Europe

Kasia Wasick: Retired, Returned, and Racing to Gold Kasia Wasick’s comeback is one of the most remarkable stories in modern swimming. She retired. She came back. Now she’s beating swimmers half her age. The oldest swimmer at the European Aquatics Championships, Kasia Wasick won gold and broke master...

David Popovici: Sprint With The Stars Was With And For The Children David Popovici’s Sprint with the Stars brought together hundreds of children from across Romania and beyond to swim against Olympic and world champions. It was the first time the competition has been held in Romania with the swimmin...

Florian Wellbrock & Bettina Fabian Named Top Open Water Swimmers At European Aquatics Awards Florian Wellbrock and Bettina Fabian have been named men’s and women’s top open water swimmers in the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards. Wellbrock secured 48.67% of the total vote to finish a...

International Trio Has Brought Scene-Shifting Influence to NCAA Women's Swimming In the current era of college swimming, the dominant men’s programs blend domestic and international talent to assemble their rosters. Last season, seven out of 13 individual titles at the NCAA Championships went to swi...

Olympic Gold Medalist Yannick Agnel to Face Trial for Sexual Assault Olympic gold medalist Yannick Angel will face trial for sexual assault in his native France after an appeal was rejected on Thursday. Agnel, 33, had appealed an order to go to trial in a 2025 court appearance, but a court in Colmar...

David Popovici & Marrit Steenbergen Named European Aquatics Athletes of the Year David Popovici and Marrit Steenbergen have been voted male and female Athlete of the Year in the 2025 European Aquatics Awards. Popovici got 37.94% of the vote ahead of Leon Marchand (31.52%) and Hubert Kós (16.57%) fol...

Scottish Swimming Welcomes School Swimming Funding From Scottish Government Scottish Swimming has welcomed the news that primary schoolchildren will get access to swimming lessons with a universal learn to swim offer. The announcement was made in the Scottish budget on 13 January with the Scottish G...

Hubert Kós has been named male athlete of 2025 by Hungarian sportswriters after a swashbuckling year that included global titles and world records. Kós wasn’t able to accept the award in person at the gala dinner at the Opera House in Budapest as he’s in training in Texas. Instead, his mother Mária ...

When Tamas Darnyi Took the 200 IM Under 2:00; Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of a Special Achievement The rich tradition of Hungarian swimming stretches back more than a century, to the days of early Olympians Alfred Hajos and Zoltan Halmay. Most recently, the men's banner has been carried by Hube...

David Popovici Produced an All-Time Spectacular Year in the 100 Freestyle A sub-47 performance in the 100 freestyle remains a significant achievement. Only six men have ever visited that territory, and none with greater frequency than David Popovici. During the 2025 campaign, Popovici clocked 46-poi...

Could Sarah Sjostrom Reach Century Mark in Career International Medals During 2026? Is 2026 the year Sarah Sjostrom will claim the 100th international medal of her illustrious career? After giving birth to her son, Adrian, last August, the Swedish star took to social media in October to reveal she h...

Dutch Husband and Wife Headed for International Swimming Hall of Fame After Illustrious Careers When the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) conducts its 2026 inductions later this year in Fort Lauderdale, the evening will be exceedingly special for the Netherlands' Ranomi Kromowidjojo and F...

Swim England Apologises For String Of Errors Over Ellesmere Titans Disaffiliation Swim England has apologised to Ellesmere Titans for errors it made in the disaffiliation of the club in 2022 which included acting on anonymous information that turned out to be false. The governing body, with CEO Andy...

3 Questions to Answer in Swimming's New Year (Part II) As we navigate through the early days of 2026, it is natural to look ahead and wonder about the months ahead. What types of performances will we see from veteran champions? Who will emerge as a breakout star? These are just two questions that ca...

In His Own League: Hubert Kos Ranks No. 1 in 200 Backstroke in 2025 in LC and SC At the conclusion of the 2025 season, four women were ranked No. 1 in an event in both the long-course pool and in the short-course setting. Leading the way was Gretchen Walsh, who accomplished the feat in a pair of eve...

From Texas to Indiana to Antwerp: Caspar Corbeau Reveals What Really Happened at the World Cup Olympic medalist, World Championships silver medalist, European champion, and current world-record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke, Caspar Corbeau recently joined the Swimming World Podcast, Swim & T....

3 Questions to Answer in Swimming's New Year (Part I) With a New Year upon us, it is natural to gaze ahead and consider some of the plotlines within the sport. So, as part of a multi-piece series, Swimming World will pose some leading questions that figure to be answered over the next 12 months. We ...

Leon Marchand Named World Male Swimmer of the Year For Third Consecutive Year The reign of King Leon continues. Leon Marchand is yet again the top male swimmer in the world, and he adds World Male Swimmer of the Year honors for 2025 after previously capturing the honor in 2023 and 2024. Marchand cap...

Under-the-Radar Male Performance of the Year: Sven Schwarz Blistered European Record in 800 Freestyle Earning the right to represent Germany in distance-freestyle competition at the international level is no easy task, as the country boasts incredible depth. Lukas Maertens is an Olympic champion and...

After World Title and Continental Records, Marrit Steenbergen Wins European Female Swimmer of the Year On two previous occasions, Marrit Steenbergen had won World Championships gold medals, but both races, one in short course and one in long course, were missing some of the world's top competitors. ...