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Commonwealth Games, Day One Finals: With Kaylee McKeown Out, Jenna Forrester Strikes Gold in Women’s 200 Backstroke With Kaylee McKeown out of the Commonwealth Games due to glandular fever, the women’s 200 backstroke field became wide open. Jenna Forrester from Australia took advantage of the openin...

Commonwealth Games, Day One Semifinals: Pieter Coetze Rips Games Record in 50 Backstroke; Adam Ramsay-Peaty Rolling Four years after claiming the silver medal in the 50-meter backstroke at the Commonwealth Games, South Africa's Pieter Coetze is ready to move to the top step of the podium. After lead...

Commonwealth Games, Day One Para Events: Nathan Hendricks Powers to Victory in 100 Freestyle South Africa's Nathan Hendricks, a student at the University of Pretoria, notched a convincing victory in the S13 classification of the 100-meter freestyle during Friday's opening finals session at the Commo...

Commonwealth Games, Day One Prelims: Erika Fairweather and Lani Pallister Set to Duel for 400 Freestyle Title The first of this summer's three major international competitions got underway this morning, as the Commonwealth Games kicked off six days of action with Friday morning preliminaries from th...

The Journey of Marrit Steenbergen: Surrounded by Greatness and Willing to Push Limits As her profile started to take shape on the international stage, a teenage Marrit Steenbergen was surrounded by spectacular talent as a member of the Dutch National Team. Take the 2016 Olympic Games for example. In...

Commonwealth Games: Angharad Evans Channels Tartan Army Spirit a Year after Singapore Devastation Angharad Evans will channel the spirit of the Tartan Army when she makes her debut for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. "No Scotland, no party" was the rallying cry and unofficial ant...

Leon Marchand’s Life after Paris Olympics Chronicled in ‘Beyond Gold’ The new documentary, “Leon Marchand: Beyond Gold,” takes a look at the four-time Olympic gold medalist’s life after his exploits in Paris in the 2024. Marchand was one of the stars of his home games in Paris, winning gold medals i...

Commonwealth Games: Amalie Smith Eyes Senior Debut After Double European Junior Gold Fresh from securing double gold in continental junior waters, Amalie Smith will make her senior debut at the Commonwealth Games before continuing her summer journey at the European Championships in Paris. The 16-yea...

Max Litchfield has had a career spanning three Olympics and five World Championships but Glasgow 2026 will mark only his second Commonwealth Games, 12 years after his senior debut at the same Tollcross pool that hosts this year’s event. Litchfield made his senior bow at Glasgow 2014 representing Tea...

Commonwealth Games: Lauren Cox Talks 2022 Catalyst & Kaylee McKeown Absence The 2022 Commonwealth Games served as a real eye-opener for Lauren Cox and offered her a glimpse of what she could achieve on the international stage. Cox made her senior debut at the Games in Birmingham where she led off th...

Long-Form Feature: The Rivalry of Alexander Popov vs. Gary Hall Jr.; 30th Anniversary of Atlanta 1996 To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Swimming World examines - through a long-form feature - the sensational and intense rivalry between sprint legends Gary Ha...

Duncan Scott has had a mural painted in his honour and a stand named after him at Tollcross International Swimming Centre named ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Scott, who has won three golds among 13 Commonwealth medals since his 2014 debut for Team Scotland, is featured in one of seven ...

Tom Dean Recalls Historic Relay Tussle With Kyle Chalmers Amid Countdown To Commonwealth Games Tom Dean made history at Birmingham 2022 when he held off the challenge of Kyle Chalmers on the anchor leg of the men’s medley relay to become the first home nations athlete to win seven medals in a single...

Chasing Barriers: Hubert Kos and Pieter Coetze Targeting 1:52 Territory in 200 Backstroke At one time, the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly was deemed untouchable. It took 16-plus years for the elimination of Liu Zige's standard, but Summer McIntosh eventually vanquished the super-sui...

How Athlete Advancement Works at the Commonwealth Games, Euros and Pan Pacs With the Commonwealth Games getting underway next week in Glasgow, followed by the European Championships (Paris) and Pan Pacific Championships (Irvine) in August, there will be plenty of elite performances on offer this sum...

Texas Recruit Vivien Jackl Raises European Juniors Medal Count to 12 Not many athletes get the chance to compete at five editions of the European Junior Championships. To make that many appearances, an individual must earn an initial opportunity in her early teens, which was the case for Vivien Jack...

European Juniors, Day 6 Finals: Luca Hoek Repeats as Champion of 100 Freestyle The final day of the European Junior Championships in Munich is packed with 12 finals, with the girls' 200-meter individual medley and boys' 100 backstroke leading off the program. The competition will conclude with final...

European Juniors, Day 6 Prelims: Grigorii Vekovishchev Gets 400 Free Defense Underway After Friday Double Results Day 1 Prelims Wrap Day 1 Finals Wrap Day 2 Prelims Wrap Day 2 Finals Wrap Day 3 Prelims Wrap Day 3 Finals Wrap Day 4 Prelims Wrap Day 4 Finals Wrap Day 5 Prelims Wrap Day 5 Finals Wrap G...

How Sam Short and Daniel Wiffen Match Up for the 2026 Commonwealth Games With the Commonwealth Games coming up in just a couple of weeks, the men's 800 and 1500 freestyles could emerge as two of the best races of the meet. Sam Short, the 22-year-old from Australia, and 24-year-old Daniel Wiffen of N...

European Juniors, Day 5 Finals: Vivien Jackl Adds Butterfly Title to Collection Many of Europe's rising stars were back in the water on Saturday for the fifth day of the European Championships in Munich. There were five finals scheduled for the session, with a plethora of semifinals to set up the fi...