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David Popovici Produced an All-Time Spectacular Year in the 100 Freestyle A sub-47 performance in the 100 freestyle remains a significant achievement. Only six men have ever visited that territory, and none with greater frequency than David Popovici. During the 2025 campaign, Popovici clocked 46-poi...

Event Domination: Which Swimmers Own the Most Top Times in a Specific Event (Men's Edition) Through the years, some athletes have dominated events at extreme levels, owning many of the top-10 times in an event's history. Think Michael Phelps in the 400-meter individual medley and 200 butterfly. Ian ...

Superfish Lani Pallister Wins Record-Breaking Seventh Lorne Pier To Pub Australian superfish Lani Pallister has again proved unstoppable, claiming a record seventh Lorne Pier to Pub 1.2k ocean swim classic on Victoria’s surf coast. The 23-year-old Queenslander – just as much at home in the surf as.....

Event Domination: Which Swimmers Own the Most Top Times in a Specific Event (Women's Edition) Who maintains the greatest dominance in a single event? It's a question that can be measured in multiple ways. An argument can be made for the athlete whose best time holds the greatest percentage differenc...

A swimming film made the 98th Academy Awards shortlist for Animated Short Film. "Butterfly" depicts the life of Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany and was held captive at Auschwitz, where he lost both his wife and daughter. After surviving ...

When Tamas Darnyi Took the 200 IM Under 2:00; Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of a Special Achievement The rich tradition of Hungarian swimming stretches back more than a century, to the days of early Olympians Alfred Hajos and Zoltan Halmay. Most recently, the men's banner has been carried by Hube...

Dutch Husband and Wife Headed for International Swimming Hall of Fame After Illustrious Careers When the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) conducts its 2026 inductions later this year in Fort Lauderdale, the evening will be exceedingly special for the Netherlands' Ranomi Kromowidjojo and F...

Star-Studded Lineup Set for Opening USA Swimming Pro Series Stop of the Year (See Psych Sheets) The pre-scratch psych sheets for next week’s USA Swimming Pro Series stop in Austin have been released, and the field is absolutely stacked. In addition to many of the premier names in American swimming d...

3 Questions to Answer in Swimming's New Year (Part II) As we navigate through the early days of 2026, it is natural to look ahead and wonder about the months ahead. What types of performances will we see from veteran champions? Who will emerge as a breakout star? These are just two questions that ca...

ISHOF Announces Class of 2026 Led by Nathan Adrian, Laszlo Cseh, Ranomi Kromowidjojo ISHOF is thrilled to announce that it will be hosting its 61st Annual Honoree Induction Ceremony back in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is proud ...

Gretchen Walsh Only Woman to Post No. 1 LC/SC Rankings in Two Events Of the 17 individual events contested in both the long-course pool and short-course format, only five women's disciplines featured the same No. 1 ranked performer in 2025. While the World Championships in Singapore attracted the ma...

From Texas to Indiana to Antwerp: Caspar Corbeau Reveals What Really Happened at the World Cup Olympic medalist, World Championships silver medalist, European champion, and current world-record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke, Caspar Corbeau recently joined the Swimming World Podcast, Swim & T....

When a Tie Was Not a Tie; How .002 Decided Olympic Gold and Changed the Sport On Aug. 30, 1972, Sweden's Gunnar Larsson and the United States' Tim McKee touched the wall in identical times of 4:31.98 in the 400-meter individual medley at the Olympic Games in Munich. However, the rules of the day req...

3 Questions to Answer in Swimming's New Year (Part I) With a New Year upon us, it is natural to gaze ahead and consider some of the plotlines within the sport. So, as part of a multi-piece series, Swimming World will pose some leading questions that figure to be answered over the next 12 months. We ...

Leon Marchand Named World Male Swimmer of the Year For Third Consecutive Year The reign of King Leon continues. Leon Marchand is yet again the top male swimmer in the world, and he adds World Male Swimmer of the Year honors for 2025 after previously capturing the honor in 2023 and 2024. Marchand cap...

Appreciating the Career of Jesse Vassallo Olympic success—and even opportunity—doesn’t simply rely on talent. A confluence of good timing and fortune is also required. Ask Michael Phelps. Sure, his unmatched skill set was the driving force to his record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in...

Under-the-Radar Male Performance of the Year: Sven Schwarz Blistered European Record in 800 Freestyle Earning the right to represent Germany in distance-freestyle competition at the international level is no easy task, as the country boasts incredible depth. Lukas Maertens is an Olympic champion and...

Summer McIntosh named World Female Swimmer of the Year At the start of a new Olympic quadrennial, 2025 was always going to be a year of experimentation for Summer McIntosh. Now 19, she’ll turn 22 just after the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, her third Games. It will fall not just in the prime of her ...

Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year: Pieter Coetze Dazzled in Backstroke Events At the start of the 2025 campaign, Pieter Coetze was hardly an unknown talent. As a Commonwealth Games champion and medalist at the 2024 World Championships, the South African already owned several standout performances on...

Open Water Swimmers of the Year: Florian Wellbrock and Moesha Johnson Enjoyed Dominating Seasons Dominant. That's the word that immediately comes to mind when evaluating the performances of Florian Wellbrock and Moesha Johnson at the 2025 World Championships. Before the pool battles got underway in ...