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World Aquatics Opens The Door For Neutral Athletes To Enter Relay Teams Neutral Athletes (NAs) will now be able to compete in relays at World Aquatics events after updated guidelines for athlete participation came into force on 18 November 2024. The Guidelines for Athlete Participation in World Aqua...

How To Swim the 100 Breaststroke: Breaking Down Swimming's Most Perplexing Race What makes a great 100 breaststroker? Many would point to a dominant kick, gliding them through the water. Others would point to a strong stroke, using their upper body to push forward with efficiency. Some might even po...

Sara Curtis 50 Free Record Highlights Four Wins at Italian Championships Sara Curtis set the Italian record in the women’s 50 freestyle on Sunday to cap a four-win performance at the Italian Short-Course Championships. Curtis’ started the final session of the three-day meet at the Swimming Stadium R...

Carles Coll Marti Sets Three National Records at Spanish Short-Course Championships Carles Coll Marti came out of the weekend’s Spanish Short-Course Championships with three Spanish records in a bravura performance in Madrid. Coll Marti reset marks in the men’s 50 breaststroke, 100 breast and 100 in...

Olympic Champ Tatjana Smith Appears on Social Kick Podcast to Discuss Legendary Career https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lKtIn0wzk These days, Tatjana Smith (nee Schoenmaker) is looking forward. Her competitive career now in the rearview mirror following an exceptional career, Smith is eager to embr...

The World Championships in Budapest has a kingly mascot. World Aquatics and local officials unveiled the mascot in a clever video showing the iconic lions on the Chain Bridge missing, then later showed the lion as the mascot of the championships. The 2024 World Short-Course Championships will take p...

Kyle Chalmers Coach Peter Bishop The Shock Appointment As The New Head Coach Of Dutch National Team In a shock move, celebrated Australian coach Peter Bishop – the man behind the career of Australia’s Olympic freestyle sprint king Kyle Chalmers – has been appointed as the new head coach of the Dutc....

South African Standout Pieter Coetze Analyzes Backstroke Rise on Social Kick Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJDD1KI8bos&t=53s Although just 20 years old, South African Pieter Coetze is already a two-time Olympian, having competed at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021 and the recently ...

The three-stop World Aquatics World Cup saw short-course world records fall and many of the sport's biggest stars build toward the World Championships. But it was also a huge financial boost for a lot of professional swimmers across the globe. The World Cup provided prize money based on finishes as ...

Throwback Thursday: When Cesar Cielo Captured Olympic Gold and the Emotional Aftermath (Video) In this edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, when Brazilian Cesar Cielo confirmed his status as the world's fastest man in water. It was a night that also featu...

Swimming's World Cup Proving Valuable Hub For Autumn Racing An event entitled “World Cup” naturally carries some weight. After all, that’s the moniker used by global football’s signature event, held every four years and capturing the attention of fans across the globe. The Olympics is the only globa...

Passing the Torch: Swimming Has Been Defined by Inspirational Legacies Over the course of the 21st century, we have seen countless stories of legendary swimmers inspiring around the world as they have established themselves among the greatest in history. With that in mind, let's take a look at some ...

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 ...

FLASH! Noe Ponti Thrashes World Record in 50 Fly to 21.50 Mornings in Shanghai and Singapore seem to suit Noe Ponti. Either that, or the Swiss fastman is just so eager to the unleash the fast swimming he knows he holds within that he sees no need to wait for finals. For the second time in three Worl...

World Cup Singapore, Day 2: Kate Douglass Adds Another Triple Crown On the first day of the World Aquatics World Cup Singapore stop Thursday, Kate Douglass finished off a 3-for-3 run through the 100 individual medley and 200 breaststroke. Friday, she added a sweep of the 50 butterfly to cap an outst...

FLASH! Regan Smith Pops Latest World Record in 100 Backstroke at World Cup in Singapore One week after breaking the world record in the short-course version of the 100-meter backstroke during World Cup competition in South Korea, American Regan Smith took the event even lower during the second day o...

FLASH! Leon Marchand Destroys World Record in Short-Course 200 IM; Takes Down Ryan Lochte Standard The man who starred at the Olympic Games in Paris has checked in with another eye-opening performance, as Frenchman Leon Marchand shattered the world record in the 200-meter individual medley during th...

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 ...

FINIS Welcomes Dr. Zied Abbes as New Partner for Middle East and North Africa FINIS, a global leader in swim products and technologies, is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Dr. Zied Abbes, who will spearhead the brand’s growth and development in the Middle East and North Africa (ME...