Great Britain's Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix says she will not take part in the 2025 World Aquatics Championships because she is struggling with "mental blocks".
Two-time Olympic breaststroke champion Adam Peaty says he is motivated to continue in the sport to the next Olympics by the message it sends to his son.
Between Melisse Belote's pioneering sub-2:20 for Olympic gold in 2:19.19 at the Munich Games in 1972 and the 2:11.93 in which fellow American Linda Jezek would close the 1970s book on global 200m backstroke standards for the 1978 world...
Whether the long arm of the U.S. Justice Department has stretched as far as Kuwait remains to be seen but that country's National Assembly has debated allegations of money laundering at the Kuwait-based Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and...
Gregg Troy, a Who’s-Who Wall of Fame his constant guardian at the Gator pool he’s presided over for 20 years, has announced his retirement from college coaching. Mentor to champions galore, including a shoal of Olympic gold...
In the curtain-closing session at Russian nationals in Moscow, World champion Evgeny Rylov rocketed to the helm of the 2018 world rankings with a 1:53.71 victory over 200m backstroke that left him just 0.1sec shy of the national record...
Given that Russia has had the worst doping record in swimming these past 10 years, it is only ever a matter of time before the unavoidable reference to banned swimmers returned comes into focus during a national championship. Today in...
World 200m champion Evgeny Rylov raced to the helm of the 2018 World rankings when he settled a 100m backstroke bout with Kliment Kolesnikov 52.6 to 52.9 at Russian nationals in Moscow today. Out in 25.60, Rylov lagged Kolesnikov by...
Vladimir Morozov rocketed to the helm of the 2018 world 100m freestyle rankings with a 47.75 trouncing of rivals at Russian nationals in Moscow today. Out in 22.59, he was back in 25.16 as the swiftest man there and back, Danila Izotov...
International Meet Round-Up: Bruno Fratus granted the Maria Lenk a blistering conclusion in Rio when he dominated the freestyle dash with a 21.35 blast. That took him to No2 on the 2018 world rankings 0.05sec adrift the 21.30 clocked by...
Anton Chupkov, the World 200m breaststroke champion, topped the bill at Russian nationals in Moscow today with a 59.15 at the helm of a 100m final that placed three in the world top 10 so far this year. On a day when Vladimir Morozov...
The second day of the German Open in Berlin included the battle for 4x200m free places for the European Championship, medley ace Jacob Heidtmann, bypassing the four-stroke challenge at the Open, and Damian Wierling topping the men's solo...
PHOENIX, Arizona, April 3. AUSTIN Temple, a hot prospect in the sprint breaststroke, joins today's edition of The Morning Swim Show after an outstanding swim last week. Temple swam a 52.87 in ...
TOLENTINO, Italy, April 2. ARENA'S roster of super-elite athletes added a major name today, when Olympic and world champion Yannick Agnel signed a deal with the swimsuit maker through the 2016 Olympic...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 1. WITH all but one of Canada's swimming medalists from the 2010 Commonwealth Games now retired, this week's Canadian nationals will be searching for new talent to pu...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. THE first day of competition finished with the women's 1500 freestyle, which was not an event used to select swimmers for the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific ch...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. AFTER exceptional performances at the NCAA championships while representing the University of Michigan, Richard Funk posted a lifetime best to win the 200 breast t...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. THE future of women's breaststroke looks strong for Canada, based on the results of the 200 breaststroke at the Canadian nationals that looks to select up to three...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. BY the slimmest of margins, Russell Wood became the first male swimmer to qualify for the international travel roster with a win in the 100 backstroke. Wood cha...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. TWO recent competitors at the women's NCAA championships battled for the win at the Canadian long course nationals in the 100 backstroke to get a spot on the inter...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. ONE of the best fields of eight swimmers on the men's side lined up at the Canadian nationals in the 200 free final, fighting for a spot on the Commonwealth Games ...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. BRITTANY MacLean, fresh off a successful campaign at the NCAA championships in the United States, posted a big win in the 200 freestyle tonight at the Canadian lon...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. THE sprint butterfly at the Canadian long course nationals featured national record holder Kelly Aspinall going for his Canadian record of 23.52. Aspinall, 25, ...
VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 2. THE 2014 long course Canadian nationals, serving as the selection meet for the Commonwealth Games in Scotland and the Pan Pacific championships in Australia, kicke...
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 2. AFTER just two days of action at the Greensboro Aquatic Center for YMCA Nationals, eight national records have fallen after four more went down on Wednesday, inclu...
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 2. SOMERSET Valley finished off the second night of the meet with as they cruised to a win in the men's medley relay. Brad Zdroik, Zach Warner, Joseph Delbuono, and J...
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 2. MIDDLE Tyger put up a national record time in the women's 400 medley relay as Ali Gayler, Savanna Faulconer, Jessi Snover, and Katrina Konopka put up a 3:39.34, ob...
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 2. ZACHARY Molloy took down the second national record of the night and third of the day as he eclipsed Nicholas Caldwell's national record of 1:35.96 in the 200 free...
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 2. LESS than 90 minutes after taking second in the 100 back, York's Meghan Small picked up the win in a tight final of the women's 200 free. Small clocked 1:47.15 for...
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 2. IN an epic race that came down to the wire, Wilton's Maxwell Dolan touched out teammate Ian Rainey by just one one-hundredth of a second to win the men's 400 IM as...
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 2. YORK YMCA's Courtney Harnis dropped more than three seconds from her prelims time as she blasted the freestyle leg to a victory in the women's 400 IM. Harnis overc...