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World Aquatics Names Host of 2027 World Junior Championships World Aquatics has announced that Oeiras, Portugal will serve as the host of the 2027 World Junior Championships, where more than 600 athletes are expected to represent 90 countries. The dates for the competition will be August 16-21 at th...

Addition of Tatjana Smith Could Be a Game-Changer for Dutch Medley Relay The announcement by Tatjana Smith that she was changing her sporting nationality from South Africa to the Netherlands was a major surprise earlier this week. A four-time Olympic medalist, and two-time Olympic champion, Smith is...

South Carolina Scores 2028 Verbal From Distance Ace Jane Chevalier NEW COMMIT: The University of South Carolina has landed an impressive verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Larchmont, N.Y. native Jane Chevalier. Chevalier is one of the top distance swimmers in this class. She will join Ella Hafner ...

USA Swimming Announces Coaching Staff for World Short Course Championships USA Swimming has announced its coaching staff that will lead the U.S. contingent at the 2026 World Aquatics Championships (25m). DART Swimming’s Billy Doughty will lead the team alongside a decorated group of assistant coache...

Hawaii Offering Duke Kahanamoku License Plates Hawaii is offering license plates featuring the likeness of legendary swimmer and surfer Duke Kahanamoku. The specialty plates will be available starting Nov. 16 at all satellite city hall locations in Oahu with an initial availability of about 4,000 un...

‘Forever Part of My Story’: Swimming Community Mourns Loss of Dan Hicks For Rowdy Gaines, being broadcast partners with Dan Hicks was more than just meeting up a few times a year to call swimming. It was a friendship that stretched through the year, through decades, through eight Olympics calling sw...

Passages: NBC Olympic Broadcaster Dan Hicks, 64 NBC broadcaster Dan Hicks, who served as NBC’s swimming broadcaster for the last eight Olympics, has died. He was 64. Hicks’ wife, fellow broadcaster and journalist Hannah Storm, made the announcement Thursday. They described it as sudden following an ...

Van Mathias Hoping to Continue Astonishing Run at Short Course Worlds Predicting two individual gold medals for Van Mathias at the upcoming Short Course World Championships would hardly qualify as a bold statement, not after the incredible year the 26-year-old has put together in the sprint breastst...

Dan Hicks Was on the Call of Jason Lezak's Olympic Comeback for the Ages (Video) The sports world suffered a significant loss on Wednesday, when legendary NBC commentator Dan Hicks died at the age of 64. Hicks was a staple in the booth, calling golf and Notre Dame football for the Peacock Network. T...

A Nervous Kaylee McKeown To Add Platinum Touch For Swim GP Return In Melbourne EVENT INFORMATION – Including Teams A nervous five-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown will make her long-awaited return to racing when Swimming Australia unveils its new look Swim GP at the Melbourne Sports And Aquati.....

Matt Richards Among Six GB Swimmers Heading To World Short Course Championships Aquatics GB has announced a small team of six swimmers will compete at next month’s World Short Course Championships in Beijing. Matt Richards heads to the Chinese capital to end a year in which he added European titles ...

Results Days 1-3 report Day 4 report Day 5 report The Russian Short Course Championships ended after six days of racing in St Petersburg with titles claimed and Beijing selections locked in. Arina Surkova added the women’s 50 free title to her 50 fly gold as the only woman inside 24secs in 23.82. A...

Poolside Passport: One Day, Could Taylor Ruck Be Found Between the Bookshelves? A three-time Olympian, Taylor Ruck has been a key cog for Canada in international competition for the past decade. In addition to owning a quartet of relay medals from the Olympic Games, Ruck is a 16-time medalist betwee...

Caeleb Dressel and THEMAGIC5 introduce $90 limited-edition Vector swim goggles with custom 3D face scanning. See the design, fit technology and where to buy.

When Isabelle Odgers got to the wall and looked up and saw her time, her eyes lit up. The former USC All-American was going to get to wear a new swim cap. Odgers took second in the 400 IM at the USA Swimming Short Course World Championship Trials and qualified for the Short Course World Championship...

Veterans Day: How World War II Impacted Yale Great Bob Kiphuth Editor’s note: As we recognize Veterans Day, we are reposting this great feature by Chuck Warner, originally written as part of a series of articles about the great Yale coach Bob Kiphuth, highlighting a moment in Kiphuth’s career that i...

Roos Vanotterdijk Entered in 10 Solo Events As Belgium Announces Short-Course Worlds Team Roos Vanotterdijk and Noah Verreth are among eight swimmers selected to the Belgian team for the World Short Course Championships in Beijing next month. Vanotterdijk has been entered into 10 individual events (...

Andrei Minakov Wins 100 Fly by Slimmest of Margins in St. Petersburg Results Days 1-3 report Day 4 report Andrei Minakov won the 100 fly by the narrowest of margins on the penultimate night of the Russian Short Course Championships in St. Petersburg. Minakov clinched victory in 49.62, as Evgeny Shil...

The SEC announced its weekly swimming and diving honors. SEC Men’s Co-Swimmers of the Week: Jere Hribar, LSU and Koby Bujak-Upton, Tennessee LSU’s Jere Hribar, a senior from Split, Croatia, won three individual events against No. 14 Auburn. Hribar set the pool record at the LSU Natatorium in the 10....

World Aquatics Announces 34 Wildcard Athletes for World Short Course Championships Less than a month out from the World Short Course Championships in Beijing, World Aquatics has announced the 34 athletes who have been granted wildcard entries into the competition. The swimmers represent 18 nations a...