Americas

Aaron Shackell, Luka Mijatovic, Ryan Erisman Leading American Resurgence in 400 Freestyle The 400 freestyle has been a constant struggle for the U.S. men over the last decade, with few breakthroughs at major international meets. Kieran Smith pulled off a surprise bronze medal in the event at the Tok...

Vancouver’s Oldest Swim Club Facing Facilities Crunch Vancouver’s oldest swim club is struggling to find pool space amid a deepening battle for facilities in Canada at large. Dolphin Swim Club, which has roughly 240 swimmers, is being forced out of the Britannia Community Centre pool as it is underg...

Para Pan Pacific Championships Scheduled for the Weekend (Psych Sheets) The Para Pan Pacific Championships will take place from August 28-30 at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California. The meet will feature some of the top Para swimmers in the world, including the United States' Ali Truwit a...

How Caeleb Dressel Regained His Confidence and Returned to Superior Sprinting Ways Swimming saw very little of Caeleb Dressel in the two years after the Paris Olympics. Dressel had returned from an extended break to capture three relay medals, two gold and one silver, although he struggled in his in...

5 Overhadowed Swimmers Whose Summers Did Not Get Proper Credit; Gabriel Jett Soars to New Heights (Men's Edition) Did you hear? Johannes Liebmann shattered the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle by three-plus seconds. Get this. Hubert Kos almost took down the longstanding world standard of Aar...

5 Overlooked Swimmers Who had Stellar Summers; Claire Curzan Sharp at Pan Pacs (Women's Edition) This summer has not been short on elite performances, from Kate Douglass and Marrit Steenbergen rewriting the sprint-freestyle record books to Lani Pallister tripling at both the Commonwealth Games and P...

Gretchen Walsh Refreshingly Embracing Dominance of 100 Butterfly Some athletes claim they don't pay attention to their historical standing. That's not the style of Gretchen Walsh, who last week added another chapter to her stunning legacy in the 100-meter butterfly. After winning her prime event at ...

Katie Ledecky and TYR Sport Launch Signature Swim Collection TYR Sport is proud to announce the launch of the Katie Ledecky Signature Collection, an exclusive new swim line designed in collaboration with nine-time Olympic gold medalist and 23-time world champion Katie Ledecky. Available beginning Au...

United States Claims Team Title at Junior Pan Pacs; Luka Mijatovic Exits with Seven Golds The United States comfortably claimed the team title at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, which wrapped up on Thursday night in Vancouver. Team USA totaled 527 points via the meet's scoring system, easily o...

LA28 Announces Next Olympic Ticket Sale Will Take Place in 2027 A press release sent out by the LA28 Organizing Committee on Friday morning indicated that more than 6 million tickets for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles have been sold during the first two stages of the sales process. While that...

Michael Phelps on Texas Contingent: 'That's a One of One Training Group' It's been a decade since Michael Phelps bid farewell to the competitive stage, six medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro raising his career count to 28, a seemingly unbreakable figure. The 41-year-old has no diffic...

Junior Pan Pacs, Night Four Finals: Audrey Derivaux Leads Gold-Silver Finish in 200 IM The final night of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships opened with a United States gold-silver haul as Audrey Derivaux and Sydney Hardy had too much for the field in Vancouver. Derivaux claimed victory in 2:12.10...

Junior Pan Pacs, Night Three Finals: Luka Mijatovic Just Misses Own NAG Record in 400 Freestyle Two weeks after he established a National Age Group (NAG) record in the 17-18 classification of the 400-meter freestyle, Luka Mijatovic threatened his own mark during Wednesday night's action at the Junio...

Absent American Swimmers Who Could Have Boosted Pan Pacs Medal Haul As expected, the Pan Pacific Championships featured most of the top times recorded by American swimmers in 2026, but there were numerous exceptions. In some cases, swimmers posted their best times at mid-season competitions while ot...

Junior Pan Pacs, Night Two Finals: Raito Numata Blazes to Title in 400 IM Japan's firepower in the 400-meter individual medley is impressive, led by reigning Olympic silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita, and it got even better on the second night of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Vancouver. ...

Passages: Phillip Whitten, Former Editor of Swimming World, Dies at 82 Phillip Whitten, the former Editor-in-Chief of Swimming World, and its sister publications, Swimming Technique and SWIM (Masters), passed away on Saturday, August 15. He was 82. Whitten was a highly respected journalist, having c...

Junior Pan Pacs, Night One Finals: Luka Mijatovic Breaks NAG in 800 Freestyle; Just Misses Phelps Mark in 200 Free The United States' Luka Mijatovic started his second appearance at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in style, as the University of Texas recruit defended his title in the 200-meter ...

United States Swimmers and Coaches Not Sweating Imperfect Pan Pacs No international swim team selected one year in advance will be perfect. Inevitably, swimmers left off the team will drop massive swaths of time during the gap while others will struggle to replicate their form 12 months down the lin...

Luka Mijatovic Could Go on Record Blitz at Junior Pan Pacific Championships Two years ago, Luka Mijatovic got his first taste of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, winning three titles when the competition was held in the Australian capital of Canberra. Aside from claiming gold medals in the 200-...

Psych Sheets for Junior Pan Pacific Championships; Audrey Derivaux in Five Events The Junior Pan Pacific Championships will be held this week in Vancouver, and the psych sheets for the competition have been released. The biannual meet is scheduled for Monday through Thursday and features the best ju...