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Pieter Coetze Adds Another Commonwealth Cut in 100 Free  Pieter Coetze earned a third Commonwealth Games cut on Thursday on the third day of the South African Swimming Championships.  The 21-year-old augmented his two backstroke cuts by winning the 100 freestyle in 48.18 at the Bombela Concession Co...

Aimee Canny Off to Fast Start at South African Championships  Aimee Canny tallied three qualification times for the Commonwealth Games over the first two days of the South African Championships this week. The Bombela Concession Company South Africa National Aquatic Championships at Newton Park Swimm...

World Aquatics, in partnership with the International Testing Agency (ITA), has published the full results of its 2025 anti-doping testing program - a year defined by high volume of sample collection, significant technological innovation and an unwavering commitment to transparency across all aquati...

Aussie Age Champs: 17-year-old Henry Allan Produces The Swim Of The Meet, winning the 50m backstroke in 24.51 Australian swimming’s latest wonder boy, 17-year-old Henry Allan, has tonight produced the swim of the meet at the Australian Age Championships on the Gold Coast, with a sizzling world clas....

Aust Age Champs: Lincoln Wearing Joins Distance Greats Kieren Perkins, Grant Hackett and Mack Horton In Age Group Who’s Who Queensland’s teen distance destroyer Lincoln Wearing continued his march into the annals of Australia’s best age group 1500m swimmers on the Gold Coast last night. Wearing be.....

Zac Stubblety-Cook In Dramatic Split from Coach Mel Marshall, heads to Melbourne To Prepare For The Australian Trials Meet In a dramatic chain of events, Australia’s Olympic breaststroke gold medallist Zac Stubblety-Cook has left his Gold Coast training base with Griffith University after a reporte....

Aust Age Champs: Commonwealth Games Hopeful Henry Allan Rockets Up The 100m backstroke World Rankings In 53.45   Regional areas have long been a lifeblood of swimming in Australia and the 2026 National Age Championships have continued to showcase the latest batch of rising stars from around the cou....

Following World Record Stunner, Cam McEvoy Leading Charge in Men’s 50 Freestyle With Rivals in Pursuit The title of fastest man in history was an elusive mark for swimmers to chase for more than 16 years. During the polyurethane-suit era of 2009, Fred Bousquet became the first man to swim under 21 s...

Aust Age: Can Rockhampton Teenager Amelie Smith Break Into Australia’s Commonwealth Games Team for Glasgow? Multi-talented Aussie teen Amelie Smith has her sights set on breaking onto the Australian Dolphins team for this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after winning her fourth gold medal on n....

Why Ireland Feels Like a Real Next Step for UCLA Star Rosie Murphy After a standout UCLA career, Rosie Murphy is preparing for a move to Dublin that could reshape her swimming future. But the opportunity comes with pressure on both sides: for Murphy, who would be leaving California and everything fa...

Aussie Age Champs: Sydney Freestyle Sprint Ace Ollie Moclair Launches Challenge to Swim Faster Than Caeleb Dressel Sydney’s emerging 50m freestyle sprinter Ollie Moclair has US superstar Caeleb Dressel squarely in his sights in what will be a record-chasing four-month race against time. In a whirlw....

Swimmers from Belarus and Russia will be able to compete for their home countries again. World Aquatics announced that senior athletes who were forced to compete as neutral athletes without their country's uniforms, flags or national anthems, will be allowed to compete in full once again. Athlete...

Pieter Coetze Set to Headline South African Championships; Athletes Targeting Commonwealth Bids South Africa’s elite swimmers are set to descend on Gqeberha for the Bombela Concession Company SA National Swimming Championships from April 14-18, with national titles and crucial qualification spots fo...

Commentary: Too Late, But Not - Nancy Garapick Deserves Hall of Fame Recognition Nuance has always been an aspect of subjective debate, and its role is inarguable across all Hall of Fame discussions. How electors view various factors - eras, injury, extenuating circumstances - is personal. Want some...

AUST AGE: Lincoln Wearing’s Record Breaking 800m freestyle Assault Continues on The Gold Coast Queensland’s rising distance prodigy Lincoln Wearing has continued his record-breaking barrage, breaking his own 16 years 800m freestyle mark on the second night of the Australian Age Championships on the....

German Teenager Johannes Liebmann Rips European Record in 800 Freestyle Riding the momentum of a victory in the 1500-meter freestyle earlier in the meet, Germany's Johannes Liebmann registered a European record in the 800 freestyle during Sunday's final session of the Swim Open Stockholm. After batt...

Record Breaking Teen Backstroker Henry Allan Emerges As Commonwealth Games Bolder Australian teenage backstroke sensation Henry Allan has been anointed by one of the country’s greats after a record-breaking onslaught on day one of the Australian Age Championships on the Gold Coast as a Commonwealth ...

Sarah Sjostrom Registers Impressive Return to Racing in 50 Freestyle; Siobhan Haughey Claims Victory One of the greatest sprinters in the history of the sport, Sarah Sjostrom got her 2026 season underway in strong fashion on Saturday at the Swim Open Stockholm. Racing in her home country, the reigni...

Brooks Curry Blasts Massive Personal Best in 100 Freestyle at Swim Open Stockholm The way Brooks Curry looked in the 200-meter freestyle on the second day of the Swim Open Stockholm suggested a strong performance in the 100 freestyle was on the horizon. Indeed, the American Olympic came through duri...

Leon Marchand Headlines Contenders for World Record in 200 Breaststroke There wasn't an expectation of a world record during the first quarter of 2026, but Cam McEvoy had other plans when he attended the China Open last month in Shenzhen. Fulfilling a longtime goal, the Australian veteran ripped a p...