Europe

Progression of Adam Peaty During World Cup a Positive Sign on Road to 2028 Olympics As Adam Peaty departed the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the British legend owned another medal from his work in the 100-meter breaststroke. After winning back-to-back titles in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Peaty secured...

Men's 4x2 Relay Squad Shortlisted For Aquatics GB Award After Adding World Crown To Olympic Title The men's 4x200 free relay that won world gold a year after claiming the Olympic title have been shortlisted for Athletes of the Year at the Aquatics GB Awards 2025. Matt Richards, James Guy, Jack McMil...

Newly Retired Laura Stephens Wins Award for Pool Engineering Plan When Laura Stephens decided to retire from swimming this year, she didn’t step far away from the pool. The Olympian has begun a career built around the sustainable engineering of pools, for which she recently won an ASHRAE UK Technolo...

When Pride Takes Over: The Relay Moments That Defined Generations Hundredths of a second. That is all it takes to turn belief into legend. Relays are the heartbeat of the sport—four athletes connected by trust, pressure, and pride. You are not just teammates. You are family. A family fueled by somet...

With World Record, Caspar Corbeau Writes Latest Chapter in Booming Breaststroke Career As a two-time Olympian, Caspar Corbeau has clearly established himself as one of the premier breaststrokers in the world. He left the 2024 Games in Paris with a bronze medal in the 200-meter breaststroke and backe...

Twenty-Two Selected To France Team For Short-Course Europeans Beryl Gastaldello and Damien Joly will captain a 22-strong France team for the European Short Course Championships in Lublin, Poland, in December. The pair will be joined by the likes of Maxime Grousset and Mewen Tomac, who between them w...

Twenty-Four Qualify For Netherlands Team For European s/c Championships Twenty-four swimmers have qualified to represent the Netherlands at the short-course Europeans in December following the conclusion of the Dutch Championships and World Cup series. The final day of competition in Rotterdam saw A...

French s/c Championships Finish With A Flourish For Grousset, Gastaldello And Tomac The French Short Course Championships came to an end with more trips to the top of the podium for Maxime Grousset, Beryl Gastaldello and Mewen Tomac. The four-day event in Val-Parisis doubled as trials for the short-...

Arno Kamminga Enjoys Return To Dutch Waters With 100m Breaststroke Title Arno Kamminga won the 100m breaststroke as he continues to enjoy his return to Dutch waters at the national short course championships in Rotterdam. The double Olympic silver medallist relocated to Hong Kong to train under Tom ...

Maxime Grousset Shaves 0.04 Off French 50 Fly Record As He Continues Short Course Gold Rush Maxime Grousset took 0.04 off his French 50 fly record as he continued his golden streak with his fourth victory so far at the national short course championships in Val-Parisis. The world long-course champio...

Hubert Kos Blitzes Another World Record in 100 Backstroke The star Hungarian has been the world's dominant 200 backstroker for the last three years, having captured gold at four different global meets before capturing the short course world record in the event Thursday evening. Now, Kos has entered ...

Caspar Corbeau Blazes World Record in 200 Breaststroke with Sub-2:00 Effort; Shin Ohashi Sets WJR Over multiple distances during the World Cup circuit, the Netherlands' Caspar Corbeau excelled in the breaststroke. There were victories in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter distances, and stellar times from ...

Beryl Gastaldello Among Trio To Continue Golden Form In Val Parisis Beryl Gastaldello, Maxime Grousset and Mewen Tomac continued their golden form on day two of the French Short Course Championships in Val Parisis. Gastaldello returned from winning the 100 free on the opening night to take the 50 fl...

Milou van Wijk Among The Winners As Dutch s/c Championships Get Underway Milou van Wijk won the women's 100 free as 13 qualification times for the continental showcase in December were swum at the Dutch Short Course Championships in Rotterdam. Van Wijk, who led off the Dutch 4x1 quartet who won bron...

Maxime Grousset Claims Golden Double At French S/C Championships Maxime Grousset claimed a golden double as the French Short Course Championships got underway in Val-Parisis. Grousset opened his account with a clear victory in the 100 fly in 48.87 with Youssef Ramaddan of Egypt (49.91) and Clement S...

FLASH! Hubert Kos Uses Sensational Finish to Smash 200 Back World Record Over the past three years, Hungary's Hubert Kos has captured titles in the 200 backstroke on every level, including Olympic gold in Paris plus long course world titles in 2023 and 2025. Now, for the first time in his career, Ko...

Swim Ireland CEO Sarah Keane To Step Down In February 2026 To Take Up Cricket Role Swim Ireland Chief Executive Officer Sarah Keane will step down from her role in February 2026, to take up the position of CEO at Cricket Ireland. Keane's departure marks the end of a 21-year period of leadership, st....

Daniel Wiffen Spearheads Swim Ireland Squad On Return From Surgery At European S/C Championships Daniel Wiffen will make his competitive return to the water following surgery as part of a 13-strong Swim Ireland team at December's European Short Course Championships in Lublin, Poland. Wiffen underwen...

Swim for Tomorrow: Two UK Students to Swim English Channel to Protect Rainforests In a powerful act of youth-led environmental action, two 17-year-old students from Sevenoaks School in the UK are preparing to swim 66 kilometers in a school pool – the full distance of an English Channel crossing – to...

Retired Irish Olympian Shane Ryan Joins Enhanced Games Newly retired Irish Olympian Shane Ryan announced Monday he’s joining the Enhanced Games. Ryan retired from competitive swimming last week. His decision drew immediate condemnation from sports governing bodies in Ireland. “Sport Ireland is deepl...