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What's Next for 13-Year-Old Phenom Yu Zidi? Asian Games a Major Opportunity A teenager for less than a year, Yu Zidi is already accustomed to the spotlight. Such is life when you race at the World Championships as a 12-year-old, and break an Asian record as a 13-year-old. The former was achieved in ...

5 Under-the-Radar Swimmers to Watch for Upcoming NCAA Season (Women's Edition) The collegiate season is rapidly approaching, the latest push to the NCAA Championships set to get underway next month. The University of Virginia will chase a seventh consecutive team title, the Cavaliers' top-end talent...

5 Overhadowed Swimmers Whose Summers Did Not Get Proper Credit; Gabriel Jett Soars to New Heights (Men's Edition) Did you hear? Johannes Liebmann shattered the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle by three-plus seconds. Get this. Hubert Kos almost took down the longstanding world standard of Aar...

Leonie Beck has retired from open water swimming after a career in which she won world and European titles. The German competed at three Olympics across pool and marathon swimming with fifth in the open water at the Tokyo Olympics the closest she came to the podium. The 29-year-old posted her announ...

Exciting Times Ahead for Aussie Dolphins When 'Gen Next' Joins 'Gen Now' for Para Pan Pacs The biggest names in Australian Para swimming, led by Lakeisha Patterson, Brenden Hall, Col Pearse and Tim Hodge, will spearhead “Gen Now” when they join “Gen Next” on the Dolphins team for this week’s Para P....

Sydney’s Pool Of Dreams to Host 2027 Aussie World Championships Trials The cream of Australia’s swimmers will again converge onto the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) next year for the 2027 World Championships Trials. The stars of this year’s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs – led by worl.....

New U.S. 50 Breast Champ Watson Nguyen to Compete at Vietnam National Sports Games Watson Nguyen, who won gold in the men’s 50 breaststroke at U.S. Nationals in July, is set to compete at the National Sports Games in Vietnam in December. Nguyen was also third in the 100 breast at Nationals in Irvine...

India Sending 12 Swimmers to 2026 Asian Games India is sending a 12-swimmer delegation to the Asian Games in September, including Olympians Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash. All 12 swimmers are on the men’s side. India did not bring female swimmers to the Commonwealth Games earlier this summer, eit...

Boston College Scores 2027 Verbal From Germantown Academy's Oliver Ritchey NEW COMMIT: Boston College has scored a new verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Oliver Ritchey of Hellertown, Pa. Ritchey is a Junior National qualifier who excels in freestyle and IM. He will join Seth B...

Stanford Hires Three-Time NCAA Champ Dani Jackovich as Water Polo Assistant Stanford this week announced the hiring of Dani Jackovich as an assistant coach for the women’s water polo program. Jackovich competed for the Cardinal from 2014-17, winning three NCAA titles. She is transitioning into coach...

Moesha Johnson Savors 'Really Special' Open Water Win with Sister in Attendance Before Moesha Johnson locked in for the open water race at the Pan Pacific Championships, she did a quick scan of the shore at the Long Beach Marine Stadium. The Australian Olympian caught sight of who she was hoping to ...

Results Day 1 report Luca De Tullio led throughout to win the men’s 800 free at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto as world champion Ahmed Jaouadi finished third. De Tullio was dominant, finishing around eight and a half seconds ahead of Dimitrios Markos who took silver in 7:55.05. It was the Greek...

5 Overlooked Swimmers Who had Stellar Summers; Claire Curzan Sharp at Pan Pacs (Women's Edition) This summer has not been short on elite performances, from Kate Douglass and Marrit Steenbergen rewriting the sprint-freestyle record books to Lani Pallister tripling at both the Commonwealth Games and P...

Gretchen Walsh Refreshingly Embracing Dominance of 100 Butterfly Some athletes claim they don't pay attention to their historical standing. That's not the style of Gretchen Walsh, who last week added another chapter to her stunning legacy in the 100-meter butterfly. After winning her prime event at ...

Fox Valley Swim Team's Sofia Piater Chooses Wisconsin For 2027 NEW COMMIT: The University of Wisconsin has received a new verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Sofia Piater of Naperville, Ill. Piater is a Junior National qualifier who excels in backstroke and freestyle. She will j...

Benedetta Pilato Adds 100 Breaststroke Gold to European Bronze at Mediterranean Games Results Benedetta Pilato twice lowered the 100m breaststroke championship record to clinch the Mediterranean Games title a week after European bronze. Pilato went 1:06.64 in prelims before returning to the Taranto ...

Next Month's Asian Games Will Feature Star-Studded Field Now that the Commonwealth Games, European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships have concluded, attention shifts to next month and the Asian Games in Tokyo. The meet is scheduled for September 20-25 and will mark the last major regional ...

Swimming’s Marathon: Why Open Water Deserves a Bigger Stage  There is something about endurance sports that draws people in.  Thousands of fans line the streets of Boston and New York to watch athletes run 26.2 miles. Spectators stand along mountain roads for hours waiting for the Tour de France pel...

Led by Sam Short, Men's 800 Freestyle Field in Pursuit of History The 2026 season has brought renewed hope that super-suited records could finally be consigned to history. Summer McIntosh harpooned the white whale that was Zige Liu’s 200 fly world record for the last one on the women’s side. David P...

Two-Time Olympian Phoebe Bacon Making Move to UVA Pro Group Two-time Olympian Phoebe Bacon took to social media on Friday to announce that she is moving her training base to Charlottesville, home of the high-powered University of Virginia program. Bacon is coming off the Pan Pacific Championships an...