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Qin Haiyang And Zhang Yufei Headline Strong China Squad At Asian Games The swimming programme gets under way at the 19th Asian Games on Sunday with Qin Haiyang in the spotlight in and out of the pool in Hangzhou, China. 2022 Asian Games schedule/results The Chinese athlete became the first swimmer t...

5 Women's Storylines To Follow On Road to the 2024 Olympics in Paris Australia was the dominant women’s team of this year’s World Championships in Fukuoka, with the Dolphins winning six individual gold medals plus two relays, both in world-record time. But the meet was not lacking in dramatic moment...

Plans for more strict pollution monitoring in the River Seine have been unveiled ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to an Inside the Games Report. The river was unusable for the Olympic test events last month in both open water swimming and the triathlon, forcing organizers to take a deeper...

Throwback Thursday: When Missy Franklin Clocked a World Record Ahead of Its Time In this latest installment of “World Record Flashback,” a regular Swimming World series, we venture back to the 2012 Olympic Games. At the London Aquatics Centre, the United States’ Missy Franklin shredded the world rec...

When Alan Corcoran learned of his father's death, he was devastated. Cancer had taken one of the most important people in his life and the adventure athlete wanted to do something meaningful to honor his father. Cororan decided to attempt to swim the length of Ireland, a 500K swim, to raise money fo...

5 Men's Storylines to Watch As the Olympic Year Rapidly Approaches The 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka hit at a perfect moment in the Olympic cycle. In some races, the old guard is still hanging on. In others, a new generation is emerging. And in others still, even in the condensed thre...

Doha World Championships Announces Mascots, Nahim and Mayfara World Aquatics on Tuesday revealed the mascots for the 2024 Doha World Championships, which will take place in Qatar from Feb. 2-18. The mascots are a, “playful Qatari whale shark” named Nahim and Mayfara, “a walking, talking, smiling cor...

Qin Haiyang vs. Ahmed Hafnaoui: Who Ranks as No. 2 Male Swimmer Right Now? In just two years of winning international titles, Leon Marchand has come as close as any swimmer ever to matching the versatility and dominance Michael Phelps showed in his prime. Marchand broke Phelps' world record in the 4...

Cam McEvoy Is Living Life in the Fast 'Lane'; Aussie Star Has Resurrected His Career Cam McEvoy resurrects a 20-year sprinting odyssey in Coach Tim Lane’s “Fast Lane to Fukuoka,” a pool of resistance and a little help from his friends. Getting to the bottom of Australian Cam McEvoy’s Fukuoka revival...

Who Was Roman Sludnov? Dawn Fraser Makes History; The Answers to Last Week's Quiz Last week, Swimming World ran its most recent quiz, a measurement of fans’ knowledge of this great sport. We intentionally did not include the answers, as we wanted to encourage readers to do a little research on the q...

World's Best Female Swimmer? Making a Case for Seven Standouts Each year, the truly elite swimmers are judged based on their results at the major long course championship meet, usually the World Championships or Olympics. Sometimes, the question of best swimmer in the world is clear-cut. For instanc...

Friday FunDay: Test Your Knowledge of the Sport of Swimming (Take Quiz Here) In this latest edition of Friday FunDay, we offer our latest Swimming World quiz to test your knowledge of the sport. While what is currently unfolding in the pool is always entertaining, it's important to appreciate the hi...

Mike Unger, Cullen Jones Among Honorees At Upcoming ISHOF Awards The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s annual ISHOF Aquatic Awards, formerly the Paragon Awards. The ISHOF Aquatic Awards are presented annually to individuals or organization...

Although Countrymen Have Openings to Compete, Olympic Champ Evgeny Rylov Will Be Locked Out While World Aquatics recently established guidelines for the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in its events, including future World Championships, the door is not open to Evgeny Rylov. The two...

World Junior Championships: Maximus Williamson, Olivia Wunsch Conclude Meet With Two More Gold Medals Each Eleven finals were on the docket for the final evening of the World Junior Championships in Netanya, Israel, and Maximus Williamson of the United States and Olivia Wunsch of Australia each went...

Grand Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Rapidly Approaching; Be Part of History! Celebrate aquatic sports legends: Michael Phelps • Missy Franklin • Bob Bowman. Chris Carver • Cesar Cielo • Kirsty Coventry • Natalia Ischenko • Kosuke Kitajima • Stéphane Lecat • Wu Minxia • Heather Petri • Sam Rams...

Tarnished Gold: How the Success of Kristin Otto Was Smoke and Mirrors This month marks the 35th anniversary of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. It was an Olympiad known for the excellence of Janet Evans and Matt Biondi, but also for the questions that surrounded East German star Kristin Otto, who wa...

World Junior Championships: Tomoyuki Matsushita Dismantles 400IM CR, Olivia Wunsch Anchors Australia 4x1 In 52.61 Tomoyuki Matsushita responded to his 200IM DQ in some style as he demolished the championship record in the long medley at the World Junior Championships in Netanya, Israel. The Japanese...

Name That Swimmer! Who Is This Week's Legend Of the Sport We roll into our latest Friday FunDay with another edition of Name That Swimmer! This new Swimming World feature tests your knowledge of the sport by figuring out the mystery swimmer based on a few facts from their career. Sometimes, athletes...

World Junior Championships: Nikoli Blackman Returns After 50 Free Triumph & 50 Breast CR For Iberle Nikoli Blackman returned to the pool the morning after being crowned 50 free champion at the World Junior Championships. Felix Viktor Iberle set a championship record of 26.98 in the 50m breaststroke ...