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Kate Douglass 'Shocked' at 50 Freestyle World Record; Sprint Breakthrough Means Tough Event Decisions to Come A quick scan of the impressive medal record Kate Douglass has put together over the past six years indicates the 50 freestyle is her third-best event, at best. Few, including Douglass, would...

Cayman Islands National Record Holder Sierrah Broadbelt Sends 2027 Verbal to Alabama NEW COMMIT: The University of Alabama has scored a verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Sierrah Broadbelt of Grand Cayman, the largest of the Cayman Islands. She owns several Cayman Islands natio...

Van Mathias on the Cusp of Joining Elite 57-Second Club in 100 Breaststroke A rapid ascendance up the standings in the men's sprint breaststroke events is nearly complete. Van Mathias did not even compete at last year's U.S. selection meet for the World Championships, but now he holds national recor...

Leon Marchand Entered in Six Events for French Championships (Entry Lists) The French Elite Championships are scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 27 and run through Thursday, July 2, with the meet in Saint-Etienne serving as the selection competition for this summer's European Championships in Pari...

Simone Manuel Leads World's Largest Swimming Lesson at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon On Thursday, nearly 600 kids from five Central Florida nonprofits participated in The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, learning critical water safety skills from Disney lifeguards and Olympic go...

International Olympic Committee Announces $10,000 Grants for All Future Olympians On Wednesday, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry introduced the "Fit for the Future" initiative at the 146th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland. As part of the program, Olympic athletes will be...

MPSF Swimming and Diving Field Expands to 24 Teams The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation announced an expanded league slate for the 2027 MPSF Championships, with 16 women’s teams and eight men’s team competing. That is an increase from 10 women’s teams and six men’s from last season, and it’s the l...

David Popovici Returning to Rome for Sette Colli; Some of Best Performances Produced in Italian Capital The 62nd edition of the Sette Colli International will unfold from Friday through Sunday at the Foro Italico in Rome, and if history is any indication, eyes should be on Romanian star David Popovi...

How Michael Andrew’s TYR Pro Series Swims Have Set Him Up for Success At the 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis, Michael Andrew showed signs of his old self. The 27-year-old Andrew swam some of his fastest times in over a year, showing that he is a major threat at this summer's Pan Pacific Cha...

American Women Poised to Topple Australia in 400 Freestyle Relay at Pan Pacs; Aussies Still Tough in 800 Free Relay One year ago, the American women had positioned themselves as gold-medal favorites in the 400 freestyle relay for the Singapore World Championships. Thanks to the speed of Torri Huske,...

Russian Swimmers Selected for European Championships; Will Compete as Individual Neutral Athletes A 44-strong squad of Russian swimmers has been selected for the European Championships where they’ll compete under the status of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN). World Aquatics decreed in April that a...

THEMAGIC5 Strengthens Its World-Class Athlete Roster with Addition of Olympian Shaine Casas THEMAGIC5, the creator of the world’s only custom-fit swimming goggles, today announced a partnership with Olympian Shaine Casas, further strengthening its world-class roster of athletes across swimming and t...

Canadian Trials Will Return to Site of 1976 Olympic Games The upcoming Canadian Trials, which will select the country's squad for the Pan Pacific Championships, will be held at the site of the 1976 Olympic Games. Parc Olympique in Montreal will serve as the host venue when Summer McIntosh and other ...

ASCA Announces 2026 TYR ’30 Under 30’ Award Recipients The American Swimming Coaches Association on Wednesday announced the winners of its 2026 “30 Under 30” Award sponsored by TYR. The honor recognizes exceptional young coaches who represent the future of the swimming profession. Winners receive a ...

Providence Hires Anthony Randall as Head Coach Providence on Tuesday announced the hiring of Anthony Randall as the program’s head swim coach and aquatics director. Randall arrives after five seasons as the head coach of the men’s and women’s programs at Marist. He replaces John O’Neill, who retired...

Report: Jordan Crooks Set to Return to Swimming Cayman Islands sprinter Jordan Crooks is ready to return to swimming, per a report from the Islands on Wednesday. Cayman Islands Minister of Sports Isaac Rankine made the announcement at a parliamentary meeting Tuesday night heralding Crooks’ “return …...

American 50-Meter Specialists Ready to Capitalize on New Olympic Events In the United States, the 50-meter stroke events remained second-class races for years, even after their addition to the World Championships program in 2001. The Americans contesting the 50 butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke...

Artistic Swimming World Cup Series Concludes, China and Britain Win Most Golds in Super Final The World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup series of 2026 has come to end with the Super Final held in Toronto, and China topped the medal table, having won five golds and one silver medal with spectacu...

Lawsuit over Teri McKeever Abuse Allowed to Proceed A lawsuit brought by 18 former University of California swimmers alleging abuse by former coach Teri McKeever was allowed to proceed by a court last week. The case is being brought against the Regents of the University of California, alleging that ...

Men's 800 Freestyle and Women's 1500 Freestyle to Debut at Commonwealth Games Five years after they made their Olympic debuts at the Tokyo Games, the men's 800-meter freestyle and women's 1500 freestyle will be contested at the Commonwealth Games for the first time. The competition is scheduled for ...