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From Gold Medals to the House of Lords: Chris Holmes Shares His Journey This exclusive interview with Lord Chris Holmes was conducted by Chris Tompkins of The Motivational Speakers Agency. Lord Chris Holmes is one of Britain’s most successful Paralympians, a passionate advocate for diversity and inc...

Kuzey Tuncelli Chasing Double Defense at World Junior Championships Coming off a pair of finals appearances at the World Championships in Singapore, Turkey's Kuzey Tuncelli is scheduled to race at the World Junior Championships in Otopeni, Romania. The 17-year-old distance star will try to defend hi...

Lithuanian endurance athlete and award-winning animation director Meinardas Valkevičius successfully completed a historic swim across the Baltic Sea. He is the first documented person to cross  from Kristianopel, Sweden, to Palanga, Lithuania, a journey of 366 km that spanned 21 days. Valkevičius be...

Olympic Medallists Anna Hopkin & Luke Greenbank Announce Engagement Anna Hopkin and Luke Greenbank - who between them have amassed an extensive collection of silverware - have announced their engagement. Hopkin anchored the British mixed medley relay to gold at the Tokyo Olympics where Greenbank led...

Seine River Reopening Continues to be a Hit with Swimmers - Local and International Since reopening to public swimming last month, the River Seine has become a popular destination for local and international visitors. In July, the Seine was reopened to public bathing for the first time in more than ...

Adam Peaty Completes Debut Triathlon: "One Of The Hardest Things I’ve Ever Done" Adam Peaty described his triathlon debut as "one of the hardest things I’ve ever done" after racing over the Olympic distance at the London T100 Triathlon. The triple Olympic champion was among more than 5,000 participa...

Olympic Gold Medalist Daniel Wiffen Reveals He Will Train at Cal Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen will be joining his brother in Northern California, according to a post by the Irishman on social media. While his twin, Nathan Wiffen, will compete for Cal-Berkeley at the NCAA level, Daniel Wiffen will ...

Leon Marchand Hints 400 Freestyle Could Be Part of Future Program ****************************** "Maybe even the 400 free. We’ll see how it goes." Ten words. That’s all it took for Leon Marchand to tease the future. To spark intrigue. To tap into the hypothetical – perhaps a European clash with fell...

Ben Proud Still Flashing Premier Speed En Route to Fifth World Champs Medal in 50 Freestyle The first time Ben Proud raced the 50-meter freestyle at the World Championships, he was an 18-year-old rising star at the 2013 installment of the competition, held in Barcelona. The British sprinter finished...

Second European Record a Sensational Return for Simona Quadarella Simona Quadarella will leave Singapore this week without a gold medal at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. The Italian will head home with two European records in her bag and something much more elusive: Claim to spoiling one of ...

World Championships: Santo Condorelli Beats Martin Kartavi in 50 Free Swim-Off Given the unusual journey that Santo Condorelli has taken to the 2025 World Aquatic Championships, a swim-off would seem par for the course. The American (again, at least, in the eyes of World Aquatics) prevailed in a 50 ...

Daniel Wiffen Withdraws From Worlds, Citing Appendicitis Recovery Ireland Olympic gold medalist Daniel Wiffen has withdrawn from the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, citing the bout of appendicitis he battled last month. Wiffen’s withdrawal is officially on medical grounds. Swim Ireland announced ...

Adam Peaty Targeting Four Event Schedule at 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the addition of the 50-meter stroke events for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Adam Peaty confirmed he would compete in the 50 breaststroke. Now, the British ...

World Championships: Anna Elendt Wins 100 Breast with Outside Smoke The attention was on the middle of the pool in Tuesday’s women’s 100 breaststroke final at the World Aquatics Championships. That was just fine by Anna Elendt. The German who trains in Austin won a world title out of Lane 1 with a t...

World Championships: David Popovici Tips Luke Hobson in Another 200 Free Duel The men’s 200 freestyle final was one of the races of the 2024 Paris Olympics, with .15 seconds blanketing the top four finishers. Tuesday’s final at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships only adds to the lore of a fascina...

After 'Transition Year,' Leon Marchand Still Targeting World Records The Olympic Games held in Paris held special meaning for French athletes, and Leon Marchand made the most of the rare opportunity to compete for his sport's highest honor on home soil. He entered a star and emerged a national hero ...

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...