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World Cup, Day 1 Finals: Marrit Steenbergen Captures Golden Double; Cam McEvoy Downs World Cup Record Results Where to Watch Marrit Steenbergen claimed double gold on the first night of racing as the first leg of the 2026 World Cup got underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Netherlands swimmer won the 50...

With World Record, Shin Ohashi Enhances Japan's Rich Tradition in 200 Breaststroke Let's be honest. We knew it was coming. Exactly when? Well, the timeframe is never easy to determine. But when 17-year-old Shin Ohashi ripped a world record of 2:04.83 in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games,...

Sam Short Surging Toward World's Best Short Course 400m Freestylers After Clocking 3:35.16 In Beijing Trials A surging Sam Short will launch an all-out attack on the world’s fastest 400m freestylers when he spearheads the Australian Dolphins at this year’s World Short Course Championships in Beijing...

Ahead of the opening leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup, Olympic medallists Carson Foster, Siobhan Haughey and Marrit Steenbergen led a swimming clinic for young swimmers in Baku, bringing high-level coaching and inspiration to the next generation of aquatic talent. The clinic welcome...

Glasgow Golden Girl Jenna Forrester Continues Breakthrough Year at Australian Short Course; Ready for Beijing World's Debut Triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western) has gate-crashed her way on to the Australian World Short Course Team in Sydney tonight – breaking....

Combined World Championships: Yu Zidi Tops Rankings in Two Events After Asian Games Star Performance Most of the world's top swimmers wrapped up their 2026 long course seasons by mid-August following the Commonwealth Games, European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships, but the Asian Games to...

Los Angeles 2028 Torch Relay to Touch All 50 U.S. States The Olympic torch relay for the 2028 Los Angeles will visit all 50 states in the United States, it was announced on Tuesday. The journey will begin in Atlanta, which hosted the most recent American Summer Olympics in 1996. The Olympic flame wi...

Psych Sheets Released for Opening Stop of World Cup Circuit The first stop of this year's World Aquartics World Cup, known as the Silk Road Tour, will take place from Thursday through Saturday in Baku, Azerbaijan. The series will feature a strong field of international athletes, many of whom will ra...

Last Year, Caspar Corbeau Broke Through 2:00 Breaststroke Barrier; Who's Next? The world's top male breaststrokers appeared on the verge of swimming the short course 200-meter race in under two minutes for more than 15 years, ever since Daniel Gyurta got within a second of the barrier during the las...

Ed Sommerville Sizzles in Sydney; Sets Australian 200 Freestyle Short Course Record of 1:40.16 Brisbane Grammar's Ed Sommerville has swum his way to the seventh-fastest time in history with his national record breaking time of 1:40.16 in the men’s 200m freestyle on the opening night’s finals at the....

Ben Armbruster, Gideon Burnes Give Boys From Bond Record-Breaking Start to Australian Short Course in Sydney The boys from Bond, Ben Armbruster and Gideon Burnes, have given the 2026 Australian Short Course Championships a record-breaking start on the opening session of the four-day World Short Cou....

What to Expect From Cam McEvoy in the 100 Freestyle Australian Cam McEvoy, the world-record holder in the 50-meter freestyle, will be looking for a new test this upcoming season, as he is scheduled to swim the 100 freestyle during the Silk Road World Cup Tour. The 32-year-old from Australia has not ...

Combined World Championships: Zhang Zhanshuo, Shin Ohashi, Xu Jiayu Vault to Top Spot at Asian Games Most of the world's top swimmers wrapped up their 2026 long course seasons by mid-August following the Commonwealth Games, European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships, but the Asian Games to...

Distance Diva Lani Pallister Chasing a World Short Course Three Peat in 800 Freestyle Lani Pallister will have a special  three-peat on her mind when she lines up in five events at the 2026 Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney, starting tomorrow. All eyes will be on the 24-year-old, fiv.....

His Baseball Career Behind, Japan's Shoon Mitsunaga Hitting Home Runs in the Pool There was a time when Shoon Mitsunaga envisioned a professional career in a different sport. In high school, he excelled as a two-way athlete, hitting cleanup on the baseball diamond while also flourishing in the pool....

Dune Coetzee Adds Another Title as South African Short Course Champs Come to a Close The South African Short Course Championships wrapped up in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, with several swimmers adding their names to the mix for selection for the World Short Course Championships by achieving B qualif...

Armand Landmann Nails Down World Champs Berth in 50 Freestyle at South African Titles Armand Landmann proved the star of the third day of the South African Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday. Having missed the qualifying time for the World Short Course Championships in Friday...

Marrit Steenbergen, Egor Kornev Among Headliners Expected for World Cup Circuit Less than a week remains before the start of the three-leg World Aquatics World Cup, which will be held along the Silk Road. Action kicks off in Azerbaijan from Oct. 1-3 and will then unfold in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Oct....

Queensland’s Next Crop of Olympians Inspired by Female Sprint Legends En Route to Brisbane 2032 Queensland’s next crop of future swim stars continue to be inspired by three of Australia’s most revered female sprinters as they rev up on the road to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. Swimming Queensland’s a....

On Comeback Trail, Tatjana Smith Threatens Own South African Record in 100 Breaststroke Both Tatjana Smith and Michael Houlie achieved their second World Championships qualifying times on day two of the South African Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. Smith added the 100m brea...