtis Blisters World Record in 50 Backstroke at European Championships Coming off a bronze medal in the 100-meter freestyle from a night earlier, Italy's Sara Curtis delivered the first world record of the European Championships on Wednesday night in Paris. The University of Virginia st...
Read morePan Pacific Championships, Day 1 Men's Prelims: Three Trade Meet Marks in 50 Fly12 August 2026Pan Pacific Championships, Day 1 Men's Prelims: Three Trade Meet Marks in 50 Fly The morning session at the Pan Pacific Championships was going to have guaranteed racing in at least one dimension. With only two finalists for each county allowed in locked finals and up to five participants per countr...
Read morePan Pacific Championships Day 1 Women's Prelims: Regan Smith, Gretchen Walsh Set Meet Marks12 August 2026The 2026 Pan Pacific Championships kicked off from the Wollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, California on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The Day One events are the 50 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 butterfly as well as the men's 800 and women's 1500 free slower heats. There were several meet record...
Read moreEuropean Championships, Day Three Semifinals: Sara Curtis Pops WR; Men's 100 Fly Showdown Set12 August 2026European Championships, Day Three Semifinals: Sara Curtis Pops WR; Men's 100 Fly Showdown Set It will be another fast-paced session on Night Three of the European Championships in Paris, as four semifinals will complement seven finals. The semifinals of the women's 200-meter freestyle will open the ...
Read moreEuropean Championships, Day Three Finals: Sarah Sjöström Wins 18th Gold a Year After Becoming a Mum12 August 2026European Championships, Day Three Finals: Sarah Sjöström Wins 18th Gold a Year After Becoming a Mum 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 Sarah Sjöström won her sixth 50 fly ti...
Read moreEuropean Championships, Day Three Prelims: Kristof Milak Launches Quest for Fourth Straight 100 Fly Title12 August 2026European Championships, Day Three Prelims: Kristof Milak Launches Quest for Fourth Straight 100 Fly Title Results Watch the European Championships Live (And Free!) Day 1 prelims report Day 1 finals report Day 2 prelims report Day 2 finals report Kristof Milak launched his quest for a fourth straight...
Read morePan Pacific Championships: Day One Heat Sheets; Stacked Men's 200 Freestyle11 August 2026Pan Pacific Championships: Day One Heat Sheets; Stacked Men's 200 Freestyle The first session of the Pan Pacific Championships is set for Wednesday morning, and many of the biggest names in the sport are ready to go to work at the William Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, California. There will be...