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Reona Aoki Continues Tear, Clocks 30.27 50 Breast Asian Record

Japan’s Reona Aoki is putting up some super quick breaststroke times at her domestic Trials meet, including a 30.27 Asian Record in the 50m distance.

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Ohashi Becomes Japan’s First-Ever Female Professional Swimmer

The nation of Japan has made two major strides on the women-making-an-impact-in-swimming front with both Yui Ohashi and Sakiko Shimizu making some waves.

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Miyu Namba Hits 4:05 400 Free, Honda Tops Seto In 400 IM In Tokyo

200m fly silver medalist from the 2020 Olympic Games, Tomoru Honda, got the better of Daiya Seto in the men’s 400m Im in Tokyo tonight.

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Reona Aoki Blasts 1:05.19 LCM 100 Breast Asian Record, Bound For Budapest

Japanese swimmers are vying for 2022 Budapest roster spots this week in Tokyo already highlighted by a monster swim by Reona Aoki.

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Ingrid Wilm Highlights Western Transmountain Festival

Several big clubs descended upon Calgary, Canada over the weekend to race at the 2022 Western Transmountain Festival, with Ingrid Wilm among the swimmers.

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Swimming Australia Pulls Out Of 2022 World Short Course Championships

Swimming Australia has released a statement in support of FINA’s decision to cancel the 2022 World Junior Championships and its participation in Kazan.

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James Guy, Tom Dean Wrap Up McCullagh International

The 2022 McCullagh International wrapped up from Bangor yesterday with several Olympians taking to the long course pool.

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Michael Andrew Takes On Tough Triple At Altitude On Copa Heller Cup Day 2

The Copa Heller Cup continued in Mexico, with swimmers such as Michael Andrew and Arno Kamminga not only battling each other but also the attitude.

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Titmus, McKeown, ZSC Headed To New South Wales Championships

Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus is among the headliners making their way to the 2022 New South Wales State Open Championships which begin on March 4th.

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Katinka Hosszu Wins Copa Heller Cup 400 IM In 4:56.99

The individual events of the 4th Copa Heller Cup quietly kicked off in Mexico yesterday, with the likes of Katinka Hosszu of Hungary racing.

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GBR’s Medi Harris Busts Out Another Sub-Minute 100 Backstroke

The 2022 McCullagh International meet continued with day two in Bangor, highlighted by another big backstroke performance from Medi Harris.

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High-Level International Meets For March 2022

Multi-Olympic medalist Duncan Scott is entered in the Edinburgh International Swim Meet slated for March. See what other meets are on the agenda.

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Tes Schouten Lowers Own Dutch 200 Breast Record In Amsterdam

While competing on day one of the 2022 Amsterdam Swim Meet, Tes Schouten produced a new lifetime best and Dutch national record in the women’s 200m breast.

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Medi Harris, Freya Anderson Kick Off McCullagh Int’l With Solid Wins

Two-time European Short Course champion Freya Anderson was among the day one racers at the 2022 McCullagh International in Ireland.

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2022 McCullagh Int: Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, Freya Anderson Among Entrants

The 2022 McCullagh International kicks off tomorrow in Bangor and, based on the psych sheets, is a veritable who’s who of British and Irish swimming.

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