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5 Storylines to Watch at the World Junior Championships The beauty of the World Junior Championships is how it casts a spotlight on future stars in the sport. Athletes will garner valuable experience on the international stage and use the competition as a springboard toward representing their homela...

Rising Stars of Swimming in 2025: 5 Women Who Broke Through This Summer The year after a Summer Olympics brings chances for younger and less accomplished swimmers to step into the limelight at championship-level events, particularly as veterans step back from the sport to consider their future. The ...

Shin Ohashi Poised for Spectacular Performances at World Junior Championships The winning time in the 200-meter breaststroke at the World Championships in Singapore was 2:07.41, courtesy of China’s Qin Haiyang. While the effort got the job done for Qin, it was well off his world record of 2:05.48 an...

World Junior Championships: Schedule, Results, How to Watch...and More The last of this summer's Big Three international competitions is scheduled to run from August 19-24 in Otopeni, Romania. The World Junior Championships will feature stars of the future, some of whom will eventually challenge for...

Tomoyuki Matsushita Leads Loaded Crop of Japanese 400 IMers; Will Competition Breed Charge? In his last four major championships in the 400-meter individual medley, Leon Marchand has produced massive victories. The Frenchman's winning margin at the 2022 World Championships was 2.28 seconds. The gap ...

Psych Sheets Released for World Junior Championships; Shin Ohashi and Filip Nowacki Set to Duel The entry lists for next week's World Junior Championships have been released. The six-day meet will be held in Otopeni, Romania and is an opportunity for rising stars to display their talent on the inter...

As Youth Emerge in Singapore, China’s Female Future is Bright The Chinese women’s program has held solid as the world’s third-ranking power behind the United States and Australia. If the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore are any indication, the gap on the top two might be closing. Youth is o...

When Will the Men's World Record in the 100 Freestyle Dip Below 46 Seconds? At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, American Jim Montgomery took the world record in the 100-meter freestyle below the 50-second barrier for the first time. Montgomery clocked 49.99 en route to the gold medal, with the st...

Breakdown: How Many Countries Have Medaled at the World Championships? (2001-2025) After eight days of pool competition at the World Championships in Singapore, 22 nations were represented on the podium. That figure falls in line with what we've seen since the meet expanded to include the 50-meter s...

World Aquatics Announces Members of the Athletes' Committee World Aquatics has announced the 20 individuals who will make up the governing body's Athletes' Committee, serving in that role from 2025-2029. The organization took to social media to reveal the names of the committee members, who will rep...

Which 2023 World Juniors Medalists Have Made International Marks at Senior Level The last edition of the World Junior Championships was held in 2023, with Netanya, Israel serving as the host. The United States topped the standings with 33 overall medals and 15 gold, followed by Australia with 24 tot...

Dangers of Energy Drinks for Athletes: Know What Your Body is Consuming As an athlete, balancing early practices, weight training, school extracurriculars, sleep and everything in between can be a challenge. For many swimmers, grabbing an energy drink for a quick afternoon pick-me-up has become part...

The Women's World Records Ranked by Dominance; Gretchen Walsh Knows No Peer (Full Rankings) Ever wonder which world record is the strongest on the books? One way to determine a record's power is to compare it to the No. 2 performer in history? What was the gap? By what percentage is it superior? Tha...

On This Date: Michael Phelps Wins Final Gold Medal in Olympic Farewell Nine years ago on this date, Aug. 13, 2016, Michael Phelps won the final medal of his Olympic career. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Phelps handled the butterfly leg on the United States' 400-meter medley relay, whi...

Too Young? Participation of 12-Year-Old Yu Zidi at World Championships Sparks Debate The way Yu Zidi performed at the World Championships belied her age. The Chinese youngster, just a 12-year-old, finished fourth in three events in Singapore - the 200-meter butterfly, 200 individual medley and 400 i...

The U.S. Roster for the World Junior Championships; Several Athletes Taking on Five-Event Slates Just one week remains before the start of the World Junior Championships in Romania, and the United States is set to unleash a strong squad on the competition. While a 19-athlete women's team is prepared...

The Men's World Records Ranked by Dominance; Adam Peaty Leads the Way (Full Rankings) When Leon Marchand broke the world record in the semifinals of the 200-meter individual medley at the World Championships in Singapore, it marked the takedown of a longstanding global standard. Since 2011, American...

Katie Ledecky Overcame Unprecedented Competition to Cap Off Historic Season Few swimmers have ever matched the magic Katie Ledecky brought to international competition in her first five years of major meets. A 15-year-old prodigy pulling a huge upset at the 2012 Olympics turned into three world titl...

Ahmed Jaouadi Believes Longstanding World Record in 800 Freestyle is Within Reach Not long ago, the world record in the women’s 200-meter butterfly was widely viewed as the most-daunting on the books. But Summer McIntosh has twice made a run at that standard, held by China’s Liu Zige at 2:01.81 sinc...

Ed Sommerville’s Brave 200m Freestyle Short Course World Record Attempt Falls Short in Brisbane Queenslander Ed Sommerville has bounced back from a disappointing Singapore World Aquatics Championship campaign, to launch an all-out attack on the 200m freestyle short course world record in Brisbane t....