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The final event of the 2019 FINA World Championships will be the men's 4x100 medley relay. The United States has won six of the last eight World titles in this event, and the years they did not win we...

Five years ago, 17-year-old American Caeleb Dressel and 16-year-old Australian Kyle Chalmers each had big plans for their athletic futures. Dressel, long considered a future star in American swimming,...

Australia notably won all three women's relays last year at the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo over the United States. Will they be able to repeat that in 2019? The Aussies are favorites to win th...

The 2019 FINA World Championships begin Sunday morning in Gwangju, South Korea at 10 a.m. local time with many of the world's best swimmers in attendance at the eight day long "dress rehearsal" for th...

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the hearing into events and outcomes surrounding an acrimonious out-of-competition visit by anti-doping testers near his home ...

The men's 400 IM gold medal is likely going to come down to Japan's Daiya Seto and USA's Chase Kalisz. Kalisz is the reigning world champion and the third-fastest performer in history in the event. He...

Through the years, watching Katinka Hosszu win major titles in the 400 IM title has become the norm. She has won four world titles in the event and is looking to be the first woman to win the same eve...

There’s a time and a place to shine, to take all the hours in the pool and work in the gym and translate that dedication to one all-important week. As far as Ryan Murphy is concerned, this week’s FINA...

It's gold to Lilly King before the gun goes off in Gwangju's pool at FINA World Championships on Sunday, as far as the vast wave of swimmers weighing in on the Sun Yang controversy goes. At t...

Canada's women claimed a tremendous six medals in the pool at Rio 2016, topped by gold for Penny Oleksiak in the 100m freestyle, with Kylie Masse, Hilary Caldwell and the two freestyle relays adding t...

The men's 50 back at the World Championships is wide open considering the three medalists from 2017 are not returning. Camille Lacourt has retired. Junya Koga has been suspended and Matt Grevers did n...

The women's 50 free, much like the 100 free, is going to feature some of the best swimmers in history. Five of the 10 best performers in history in this event will fight for the medals in Gwangju, lea...

USA's Lilly King has a chance to win all three breaststroke events at the 2019 FINA World Championships. She has the top time entering the meet in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and is also the favorit...

The the 2019 World Championships in Aquatics is underway in Gwangju, Korea. Each day through the event, Swimming World will bring you a round-up of news items in brief beyond our main coverage in our ...

Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri has been the man the last few years in the men's 1500 free. He had the fastest time in the world in 2014, was the world champion in 2015 and won the Olympic gold in 2016. ...

World Swimming Championships, Gwangju All eyes are on defending world champion Caeleb Dressel, of the USA, as world swimming titles loom in Gwangju, South Korea - and that's how Aussie Kyle Chalmers l...

The mixed 4x100 free relay is a relatively new addition to the World Championships lineup as it was added in 2015. The United States, Netherlands and Canada have won the gold, silver and bronze at the...

No female swimmer in the last half century has dominated an event like Katie Ledecky has dominated the 800 free. She owns 23 of the 25 fastest times in history and is nearly 10 full seconds faster tha...

The the 2019 World Championships in Aquatics is underway in Gwangju, Korea. Each day through the event, Swimming World will bring you a round-up of news items in brief beyond our main coverage in our ...

By Rachel Helm, Swimming World College Intern.  As the Youth Commonwealth Games champion 2015, multiple national champion, British age group record holder and English Short Course senior champion, Edw...