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DISTANCE DOMINATOR: Lani Pallister adds the 800m freestyle in a new Games record time. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Finals: Lara Van Niekerk Defends 50 Breast Title Over Sienna Toohey Four years after nabbing Commonwealth Games gold medals in the 50 and 100 breaststroke, Lara Van Niekerk has returned to the top of the podium in the one-lap event. Van Niekerk earned the title defense T...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Finals: Jersey Boy Filip Nowacki Wins 200 Breast Filip Nowacki made history for Jersey at the Commonwealth Games, winning the men’s 200 breaststroke Tuesday night. The teenager bested the field at the Tollcross International Aquatic Centre in Glasgow with a time of 2:07....

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Finals: Kylie Masse Gets Revenge in Women's 50 Backstroke After a disappointing silver medal in the 100 backstroke, Kylie Masse came back to defeat Aussie Iona Anderson in the 50 backstroke. Already one of the greatest backstrokers of all-time, Masse has padded her resum...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Semifinals: Pieter Coetze Rips Games Record in 100 Backstroke The fifth day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will mark the last session including semifinals, with action scheduled in the women's 50 freestyle, men's 50 butterfly and men's 100 backstroke. In the 50 fre...

Evan Wilkerson Sets Four American Records at Jimi Flowers Classic Evan Wilkerson set four American records at the Jimi Flowers Classic, one of the final tuneups for American paraswimmers before the Para Pan Pacific Championships this summer. Wilkerson, 19, led the way in the two-day long-course meet...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Finals: Lewis Clareburt Repeats as 400 IM Champ Four years has found Lewis Clareburt in the same spot relative to his Commonwealth peers: Atop the podium, and just .02 off of history. The New Zealand swimmer repeated as the champion of the men’s 400 individual medley at ...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Finals: Jenna Forrester Completes Medley Sweep with 200 Win If Jenna Forrester wasn’t a well-known name coming into these Games, she has certainly become one now. After wins in both the 200 backstroke and 400 individual medley, Forrester now puts herself on a short list ...

Australia's Flynn Southam has officially declared his arrival on the international scene, causing a major upset on the fifth night of finals at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre - winning his first major individual gold medal in the 100m freestyle -declaring he is here to stay. The 21-year...

Princeton Hires Lara Mitchell as Assistant Coach Princeton University on Monday hired Lara Mitchell as an assistant coach to its women’s swimming and diving program. Mitchell joins the staff of head coach Abby Brethauer after two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Ithaca College from 2024-26. ...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Para Events: Kirralee Hayes, Stephen Clegg Mine Gold in 50 Freestyle (S13) Heading into Tuesday's final of the 50-meter freestyle (S13) at the Commonwealth Games, Australian Kirralee Hayes owned a pair of medals from the competition - one in 2022 and one from earlier thi...

Caeleb Dressel Shows Positives Signs with 47.98 in 100 Free at Nationals What to expect from Caeleb Dressel this summer is a question looming over American men’s swimming two years out from the next Olympics. The longtime sprint cornerstone is a nine-time Olympic gold medalist, 15-time World Champio...

U.S. Nationals, Men’s Prelims: Showdown Set in 200 Fly The first men’s event of the 2026 Toyota U.S. National Championships in Irvine, Calif., left plenty in reserve. But the way that the swimmers queuing up sets the stage for a tense final. Just 0.79 seconds separated the eight A finalists on Tuesd...

US National Championships Day 1 Women's Prelims: Bella Sims Shows Butterfly Strength The USA Swimming 2026 Toyota National Championships have kicked off from Irvine, California. The women's events for the Day 1 prelims include the 200 butterfly, 100 freestyle, followed by the slower heats of the tim...

The World Records Set at the William Woollett Aquatics Center Will any world records fall at next month's Pan Pacific Championships? Based on history, it's likely. The William Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine will serve as the host site in Southern California, and world records are not uncommon at...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Prelims: Lewis Clareburt Sets Up Title Defense in 400 IM It's been a strong week for New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt at the Commonwealth Games, with the veteran already winning a gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly and silver in the 200 individual medley. On Tuesday morn...

Yu Yiting and Zhang Zhanshuo Lead Chinese Squad Headed for Pan Pacs; 13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Absent from Roster China will send a 13-athlete squad to the upcoming Pan Pacific Championships, with Yu Yiting and Zhang Zhanshuo leading the entries. The news was reported by the X account, Chinese Swimming Ne...

Olivia Smoliga Skipping Nationals After Appendix Removal Finds Hernia Two-time Olympian Olivia Smoliga will not be competing at the U.S. National Championships this week in Irvine, California. Smoliga posted on Instagram that she had her appendix removed and it revealed another injury, a hernia, cau...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Australian Women Continue Domination in 800 Free Relay As expected, the Australian women have been nearly unbeatable at the Commonwealth Games. Through four days, the Dolphins have won eight out of nine individual events (all except the 100 breaststroke), and aft...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Lewis Clareburt Surges Home to Win 200 Fly Gold The men’s 200 butterfly gave fans one of the most thrilling finishes of these Commonwealth Games. Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand, the defending champion from 2022, had all the odds stacked against him coming in with...