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Kai Taylor and Flynn Southam Have Shifted Australian Hierarchy for Better On August 10, 2016, Kyle Chalmers secured a place in swimming lore that will endure. Racing in Rio de Janeiro, the Australian was crowned Olympic champion in the 100-meter freestyle, the 18-year-old defeating Belgium's Pieter ...

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 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 ...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Iona Anderson Upsets Kylie Masse for 100 Backstroke Gold Iona Anderson of Australia won the Commonwealth Games title in the women’s 100 backstroke in a time of 58.71, the 20-year-old rallying from a deficit at the 50-meter mark. Anderson flipped second in a time...

Commonwealth Games Finals, Day Three Finals: Angharad Evans Wins Scotland's First Gold in Women's 100 Breast For the first time at the Commonwealth Games, a Scottish female swimmer has won gold in the 100 breaststroke, with 23-year-old Angharad Evans topping the field. Evans touched in a time of 1:0...

Luca Urlando is 200 Fly World Champ, But Marchand, Milak and Others Looming He supplied the lone glorious moment for the American men at last year’s World Championships, dominating the 200 butterfly final. The medal was the first Luca Urlando has captured at a major international competition and the...

Commonwealth Games, Day Two Finals: Mollie O'Callaghan Outlasts Lani Pallister for 200 Freestyle Gold Defeating Mollie O'Callaghan in the 200 freestyle has been a nearly-impossible task. The 22-year-old Australian has captured gold medals on the global stage in the event each of the last three summe...

American Men's Swim Team Has Chance to Build Momentum at Pan Pacs The latest showdown between the two superpower nations in women's swimming, the United States and Australia, will take place at the Pan Pacific Championships. The men's competition, however, will be short on swimmers who have dominate...

Why Quiet Confidence Matters Most Before Championship Season  As championship season approaches, the atmosphere around the pool begins to change.  Practices become more intentional. Conversations shift from technique and volume to taper, qualifying times, and championship goals. Swimmers start check...

Shin Ohashi, Filip Nowacki Aiming to Lead Speed Surge in Men's 200 Breaststroke At last year’s World Championships, the men’s 200 breaststroke final produced one of the most exciting finishes of the competition as the lead changed hands three times and the winner came from Lane Eight. The order of f...

Stroke and Turn Officiating – We Have Liftoff By Ron Van Pool Stroke and turn officials are indeed the “eyes of the referee.” The foundation of swimming officiating is to ensure that all the athletes are treated fairly and that any benefit of the doubt goes to the swimmer. Throughout the race, the s...

Expect American Women's Swim Team to Continue Domination at Pan Pacs This summer sets up as the quietest championship season for American swimmers since the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Tokyo Olympics back by a year. USA Swimming will not hold a selection meet, having picked the team for the Pan Pac...

What Can We Expect from Caeleb Dressel at U.S. Nationals? Caeleb Dressel is back searching for a return to the top. The nine-time Olympic gold medalist has been consistently racing since the U.S. Open in December. He will look to have his best meet at the U.S. Nationals in Irvine, Calif., to close o...

Go for a Swim for These 6 Mental Health Benefits By Proteeti Sinha Researchers have found that swimming promotes both physical and mental well-being; this isn't news to anyone who regularly frequents the pool deck. But there are additional benefits that you may not be aware of that extend beyond the...

4 Reasons Why Swimming in College is the Best Decision You'll Ever Make By Andy Ross To swim or not to swim? That is a question asked by many high school students. Envisioning a life of swimming for another four years can be intimidating. But as a former student-athlete myself, I can assure you that...

Friday FunDay: 5 Unique Swimming Relays to Make Practice Fun Are you tired of the endless back and forth of swimming during practice? Craving the thrill of competition that's more about teamwork than swimming the fastest time? Luckily, you can dive into the exciting world of fun swimming relays! For...

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...

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...

5 Strategies to Build Excellent Team Culture The cultivation of great team culture is critical to a team’s success. Anytime a swimmer is looking for a new swim team, it's likely that one of their primary concerns will be how well the team gets along, as teamwork makes the swimming experience far mor...

How Sam Short and Daniel Wiffen Match Up for the 2026 Commonwealth Games With the Commonwealth Games coming up in just a couple of weeks, the men's 800 and 1500 freestyles could emerge as two of the best races of the meet. Sam Short, the 22-year-old from Australia, and 24-year-old Daniel Wiffen of N...