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Ten New Faces To Watch At The Australian World Championship Trials in Adelaide While Australian swimming’s biggest names will converge on the city of Adelaide this weekend for the six-day World Championship Trials, starting Monday, June 9, it will be the next generation that will throw caution to t....

World Aquatics on Tuesday passed a bylaw aimed to “protect sport from enablers of doped sport,” a clear broadside at the Enhanced Games. Full text of the bylaw, approved at World Aquatics meet on Tuesday, is here. It proposes ineligibility for “relevant persons” who, “actively supported or endorsed ...

Brisbane To Kick Start 2032 Olympic Games With A Bid For The 2030 Pan Pacs Brisbane’s new National Aquatic Centre will face a race against time to be ready for a Swimming Australia bid to host the 2030 Pan Pacific Championships, which would officially kick start the buildup to the 2032 Olympic Game....

ASCA Offers Opposition to Enhanced Games with ‘Core Values’ of Clean Sport The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) joined the chorus of opposition to the Enhanced Games in a statement on Friday. The association used the opportunity to “reaffirm its unwavering commitment to clean sport, athl...

World Anti-Doping Agency Re-Elects President Witold Banka The World Anti-Doping Agency Foundation Board has re-elected president Witold Banka for a final three-year term, it announced Thursday. The board also renewed its commitment to Vice President Yang Yang for another term. Both will start their ...

Dolphins Rocked By Injuries To Sam Williamson And Iona Anderson Before  Australian World Championship Trials Australia has lost Paris Olympians Sam Williamson and Iona Anderson from its prospective World Championship team for Singapore this year before a stroke has been swum at the Trials set down ....

Hazel Ouwehand 50 Fly Record, Distance and Youth Headline New Zealand Nationals Hazel Ouwehand lowered her national record in the women’s 50 butterfly, the highlight of the Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland last week. The record swim was one of many outstanding performan...

Jack Alexy Drops 21.94 50 Free; Ilya Kharun, Leah Polonsky Impress at Speedo Grand Challenge Jack Alexy produced a fast time in the men’s 50 freestyle, and Leah Polonsky and Ilya Kharun both were quick over the weekend at the Speedo Grand Challenge. Alexy may have supplied the most impressive swim o...

Marrit Steenbergen Tops 100 Free Rankings & Nyls Korstanje Sets Dutch 50 Fly Record At AP Race International Marrit Steenbergen elevated herself to the top of the 100 free rankings in 52.77 on the final day of the AP Race London International 2025. Out in 25.66 and back in 27.11, the Netherlands swi...

Passages: Joan Harrison, South African Olympic Gold Medalist, 89 Joan Harrison, who won the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Olympics for South Africa, has died on May 20 at age 89. Harrison made history in Helsinki by winning the first South African gold medal in the 100 back. It held as th...

Yu Zidi Has Blasted Onto World Scene at Age 12: What Does Her Future Hold? In the most unexpected development of last week's Chinese National Championships, a 12-year-old qualified to represent the world's most populous country at the upcoming World Championships. There have been occasional swimmers...

AP International: Lukas Martens Drops Another Strong 400 Freestyle; Duncan Scott Grabs 200 IM Title The first day of the AP International saw Lukas Martens claim victory in the 200-meter backstroke, the German standout's range on display at the London Aquatic Centre. On Night Two of the competition,...

Ben Proud Speeds to 50 Freestyle Crown at AP Race International; Oliver Klemet Stars in 1500 Free Great Britain's Ben Proud delivered a strong statement on the road to this summer's World Championships when he won his signature event at the AP Race International Meet on Saturday. Competing at the Lo...

Anna Elendt Shines in 100 Breaststroke at Mare Nostrum Stop in Canet; Maxime Grousset Claims 100 Fly Title Germany's Anna Elendt, who has enjoyed a strong spring season, captured a dominant victory in the women's 100-meter breaststroke on the first day of the Mare Nostrum stop in Canet, France. A st...

12-Year-Old Yu Zidi Blasts Incredible 4:35.53 in 400 IM at Chinese Nationals; Wang Shun Sets Championship Record Yu Zidi, the 12-year-old phenom who has attracted the attention of the swimming world for her precocious talent, capped the Chinese National Championships in impressive fashion on Saturda...

Leon Marchand Issues Biting Response to Enhanced Games: 'This is Sad' The premier swimmer in the world issued a simple, three-word response that sums up his thoughts on the Enhanced Games. "This is sad." That was the Instagram comment from Frenchman Leon Marchand concerning the announcement that the...

James Magnussen Claims More Athletes will Join Enhanced Games for Financial Reasons In light of the announcement that the first edition of the Enhanced Games will take place next Memorial Day Weekend, Australian Olympic medalist James Magnussen – one of the faces of the new venture – indicated that ...

Pan Zhanle and Li Bingjie Complete 'Quads' at Chinese Nationals; Xu Jiayu Equals National Record in 50 Backstroke Olympic star Pan Zhanle completed "The Quad" on Friday night at the Chinese National Championships. With a victory in the 50-meter freestyle, Pan brought his title total to four for the ...

World Anti-Doping Agency Condemn ‘Dangerous, Irresponsible’ Enhanced Games The World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday issued a statement condemning the Enhanced Games as “dangerous and irresponsible.” From the organization’s statement: WADA condemns the Enhanced Games as a dangerous and irresponsible ...

Ageless Athletes: Highlighting a Quartet of Veterans Who Are Still Speeding Up “Age is just a number.” It’s a phrase we hear all the time in the real world, as many try to convince themselves of eternal youth. But in a sport like swimming, the phrase generally couldn’t be farther from the truth. A s...