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With Olympic Debut on the Horizon, Men's 50 Butterfly Heating Up The last time there was movement at the top of the 50-meter butterfly historical rankings was 2019. That year, the United States’ Caeleb Dressel registered the No. 2 performance in history with a 22.35 clocking at the World Championshi...

Sam Short Turns Up The Heat With His 7:31.79 To Win The 800m Free At the Australian Short Course Former world champion Sam Short has taken just 7:31.79 to signal his intentions for the up-coming World Aquatics World Cup Series in the US – the time it took to win the 800m freestyle on the final nigh....

Adam Peaty Set to Race at World Cup Tour, with Olympic Title in 50 Breast an Enticing Goal When the 2024 Olympic Games concluded, there was uncertainty concerning the future of breaststroke legend Adam Peaty. Would Paris be the final Olympic appearance for the British star? At the time, it was a dis...

Speed Show: World Cup Opener Will Feature World-Record Holder in 18 Events; Gretchen Walsh Owns Four How deep is the field for next week's opening stop of the World Aquatics World Cup circuit? Eighteen of the events scheduled to be contested in Carmel (Ind.) will feature the reigning world-record ho...

Entry Lists Released for Carmel Stop of World Cup Circuit; Leon Marchand Entered in Seven Events The entry lists for the first stop of the World Aquatics World Cup have been released, with Olympic stars Leon Marchand and Summer McIntosh scheduled to compete in multiple events from Oct. 10-12 in Carm...

Katie Ledecky and Her London Gold in the 800 Freestyle: The Race That Started It All Katie Ledecky is a household name. Her career résumé — 14 Olympic medals, including nine gold, 21 World Championships medals, 16 world records, and 37 American records — has not only solidified her as one of the gre...

How to Watch the Upcoming World Aquatics World Cup; Summer McIntosh Leads the Headliners The 2025 edition of the World Aquatics World Cup is just a week away, with Carmel (Indiana) jumpstarting the three-stop tour from Oct. 10-12. The first leg will be followed by stops in Westmont (Illinois) from O...

Cam McEvoy Equals World’s Fastest 25m Freestyle Time With Sizzling 9.36 at Short Course Sprints; Calls For Official Recognition Australia’s two-time world and Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cam McEvoy has won the first official 25m freestyle race – equaling his own unofficial world best time of 9.3....

Australian Short Course, Day 1, Finals: Sam Just Short of His Club Record, Clocking 3:36.12 To Win 400m Freestyle Australia’s former world champion and Olympic finalist Sam Short has Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett in his sights after an impressive time of 3:36.12 to win the 400m freestyle on the ope.....

Top Races To Watch at the Australian Short Course Championships; Cam McEvoy, Sam Short and Brittany Castelluzzo The Headline Acts  Australia’s champion world champion freestylers  Sam Short, Cam McEvoy and Brittany Castelluzzo  will headline the three day Australian Short Course Championships kick.....

Final Cost of Paris Olympics and Paralympics Comes in at 6.6 Billion Euros The final cost of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics to the French government has been tallied at €6.6 billion, per Agence France Presse. The final amount, announced on Monday, marks an increase from €5.9 billion projected la...

Jessica Thompson, Lara van Niekerk Shine at South African Championships Jessica Thompson added two more gold medals to her haul as Lara van Niekerk showed glimpses of her old self on Day Three of the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday. Thompso....

The 2025 World Para Swimming Championships concluded on Saturday, Sept. 27, from Singapore in historic fashion for the U.S. Team USA finished the meet with 35 medals, tying Italy for the most gold medals (18). The U.S. had six silver and 11 bronze. Ukraine had 49 total medals to top the medal table....

Jessica Thompson Ties African Record in 50 Backstroke at South African Champs; Chad le Clos Doubles Again Jessica Thompson stole the show on the second day of action at the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Friday, breaking a national record and equali...

World Para Swimming Championships Day 6: Mallory Weggemann Earns Historic 17th Gold; Chambers, Smith Win Mallory Weggemann made history again with her performance at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore. During her sensational career, Weggemann has competed in 21 finals and secure...

Leon Marchand Slated to Compete in Carmel Stop of World Cup Tour France's Leon Marchand has been confirmed by World Aquatics for the first stop of next month's World Cup series in North America. In a social media post earlier this week, World Aquatics indicated that Marchand, a four-time gold medali...

Australian Legends Lead 'Old-School' Performances That Have Stood Test of Time (Men's Edition) Earlier this week, Swimming World ran the first segment in a two-part series that highlights performances which have stood the test of time. In the initial feature, we profiled the female athletes who stil...

Chad le Clos Doubles on Opening Night of South African Short Course Championships Jessica Thompson and Chad le Clos kicked off the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships in Pietermaritzburg with two titles each on Thursday, both collecting golds in the 100m freestyle and 50m butt...

2024 World Para Championships Day 5: Mallory Weggeman Claims 20th Worlds Medal; Kubiak, Pergolini Win Again Katie Kubiak up her third world title , fourth world record and sixth overall podium appearance at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore, claiming gold in the women’s 50m fre...

'Old School' Swim Performances That Have Endured the Test of Time (Female Edition) Scan through the top-25 historical performers in all events and a few highlights stand out. As expected, many of the marks are from recent years, a reflection that swim performances continue to evolve. Never has the s...