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World Championships: Ten Years On, James Guy Recalls Kazan History That Ushered In A Band Of Brothers In little more than a week, it’ll be exactly 10 years since James Guy claimed an historic 200 free title at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan. The then 19-year-old was third at the final turn be...

World Championships: Angharad Evans - Within Sight of British History But Focusing on The Controllables Angharad Evans was three when a British woman last won a breaststroke medal at the long-course World Championships. Evans’ fellow Scot Kirsty Balfour claimed joint silver alongside Megan Jendrick ...

World Championships: Eva Okaro Talks Simone Manuel, Being A Role Model & Her WJR When Eva Okaro dived into the water for the first time in Paris last year, she did so a split-second behind Simone Manuel in the adjacent lane. Manuel was the first black woman to win individual gold in the Olympic pool...

World Championships: Ben Proud On "Perfect" Paris, Living In London & Finding A Balance Ben Proud sits in his apartment, a few minutes’ walk from the London Aquatics Centre which hosted the 2012 Games and is now the Olympic silver medallist’s training base. The 30-year-old moved to Stratford, east L...

Leon Marchand to Focus on Individual Medley Races in Singapore, Skip 200 Breast & 200 Fly After capturing four gold medals at the Paris Olympics and making three trips to the medal podium at World Championships in 2022 and 2023, Leon Marchand plans to narrow his focus for next week's Worlds in Singa...

World Champs Profile: Italian Sara Curtis Targeting Senior-Level Breakthrough in Sprints Leading into the start of the World Championships in less than a week, Swimming World will publish a handful of short profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our next entry in this series feature...

World Championships: Roos Vanotterdijk On Ripping Up The Record Books & Mark Faber's Positivity Roos Vanotterdijk heads to Singapore for the latest stop on her odyssey in a year in which she’s ripped up the Belgian record books and earned a golden treble at the European Under-23 Championships. The P...

World Champs Profile: Kliment Kolesnikov Returning to Worlds for First Time Since 2019 Leading into the start of the World Championships later this month, Swimming World will publish a handful of short profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our next entry in this series features Rus...

World Championships: Daniel Wiffen 'Willing to Push Himself to the Limit' in Pursuit of 800 Free World Record Zhang Lin's 800 free world record has stood since July 2009 and it is, says, Daniel Wiffen, "definitely the hardest to break" while vowing to do whatever it takes to do just that. Zhang qual...

Filip Nowacki Among 14-Strong Great Britain Squad Heading To World Juniors; Mills & Morgan Also Selected Filip Nowacki - who won four titles at the European Junior Championships in early July - is among a 14-strong Great Britain squad heading to the World Junior Championships next month in Otopeni, ...

World Champs Profile: Marrit Steenbergen Has Shuffled Events, but Remains a Threat Leading into the start of the World Championships later this month, Swimming World will publish a handful of short profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our next entry in this series features the Net...

World Champs Profile: Duncan Scott Focusing on 200 Individual Medley and Relay Duty Leading into the start of the World Championships later this month, Swimming World will publish a handful of short profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our next entry in this series features Great ...

World Championships: Noè Ponti: Banishing Ghosts Of The Past, Seeking Silverware & Making Swiss History Noè Ponti has visited Olympic and European podiums and rewritten the short-course record books but the World Championships evoke few positive memories for the Swiss athlete. While he swept all bef...

Tes Schouten & Caspar Corbeau To Reunite With Coach Mark Faber As They Relocate To Antwerp Olympic bronze medallist Tes Schouten is to relocate to Antwerp, Belgium, where she will reunite with former coach Mark Faber with whom she worked for eight years. It comes after Caspar Corbeau, who won 200m b...

World Champs Profiles: Hubert Kos Ready to Expand Medal Reach Leading into the start of the World Championships later this month, Swimming World will publish a handful of short profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our next entry in this series features Hubert Kos, the latest in a ...

World Champs Profile: Angharad Evans Ready to Scale Global Breaststroke Podium Leading into the start of the World Championships later this month, Swimming World will publish a handful of short profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our next entry in this series features Great Brita...

Ireland's Shane Ryan Ready to Test Sprint Speed at World Championships When the World Championships in Singapore begin later this month, the 50-meter stroke events will hold greater prestige than ever. While the one-lap dashes have been part of the World Champs program since 2001, having debuted in ...

World Champs Profile: Thomas Ceccon Traveled Down Under in Pursuit of Latest Titles Leading into the start of the World Championships later this month, Swimming World will publish a handful of short profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our next entry in this series features Italy’...

World Champs Profile: Maxime Grousset is France's Overshadowed Man Leading into the start of the World Championships later this month, Swimming World will publish a handful of short profiles on top contenders for the podium in Singapore. Our next entry in this series features France’s Maxime Grousse...

James Guy Gets 200 Free Berth At World Championships; Duncan Scott Has Sole Individual Focus On 200IM James Guy will swim the individual 200 free at the upcoming World Championships, 10 years after claiming the global title at Kazan 2015. [caption id="attachment_610640" align="alignleft" width="273"...