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Egor Kornev Blazes To 46.96 100 Free At Russian Championships; Yulia Efimova Claims Crown Results Egor Kornev sped to his second sub-47sec 100 free in as many days in 46.96 on the final night of the Russian Championships in Kazan. The 22-year-old became the first Russian to break 47secs when he went...

Three-Time World Champion Maxime Grousset Out Of French Championships After Fracturing Left Foot Three-time world champion Maxime Grousset has withdrawn from the French Championships due to a fractured left foot, throwing his hopes of competing at Paris 2026 into doubt. Grousset, who won the 50/100 ...

Rio Olympics 50 Free Champion Pernille Blume Expecting First Child Pernille Blume is expecting her first child 10 years after winning the 50 free at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Dane revealed the happy news on social media, saying: "Ten years ago I reached a big milestone in my life in b...

Egor Kornev Goes Fifth All-Time in 50 Free With 21.06 Blast in Kazan Results Egor Kornev went fifth all-time in the 50 free with a sizzling 21.06 at the Russian Championships in Kazan. Kornev delivered his show of speed a day after posting 21.12 in the semis to go sixth in the all-time rankings in a...

Egor Kornev Fires Off 21.12 in 50 Free Semis at Russian Championships; Goes Sixth All-Time Results Egor Kornev fired off a 21.12 effort in the 50 free to go sixth in the all-time rankings at the Russian Championships in Kazan. Kornev cut 0.15 from the national record of 21.27 that had stood to Vladi...

European Request for Delay to Full Reintegration of Russian & Belarusian Athletes Accepted by World Aquatics Russians and Belarusians must apply to compete as Neutral Individual Athletes (AIN) at the European Championships in Paris after the continental governing body’s request to delay full reinteg...

Evgeny Rylov Calls Time on Career Following Pro-Putin Stance & Olympic Titles Evgeny Rylov has announced his retirement after a career which will be remembered more for his allegiance to Vladimir Putin than his Olympic titles. The Russian was handed a nine-month ban by World Aquatics – then FINA – i...

Sarah Sjöström Named in 22-Strong Sweden Squad for European Championships Sarah Sjöström will return to international competition after being named among a 22-strong Sweden squad for the European Championships in Paris. The three-time Olympic champion returned to competition at the Swim Open Stockho...

Three-time Olympic champion Tom Dean has been unveiled as the first celebrity ambassador of the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS). The announcement follows the deaths of 17 people in water-related incidents during the recent hot weather in the UK. The RLSS said of the collaboration with Dean: “Thi...

Sette Colli Meet Stacked with Top Stars; Gretchen Walsh and David Popovici Expected to Race The 62nd edition of the Sette Colli International Swim Meet (June 26-28) will once again feature some of the biggest names in the sport, headlined by the presence of American Gretchen Walsh and Romanian David...

Could Return of Kristof Milak Spark the Races of the Summer? After barely competing in 2025, Kristof Milak is back in race form. The 26-year-old Hungarian returned to the water at the Hungarian Nationals in April, where he turned in the fastest time in the world this year in the 100 butterfly at 50....

Marrit Steenbergen Seizes Control of 100 Freestyle During Incredible Week at Mare Nostrum Never has a two-time world champion been so underrated as Marrit Steenbergen. The Dutch swimmer captured the 100 freestyle crown in 2024 and 2025, but the first title came against a field missing numerous high-...

Italian Breaststroker Anita Bottazzo Transfers to Indiana Italian international Anita Bottazzo on Monday announced her transfer to Indiana. Bottazzo spent her first two NCAA seasons at the University of Florida. Bottazzo announced her decision on social media. View this post on Insta...

Siobhan Haughey Closes Out Mare Nostrum Series with 200 Freestyle Title; Ilya Kharun Sweeps Butterfly Events For the third straight time during this year's Mare Nostrum Series, Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey surged to the title in the 200-meter freestyle. After triumphs in Monaco and Canet, Haughey cap...

McKenzie Siroky Leads Strong Day for Team USA at Mare Nostrum Stop in Barcelona Following a dominant showing in the 50-meter breaststroke at the Monaco leg of the Mare Nostrum Series, the United States' McKenzie Siroky has now earned back-to-back triumphs in the 100 breaststroke during the tour, her...

Encore! Marrit Steenbergen Goes Sub-52 for Second Time in a Week in 100 Freestyle It's been quite the Mare Nostrum Series for Dutch star Marrit Steenbergen, who opened the tour in Monaco with a national record of 52.13 in the 100-meter freestyle. From there, the 26-year-old moved to the second leg i...

Siobhan Haughey Sets Mare Nostrum Record En-Route To Golden Double In Canet Results Day 1 report Siobhan Haughey set a Mare Nostrum 200 free record en-route to a golden double on day two of the Canet stop of the series. First up for the four-time Olympic medallist was the 50 free which she took in 2...

Marrit Steenbergen Scares World Record in 100 Freestyle at Canet Stop of Mare Nostrum Series Just two days after Anna Moesch set an American record in the 100-meter freestyle to become the No. 2 performer in history, the Netherlands' Marrit Steenbergen joined the 51-second club by blasting a mark of...

How the Enhanced Games Tried - and Failed - to Make Swimming Spectacle It's no secret that swimming is a once-every-four-years event for most people. For all the joys of a competitive championship meet, the leaders who bear the responsibility of running swim meets have understood that obtaining larg...

Johannes Liebmann Claims 800 Free Title at AP Race London; Filip Nowacki Secures 200 Breast Crown The 2026 edition of the AP Race Lond International concluded on Monday at the London Aquatic Centre, which was the site of the 2012 Olympic Games. The Day Three finals featured appearances from rising G...