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Xu Jiayu and Yu Yiting Rip Asian Records at Chinese National Champs Breaking the 24-second barrier is a landmark achievement in the 50-meter backstroke, territory visited by just a handful of athletes through the years. On Wednesday night at the Chinese National Championships in Shenzhen, a fourth m...

Chinese Nationals, Day 1: Olympic Champions Pan Zhanle, Wang Shun Among Big-Name Winners Six finals took place on the opening night of competition at Chinese Nationals in Hangzhou, and some of the most accomplished and recognized swimmers from the country claimed victories. Among that group were the...

Lani Pallister Continues to Climb Freestyle Ladder; A 200 Freestyle Stunner Her Latest Showcase of Skill Over the past week, Lani Pallister accomplished what was expected of the superstar at the Australian Selection Trials in Sydney. The 24-year-old claimed titles in the 400-meter freestyle, 800 fre...

Trio of International Meets Will Make for Spectacular Summer of Competition The summer ahead should provide plenty of highlights, with three major international championships dotting the calendar. This year marks a campaign that is devoid of a global competition, a scenario that has not unfolded sin...

Backstroking Golden Girl Kaylee McKeown Chasing A Taylor-Made Treble In Glasgow Australian swimming’s golden girl Kaylee McKeown will head to Glasgow for what could well be her last Commonwealth Games next month, primed to emulate the gold medal feats of her sister Taylor. [caption id="attachment_6....

Six Paralympic Gold Medallists To Spearhead A Full Strength Australian Team to 2026 Para Pan Pacs Australia will send a full-strength team of 37 swimmers to this year’s Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Walnut, California in August - including six Paralympic champions with a total of 15 Pa....

Aussie Trials, Day 6, Finals: Ben Armbruster Sinks Two Olympic Champions To Snatch Dolphins Team Selection For Glasgow And Irvine Paris Olympian Ben Armbruster took just 22.90 seconds to sink two Olympic champions and gatecrash his way onto both the Australian Commonwealth Games and Pan Pac teams a....

Aussie Trials, Day 5, Finals: Mollie O’Callaghan 52.33 and Meg Harris 52.63 Deliver A 1-2 Punch In 100m Freestyle Two-time world champion Mollie O’Callaghan has powered home to win the much-anticipated women’s 100m freestyle crown at the Australian Trials in Sydney -  clocking in 52.33 – the third ....

Aussie Trials, Day 5 Finals: Sam Short Seals Rare 200, 400, 800 and 1500m Freestyle Sweep In Sydney Queensland’s fearless freestyler Sam Short has joined swimming royalty after his never-say-die victory in the men’s 1500m freestyle at the Australian Selection Trials and National Championships in S.....

Argentina's Agostina Hein Quickly Moving Toward Superstar Status The last time a South American woman medaled in the pool at a full-fledged international competition (Olympic Games/World Championships) was 2019. In Gwangju, South Korea, Brazil's Etiene Medeiros claimed the silver medal in the 50-met...

Aussie Trials, Night 4, Finals: King Kyle Chalmers Turns The Clock Back 11 Years To Celebrate A Decade Of Domination LIVE RESULTS Australian freestyle king Kyle Chalmers has turned back the clock 11 years in Sydney tonight – celebrating an unbeaten domestic record of more than a decade in swimming.....

Backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown has tonight swum into a realm where only she and US rival Regan Smith have ventured as she chased her first personal in three years - her own world record - on night four of the Australian Trials at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. And the unstoppable McKeow....

Hubert Kos Among Top 200 Backstroke/200 Butterfly Performers This Century (See List) During last weekend's Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite, Hungarian Hubert Kos lowered his personal best in the 200-meter butterfly to 1:55.11. That performance chopped nearly a second off his prior record, a 1:56.01 fr...

Aussie Trials, Night 3, Finals: Fearless Sam Short Pops 800 Freestyle Textile Suit World Record of 7:36.73 LIVE RESULTS A fearless and confident Sam Short has set a new 800m freestyle textile suit world record of 7:36.73 in the bravest swim of his career in Sydney tonight. Short snuck under the t...

Aussie Trials, Night 3 Finals: Mollie O’Callaghan’s 1:52.86 Shakes The Life Out Of the Women’s 200m Freestyle World Record Australia’s Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan has shaken the life out of the women’s 200m freestyle world record in Sydney tonight – Mollie O just missing the mark set when c....

Aussie Selection Trials, Day 3, Heats: Queensland Young Gun Jamie Jack Upstages Cam McEvoy, Grabs Lane Four For Tonight’s 50m Freestyle Final   LIVE RESULTS Emerging Queensland sprinter Jamie Jack has upstaged world record holder Cam McEvoy in the heats of the men’s 50m freestyle on day three of t.....

Aussie Selection Trials, Day 2, Finals: Teenage Stars Sienna Toohey and Henry Allan Emerge As The New Faces Of Australian Swimming Two teenage stars came of age on night two of the Australian Trials and Australian Championships Meet in Sydney – with 17-year-old regional champions Sienna Toohey and ....

Aussie Selection Trials, Day 2, Finals: Kaylee McKeown Digs Deep To Keep Unbeaten Backstroke Record Intact  LIVE RESULTS Australia’s Olympic backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown showed why she remains unstoppable in Sydney tonight, keeping her seven-year unbeaten record in major finals intact, despit.....

FINIS has launched SlipFin Pro A new strapless swim fin designed to allow greater ankle flexibility, reduce bulk and create a more natural kicking experience Livermore, CA — June 9, 2026 — FINIS today announced the launch of SlipFin Pro, a new swim fin that rethinks how fins fit and move with the sw...

Aussie Selection Trials: Comeback King Sam Williamson Talks Belief With Ariarne Titmus And The Team That Saved His Career  LIVE RESULTS An emotional Sam Williamson has opened up about his 13-month battle to save his swimming career after arguably delivering the greatest ever performance of his li...