Tatjana Schoenmaker not only made it a sweep of breaststroke titles on the fifth day of the SA National Aquatic Championships in Gqeberha this evening but the triple was delivered in a fourth African record time, 1:05.74 in the 100m. […]
Until today, Florian Wellbrock was the only German man to get inside the 14:50 World Record Jorg Hoffmann set for the global 1500m free crown in 1991 but now there are two, after the world champion led training partner Lukas […]
On the final day of the Stockholm Open, Felix Auböck stole the show with two Austrian records in one session, first a 1:45.70 in the 200 freestyle then a 7:46.72 in the 800m freestyle, both efforts at the helm of […]
And another one bites the dust courtesy of Kira Toussaint and her bull run on Dutch backstroke records, the latest a 58.65 in the 100m final at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet this afternoon. Two 50m standards yesterday were followed by […]
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At the Gothaer Pokal (derby) in Magdeburg, 1500m and Marathon World champion Florian Wellbrock roared inside his career best of 3:45 with not one but two 3:44s in a day in a tight battle with Lukas Märtens, who chased Wellbrock […]
If anyone can burst the dam of 58sec swims collecting behind the wall of speed built by Adam Peaty these past few years, perhaps Dutchman Arno Kamminga is the man to do it. It didn’t happen today, a 58.64 win […]
Olympic champion Katinka Hosszú is used to finishing first over 200m medley races, when the going gets tough and tight or when the day is about preparation and honing on the way to the defence of one of her three […]
Rikako Ikee concluded her comeback nationals with two more victories on the last day of the Japan Open in Tokyo, a dominant 25.56 in the 50m butterfly followed by a 24.84 in the 50m freestyle marking the end of a […]
Ariarne Titmus, the Australian who ended the undefeated International record of Katie Ledecky over 400m freestyle at the 2019 World Championships, has missed three months of critical, full training while battling a shoulder injury. Julian Linden reports in the Australian […]
Tatjana Schoenmaker threw down a gauntlet In Gqeberha this evening, her 2:20.17 victory over 200m breaststroke an African record that raises the prospect of a first shot at South African gold in Olympic waters among women since Penny Heyns claimed […]
Katie Ledecky sent shivers down the spines of her rivals around the world on the second day of the Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo with a 1:54.40 win in morning finals of the 200m freestyle. The time is just […]
Arno Kamminga continued his bull run on Dutch breaststroke records with a 26.80 victory in the 50 metres at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet this afternoon. There was more dashing Dutch dates in the 50m freestyle finals, Ranomi Kromowidjojo on 24.11, […]
Naoki Mizunuma rattled the 12-year-old Japanese record with a 51.03sec ticket to a home Olympic Games over 100m butterfly today, the final featuring a blanket finish of six 51s. The winning effort left Mizunuma just 0.03sec shy of the national […]
Evgeny Rylov threw down a big gauntlet as he rocketed to a Russian and European record 1:53.23 for the national 200m backstroke title and ticket to the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympic Games in Kazan today. At that pace, Evgeny Rylov, born […]
Daiya Seto and Kosuke Hagino will take to their blocks once more in medley battle at the Olympic Games in July after their latest spar left them with Tokyo tickets to the 200m battle on 1:57.41 and 1:57.43 respectively. There […]
Commentary by guest writer Brian McGuinness, Executive Director, British Swimming Coaches Association (BSCA), penned in light of the resignation of the entire pool coaching staff of the City of Oxford Swimming Club in a dispute with the club’s management committee […]
The Danish Swimming Union has lost 18,517 members, or just shy of 10 per cent of its aquatics family, as a result of pool closures forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. A year of closed facilities and lockdowns has hit swimming […]
