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Charlie Hall, Son of Gary Hall Jr., Raising Money for Training Expenses Charlie Hall, the son of 10-time Olympic medalist Gary Hall Jr., is crowdfunding to pay for a training trip to France. Charlie Hall is a senior at Torrey Pines High School in California. Despite his bloodlines, Hall only started...

Virginia Tech Hires Recent Grad Emily Claesson as Assistant Coach Virginia Tech has hired recent graduate Emily Claesson as an assistant coach. Claesson swam for the Hokies from 2022-26 and now joins the staff of head coach Sergio Lopez Miro. “This program is so special and has been such an integral...

Swimming Canada Names Team for 2026 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships Swimming Canada has selected five athletes to wear the maple leaf at the 2026 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships, taking place September 3-6 in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina. The te...

How Athlete Advancement Works at the Commonwealth Games, Euros and Pan Pacs With the Commonwealth Games getting underway next week in Glasgow, followed by the European Championships (Paris) and Pan Pacific Championships (Irvine) in August, there will be plenty of elite performances on offer this sum...

The Climb of Anna Peplowski: American Poised for Big Showing at Pan Pacific Champs At the past three major international competitions, Anna Peplowski has been a valuable member of Team USA. At the 2023 World Championships and 2024 Olympic Games, Peplowski handled a prelims leg for the United States ...

The Greatest Team in History: How the U.S. Dominated the 1976 Olympic Games Tomorrow, July 17, will mark the 50th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. To celebrate that golden anniversary, Swimming World is re-running this feature on the men's swimming squad fro...

Commonwealth Games 400m Showdown: If Sam Gets It Right On The Night He Won’t Be Short This Time Sam Short vs. Ian Thorpe and Lukas Martens – that’s the tantalizing imaginary matchup for what could well be the major swimming highlight of this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The Games countdow.....

Gallaudet University Breaking Barriers in Deaf Swimming For Stephanie Danner, swim practice was always a gift.  Spending time at the local pool with her brothers was a constant joy, gallivanting in the summer sun. Swim practice was always something to look forward to, an opportunity to improve a ski...

Swimming Canada Announces Squad for Junior Pan Pacific Championships A talented group of 40 young Canadian swimmers will have the opportunity to race in their home pool this summer as Swimming Canada announced its team for the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, set for August 17-20 at the UBC Aq...

ASCA Announces Age-Group Coach of the Year Finalists in Four Divisions The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter & Faster Swim Camps have announced the Top-Five Age Group Coach of the Year Finalists for small, medium, large and extra-large teams. The finalists will be introduced an...

The Day Doctors Told Mollie O’Callaghan She Would Not Be Swimming at Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs Australia’s triple Olympic gold medalist from Paris, Mollie O’Callaghan, will take her place in the Australian swim team for this year’s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs despite being told by doctors....

Texas Recruit Vivien Jackl Raises European Juniors Medal Count to 12 Not many athletes get the chance to compete at five editions of the European Junior Championships. To make that many appearances, an individual must earn an initial opportunity in her early teens, which was the case for Vivien Jack...

Glasgow Offers The Perfect Stage For Dolphins To Cash In On Swimming Australia’s Bold New Contract Plans Timing is everything as they say and the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Pan Pac campaigns could well provide the perfect platform for Swimming Australia’s bold new plan to contract its swimmers....

Sienna Zauder Will Remain In-State With 2027 Verbal to Nevada NEW COMMIT: Las Vegas native Sienna Zauder has opted to remain in-state for her college career after she verbally committed to the University of Nevada, Reno. Zauder is a talented sprinter who is a Sectionals qualifier. Regarding her comm...

POLL: Which International Swim Meet Will Be the Best of the Summer? (VOTE NOW!) The next few weeks are sure to be exciting, with three major international competitions on the schedule. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will get things started later this month, while the European Championships and Pa...

Can Anyone Close the Gap on Leon Marchand in 400 IM? For the last four years, Leon Marchand of France has dominated rivals around the world in the individual medley events. Those races were part of his historic four-gold-medal sweep at the Paris Olympics, and he swept world titles in the 200 and 400...

USA Swimming today announced a renewed partnership with arena USA, extending the organization’s relationship with one of the world’s leading competitive swimwear brands through 2028. The renewed agreement reinforces a shared commitment to advancing the sport at every level while supporting athletes....

Countdown! Two Years to 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles The official start of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is exactly two years away, the Opening Ceremony scheduled for July 14, 2028 between the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium. LA28 will mark the third time in which Los Angeles ha...

Emotional Shayna Jack Reveals She Will Make Her Farewell to Pool After Glasgow Commonwealth Games Australian swimming golden girl Shayna Jack has revealed today in an emotional video that she will bid farewell to the pool after this month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, retiring from the sport she....

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern If at first you don’t succeed, it’s probably not worth the effort, right? That was how I felt all through elementary school, and looking back, it’s not surprising. I followed in the footsteps of many kids who find their niche at a young age: I was reall...