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The Art of Bouncing Back: Comeback Tales That Proved Fruitful World-class swimmers typically discuss leaving the sport based on their love for the grind, their current athletic prowess, and if another major competition is worth pursuing. This decision to retire, for the vast majority, is final. A ca...

Lilly King Gets One More Win at Indy Summer Cup; Regan Smith Drops 56.5 100 Fly Soon-to-be retired Lilly King got one more home-state race Thursday night at the Indy Summer Cup, winning the 100 breaststroke. The 28-year-old, who announced she will retire at this summer’s World Aquatics Championships...

New President Kirsty Coventry Says IOC Will Protect Female Sports Speaking at her first press conference since assuming the presidency of the International Olympic Committee earlier in the week, Kirsty Coventry declared that the IOC will protect the female category. Coventry’s approach is a shift fr...

Poll: Pick the Winner of the Men's 200 Freestyle at the World Championships In the coming weeks, Swimming World will offer its readership the opportunity to participate in polls geared toward the upcoming World Championships in Singapore. We'll focus on highly anticipated races and impending showdow...

World Championship Relay Analysis: China Favored to Back Up Olympic Gold With Men’s Medley Relay Title In the final men’s race at the Paris Olympics, the Chinese team made history by knocking off the United States in the 400 medley relay for the first time ever. Four days after storming to individua...

Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh Deadlocked in 800 Freestyle Poll When Swimming World launched its latest poll, asking readers to select their winner of the women's 800-meter freestyle at the upcoming World Championships in Singapore, we figured the results would be close. After all, the options fe...

World Championships Relay Analysis: No One Stopping American Women in Medley Relay The Tokyo Olympic final of the women’s 400 medley relay looks like a blip. Fueled by a career meet from Emma McKeon and an overperforming breaststroke split from Chelsea Hodges, Australia took down the United States f...

In this exclusive Q&A, Swimming World Publisher Jack Hallahan speaks with TYR CEO Matt DiLorenzo about the company’s landmark partnership with World Aquatics, the evolving structure of swimming, and where storytelling, sprint formats, and NIL intersect in shaping the sport’s future. For more on NCA....

World Championships Relay Analysis: Mixed Medley Rematch Missing Standouts from Paris Classic In one of the top races of the Paris Olympics, the United States defeated China for gold in the mixed 400 medley relay. The Chinese team had the slight lead at the halfway point thanks to the breaststroke d...

Speed Show: How Summer of 2025 is Shaping Up to Be Faster Than Olympic Year Last year was an extraordinary season for the sport of swimming. Because of the Olympic Games in Paris, athletes targeted their best shape possible and to deliver at the most important time. Less than a year later, the pace ...

A Look at Japan's Rich History in the 200 Breaststroke Although the last two editions of the Olympic Games have been a struggle for Japan, the country's history in the men's 200-meter breaststroke remains a strength. A pair of athletes advanced to the finals of the event at the Paris Games, and the ...

Kirsty Coventry Set to Take Presidency of International Olympic Committee In her first major media appearance since being elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry offered a strikingly human portrait of the leader she intends to be: humble, collaborative, and un...

Shin Ohashi Scorches World Junior Record of 2:07.27 in 200 Breaststroke According to reports out of Japan, 16-year-old Shin Ohashi has broken the world junior record in the 200-meter breaststroke, clocking a time of 2:07.27 while racing in high school competition in Osaka. Ohashi's time lowered the ...

Zygo Revolutionizes Swimming with First-Ever Underwater Streaming Headphones Swimming has long offered a meditative escape—just you, the water, and the rhythm of your stroke. If you're looking to get more out of every workout, that quiet can feel isolating. Sheera Goren and Charlie Melvoin saw an o....

Maccabiah Games Postponed By One Year Due to Wars in Israel The Maccabiah Games, the quadrennial event referred to as the "Jewish Olympics," have been postponed by one year due to ongoing conflicts in Israel. The Maccabiah organization announced that due to "Operation Rising Lion," which began with ...

World Championships Relay Analysis: Powerhouse British 800 Free Relay Under Siege From Americans At the Tokyo Olympics, the team of Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott became the first relay representing Great Britain to win gold in swimming since the inaugural Olympic swimming relay...

Poll: Who Will Win the 800 Freestyle Showdown at Worlds Between Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh As the Trials season around the world wraps up, next month's World Championships in Singapore will become the No. 1 topic in the sport. What world records might be broken? What events will provide can't...

Olympians Joined By Emerging Stars On Australia A Team For TYR Summer Championships in Irvine Australia will send a team of 21 swimmers led by Olympians Ben Armbruster and Se-Bom Lee and a host of emerging stars to contest the TYR Summer Championships in Irvine in August. Armbruster (Bond, QLD) wa.....

Senate Subcommittee Criticizes ‘Stonewalling, Intimidation’ by WADA A panel hosted by the United States Senate on Tuesday criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency for its handling of Chinese influence on the organization. At a hearing before a subcommittee of the Commerce, Science and Transportation ...

French Championships: Maxime Grousset Goes 21.68 to Lead Four Ssub-22 Sprinters The French sprint legacy is in good hands, and it’s more than just Maxime Grousset. Grousset went 21.68 to win the 50 free at the French Championships in Montpellier on Wednesday. He was one of four swimmers to break 22 ...