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Freya Colbert Claims Third Title & Daniel Wiffen Does Distance Double At BUCS Championships Freya Colbert claimed her third title of the meet and Daniel Wiffen completed the distance double on day two of the BUCS Championships (25m) in Sheffield). Colbert won the 200 free and 200IM on the opening da...

Noè Ponti Talks Military Service, World Records & Taking A Break From The 200 Fly Noè Ponti is on a train returning home from his first week of military service after a whirlwind few weeks in which he twice lowered the 50 fly short-course world record before reporting for duty. Military service is m...

Daniel Wiffen Dominates 1500 Free At BUCS Championships To Go Top Of The Rankings Daniel Wiffen enjoyed a 28-second victory in the 1500 free and Freya Colbert was a double winner on day one of the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) Championships (25m) in Sheffield. Wiffen clocked 14:31.8...

Ben Proud Spearheads Aquatics GB Team For Budapest; Goodburn, Blocksidge & Okaro Also Selected Ben Proud, Archie Goodburn, Amelie Blocksidge and Eva Okaro are among an Aquatics GB team of 11 selected for the World Short-Course Championships in Budapest. The team - comprising six men and five women -...

Nyls Korstanje, Caspar Corbeau & Kira Toussaint Among Eight-Strong Netherlands Team For Short-Course Worlds Nyls Korstanje and Caspar Corbeau were named on an eight-strong Netherlands for next month's World Short-Course Championships in Budapest. The team comprises four men and four women for the me...

Hubert Kós Among 34-Strong Hungary Squad For Short-Course Worlds As Boglárka Kapás Prepares To Bid Farewell Olympic champion Hubert Kós is among a 34-strong Hungary squad set for the World Short-Course Championships in Budapest where Boglárka Kapás will bring her fine career to a close. Eighteen men...

European Aquatics Announce Details Of 2025 Open Water Cup The schedule has been released for the 2025 European Aquatics Open Water Cup which runs from May to September next year. The five-stop series begins on 3 May in Protaras, Cyprus, before heading to Setubal, Portugal, on 22 June with Paris host...

Matt Richards On Conflicting Olympic Medal Emotions, Pan Zhanle & His "Fantastic" Wedding Day Matt Richards sits at his new home in Manchester reflecting on a momentous few months in which he has added gold and silver to his Olympic medal haul, got married and moved from the English south to the nor...

Double Olympic Champion Kristóf Milák To Be Coached By Álmos Szabó With Eyes On Singapore Worlds Two-time Olympic champion Kristóf Milák  will be coached by Álmos Szabó after he parted ways with his former trainer Balázs Virth following Paris 2024. Milak won gold in the 100 fly at the Games which fo...

Panna Ugrai Wraps Up Hungarian Championships With Two Golds In 40 Minutes And Six In Total The Hungarian Short-Course Championships wrapped up on Saturday with Panna Ugrai claiming two more golds in the space of 40 minutes to take her total to six following the four-day competition in Kaposvár. Ugra...

Daniel Wiffen Named Swimmer Of The Year At Swim Ireland Awards After Golden 2024 Daniel Wiffen was named Swimmer of the Year at the 2024 Swim Ireland Awards after 12 memorable months in which he became Olympic and world champion. Róisín NíRiain (para swimming) and Jake Passmore (diving) were also ho...

Boglarka Kapas Bids Tearful Farewell At Final Hungarian Championships Boglarka Kapas was overcome with emotion as the crowd at the Hungarian s/c Championships in Kaposvár rose to give her a two-minute standing ovation as she bade farewell to national competition, 14 years after reaching her first in...

Leon Marchand Among A France Team Of 13 Selected for World Short-Course Championships Leon Marchand, Maxime Grousset and Beryl Gastaldello are among a 13-strong France team selected for the World Short-Course Championships in Budapest. Eight men and five women will travel to the Hungarian capital fo...

Hungarian Championships Underway In Final Qualification Bid For Short-Course Worlds Next Month In Budapest The Hungarian Short-Course Championships got under way in Kaposvar ahead of next month's short-course worlds in Budapest. Ajna Kesely and Vivien Jackl dead-heated on the opening night in the 15...

Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, Adam Peaty & Ben Proud Nominated All Nominated For Swimmer Of The Year At Aquatics GB Awards Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, Adam Peaty and Ben Proud, have been nominated as the Swimmer of the Year at the The Aquatics GB Awards 2024. Scott and Richards won individual silver...

Beryl Gastaldello Sets National 100 Back Record Among Golden Campaign At French Short-Course Championships The French Short-Course Championships wrapped up in Montpellier after four days of competition which featured standout campaigns by Beryl Gastaldello, Maxime Grousset and Mewen Tomac. The event...

World Cup Singapore, Day 3: Leon Marchand And Kate Douglass Crowned Overall Champions Leon Marchand and Kate Douglass were crowned overall champions as the World Cup wrapped up in Singapore. Marchand won the 400IM on the final day to claim the triple crown following victories in Shanghai and Incheon...

FLASH! Regan Smith Takes Down 200m Backstroke World Record Regan Smith made it two world records in as many days as she lowered the 200 back standard to 1:58.83 at the World Cup in Singapore. The USA swimmer was inside WR pace throughout as she touched the wall 0.11 faster than the 1:58.94 standard ...

World Cup Singapore, Day 1: Leon Marchand Becomes Second Man Inside 50Secs En-Route To 100IM Triple Crown; Trebles For Ponti, Wasick & Coetze Leon Marchand became only the second man inside 50 seconds in the 100IM as he moved within sight of Caeleb Dressel's world record at the final World Cup stop ...

FLASH! Kate Douglass Crushes 200m Breaststroke s/c WR In 2:12.72 Kate Douglass destroyed her 200m breaststroke short-course world record in 2:12.72 at the final leg of the World Cup in Singapore. The American set a global mark of 2:14.16 at last week's stop in Incheon, South Korea, where she downed ...