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Danielle Obe Launches Waterproof Headscarves To Encourage People Of Colour To Learn To Swim According to Sport England statistics, 97% of Black adults and 82% of Black children in the UK do not swim. That does not mean they can’t swim, rather they just aren’t in the water. Black Swimming Association...

Sarah Sjöström On How Curiosity Led To A Golden Paris Double With 50s The Focus For The Future In the first of two articles, Sarah Sjöström talks to Swimming World about her golden double in Paris and her focus for the future. “When I start training again it will be the 50 only – 100% this time. “I ...

Andrea Filadelli & Ines Delacroix Lift Overall Crowns Following Final Leg Of European Aquatics Open Water Cup Andrea Filadelli and Ines Delacroix clinched the overall titles in the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2024 following the final leg in Ražanac, Croatia. The pair entered the fift....

European Short-Course Champion Luc Kroon Announces Retirement Luc Kroon, winner of the 400 free at the 2021 European Short-Course Championships, has announced his retirement. The Netherlands athlete made the decision after sustaining an injury last week which would keep him out of the water until Ja...

Andrea Filadelli & Lea Boy Claim Victories At Penultimate Leg Of European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup Andrea Filadelli and Lea Boy claimed respective victories with final-lap charges at the fourth leg of the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia. The lead regularl....

Three-time Olympic Champion Adam Peaty Announces Engagement To Holly Ramsay Three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty has announced his engagement to partner Holly Ramsay. The double world record-holder has often credited Ramsay - the daughter of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay - with having a stabilising...

"Adam Peaty A Fantastic Role Model," Says Swim England CEO Amid #LoveSwimming Campaign Swim England CEO Andy Salmon has described Adam Peaty as a “fantastic role model” in and out of the pool. Peaty won 100m breaststroke silver at Paris 2024 behind winner Nicolo Martinenghi to add to his golds from ...

Claire Weinstein & Brinkleigh Hansen Clinch USA Double At World Junior Open Water Championships Claire Weinstein and Brinkleigh Hansen made it double gold for the USA with victories in their respective 7.5k and 5k races at the 2024 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Alghero, ...

Sacha Velly & Claire Stuhlmacher Enjoy Contrasting 10k Victories At World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships France’s Sacha Velly and Claire Stuhlmacher of the USA claimed respective 10k victories at the 2024 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Alghero, Sardinia. Af...

Paralympic Games, Day 3: World Records For Great Britain Duo Stephen Clegg & Will Ellard Great Britain's Stephen Clegg set a world record of 59.02 en-route to gold in the men's S12 100m backstroke on the third day of the Paralympics in Paris. The 28-year-old led throughout, extending his advantage o...

Commonwealth Games Scotland Wants 2026 Decision As Glasgow Waits In Wings Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) has called on the Scottish Government to decide whether Glasgow can host the 2026 multi-sport event. The State of Victoria, Australia, was due to stage the Games but withdrew in July 2023 citi...

Izzy Thorpe Adjusting To Life After Landmark Silver In Artistic Swimming When an athlete stands on the Olympic podium with a medal around their neck, it’s a brief moment that follows years of dedication, intensity, commitment and planning. Athletes go all in in every area of their lives as they push...

Success of British 800 Freestyle Relay Can Be Connected to Camaraderie and Brotherhood No four individuals had combined to win relay gold medals at two different Olympics. The United States’ men’s 800 freestyle relay came close when Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Peter Vanderkaay, who were three me...

Kieran Bird: From The Local Leisure Centre To Paris 2024 As Swim England Launch #LoveSwimming Campaign At around 830pm local time on 30 July 2024, James Guy dived into lane four to lead off the Great Britain men's 4x200 freestyle relay in Paris. Less than seven minutes later – 6mins 59.43secs to be ...

Beyond Leon Marchand, European Men Packaged Dominant Showing at Paris Games How dominant were the European men at the Olympic Games in Paris? Have a look at these numbers. European men won all but three of the individual events at La Defense Arena, and of the 42 medals on offer in solo races, 24 wer...

Bill Furniss Retires As Aquatics GB Head Coach Following 19 Medals Across Three Olympics Bill Furniss is retiring as Aquatics GB Head Coach after overseeing a five-medal haul in Paris at his fourth Olympic Games  in the role. Furniss will head into retirement as the most successful Head Coach in the...

Paris Olympics: The Old Men and the 50 Free; How Veterans Dominated the Sprint Cast your mind back to August 1, 2021. Florent Manaudou came through the mixed zone where swimmers speak to reporters draped in the French flag and with a huge smile on his face. He’d just won his third consecutive Olympi...

Tom Daley Retires After Olympic Career Spanning 16 Years & A Full Set Of Medals Tom Daley has retired from diving after a senior international career that spanned 16 years and brought Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth titles. The 30-year-old has been winning national titles since 2007 and in...

AP Race Launch Swimming Academy In Saudi Arabia AP Race, a brand co-founded and built by three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty that includes clinics and events, has launched a swimming academy in Saudi Arabia. Peaty and Ed Baxter founded the AP brand which has been delivering race clinics since 201...

Paris Olympics: Kristof Rasovszky Adds Olympic 10k Gold To World Title As Hungary Enjoy 1-3 Finish Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary added the Olympic title to his world crown with victory in the 10k at Paris 2024. Rasovszky was in the top two throughout and came home in 1:50:52.7 to upgrade Tokyo silver...