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Beyond 100 Freestyle, Marrit Steenbergen Packaged Spectacular Summer The Summer of 2026 will be remembered for the dominance of Marrit Steenbergen in the 100-meter freestyle. On five occasions, the Dutch star broke the 52-second barrier in the event, accounting for half of the all-time sub-52s. The ...

Commonwealth Medallist Ciara Schlosshan Announces Retirement Ciara Schlosshan has retired weeks after she won medley relay silver for Team Scotland at a home Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The fly specialist, who trained at the University of Edinburgh, shared her decision weeks after she reached the...

Tom Dean Among Team Setting Sights on English Channel Relay Record for RLSS Fundraising Tom Dean, Dan Jervis and Hector Pardoe are among a team of six British swimmers that will attempt to break the English Channel relay world record later this month. The squad will take on the 33km challenge from t...

Youngster to Watch: Spain's Luca Hoek Making Inroads in 100 Freestyle with LA28 on Horizon Athletes are now into the back half of the march to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, each day of training a key step toward racing at SoFi Stadium. On the path to LA28, Swimming World will periodically f...

Apostolos Siskos Made History with Podium Double at European Champs Back in May, while racing at the Acropolis Open, Apostolos Siskos became the third-fastest European in the history of the 200-meter backstroke. Clocking 1:54.12 for a Greek record, Siskos established a starting point for the biggest...

Double Olympic Champion Matt Richards Driven by Paris Pain in Pursuit of LA 2028 Gold Matt Richards is doing everything in his power to avoid a repeat of his crushing disappointment of Paris 2024 where he missed 200m freestyle gold by 0.02secs. Swimming out of lane one as David Popovici, Duncan Scot...

Sara Curtis Leads Quintet of European Medalists into NCAA Campaign The NCAA stage has always sported tremendous international talent, its schools boosted by contributions from stars such as South Africans Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling to recent European standouts like Leon Marchand and Hubert Ko...

The All-Time Rankings of Leon Marchand; French Star Continues to Define Versatility We didn't get to see a full showcase of Leon Marchand's talent this summer. Due to an adductor injury suffered at the French Elite Championships, and a subsequent reaggravation, the French star opted to bypass the in...

At LA28, Ruta Meilutyte Could Take a Page Out of Anthony Ervin's Book At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Ervin wrote one of the best stories the sport has seen. Sixteen years after he shared gold in the 50-meter freestyle at the Sydney Olympics, Ervin edged Frenchman Florent Manaud...

Throwback Thursday: Alexander Dale Oen Wins Emotional Gold for Norway at His Final Major Meet The news was a gut punch not just for his family and friends but for the entire swimming community. Late at night on April 30, 2012,  Norwegian breaststroker Alexander Dale Oen passed away suddenly, his cau...

Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Day 3 report Apostolos Christou blazed to a 100m backstroke championship record as he added the Mediterranean Games title to his European gold in Taranto. The Greek swimmer was out in 25.34 and back in 26.91 to post 52.34, 0.07 off the time in which he won gold in ...

Lisa Angiolini Makes it a Golden Double at the Mediterranean Games Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Lisa Angiolini made it two titles and three pieces of solo silverware after winning the 50m breaststroke at the Mediterranean Games. The Italian headed prelims in a 30.45 championship record before r...

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...

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...

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 ...

James and Courtney Guy have shared that they are expecting their first child. The couple, who got married in Mallorca in August 2025, posted the news on social media. The post read “Time has flown by 🥺💕” accompanied by a picture of Courtney Guy. There were messages of congratulations from many peo...

How Johannes Liebmann Is Changing the 1500 Freestyle At the 2026 European Championships, 19-year-old German Johannes Liebmann stunned the world as he smashed the 1500 freestyle world record by almost four seconds, going 14:26.79. The record was previously held by Bobby Finke from his 2024 Olympic go...

James Guy: History In Paris, Leading By Example & Words Of Wisdom James Guy made history at last week’s European Championships when he became the oldest swimmer to break the 1:45 barrier in the 200 free. The Briton posted 1:44.87 en-route to bronze behind David Popovici and Tamas Navikonis at the ag...

Hungarian Hubert Kos Tracks Down One Hall of Famer; Has Another Cornered In a way, Hubert Kos played a game of tag with a pair of Hall of Famers as he raced at the just concluded European Championships in Paris. On the final day of competition, Kos tapped countryman Laszlo Cseh, eliminating the 74-t...