World Aquatics Names 2025 Athletes of The Year For Diving, Water Polo, & More
American high diver James Lichtenstein was 1 of 12 athletes from 9 countries to be named a World Aquatics athlete of the year in 6 sports
2025 Swammy Awards: South American Female Swimmer of the Year – Agostina Hein
Agostina Hein, 17, won 10 medals in 12 days on opposite sides of the word, culminating with a Junior World Championship title
2025 Swammy Awards: Open Water Male Swimmer of the Year – Florian Wellbrock
Florian Wellbrock had his best career performance yet in open water, winning four golds out of four at the 2025 World Championships
Low Countries Up High: Belgium & the Netherlands’ Secret Andean Altitude Training
Caspar Corbeau, Roos Vanotterdijk, and other Dutch and Belgian swimmers took a secretly-planned altitude training camp in Colombia
Top 2025 Sports Honors In Mexico & Argentina Go To Aquatic Athletes
Osmar Olvera (MEX) and Agostina Hein (ARG) received annual recognitions akin to “athlete of the year” for their countries this year.
2025 Swammy Awards: Open Water Female Swimmer of the Year – Moesha Johnson
A career pivot to open water focus paid off big for Moesha Johnson, who won two world titles this year and ended the year ranked #1
Argentine Open Becomes 6th Meet In 6 Months Where Hein Broke A National Record
The 2025 Argentine Open marked 17-year-old Agostina Hein’s sixth meet with a national record-breaking performance since July
Mireia Belmonte: “I’m training on my own, four hours a day”
Olympic gold medalist Mireia Belmonte talked about moving away from home at 13 to train, swimming with scoliosis, and training on her own now
2025 Swammy Awards: South American Male Swimmer Of The Year – Gui Caribe
Career-changing time drops, demonstrated consistency, and Brazil’s top performer at Worlds: Caribe entered his swimming golden age in 2025
Letitia Sim Throws Down 1:05.9 LC 100 BR Split at SEA Games
Sim closed off the SEA Games on the right foot, becoming one of only six women to split sub-1:06 in a LC 100 breast this year
Agostina Hein Cracks Two Meet Records With 4 IM/2 Fr Double To Close São Paulo Open
Hein went 1:56.57/4:36.40 in a tough double to close out the meet. Both were meet records, but near misses of national records
Supersuited 200 IM Argentine Record Downed By Hein In São Paulo
17-year-old Hein earned her 9th individual Argentine record with a 2:10.57 200 SC IM. It knocked off Georgina Bardach’s mark from 2009.
Singapore Women Notch Three New SEA Games Records On Day 5 Of Meet
Letitia Sim (pictured), Xiang Qi Amanda Lim, and Gan Ching Hwee all notched new individual SEA Games meet records for Singapore
13-Year-Old 2:31 200 Breaststroker Pimchanok Chinveeraphan: Thailand’s Breakout Star
See how Chinveeraphan’s 2:31.15 200 breaststroke as a 13-year-old girl compares to stars like Amanda Beard, Kate Douglass, and Yu Zidi
Quah Ting Wen Becomes Singapore’s Most Decorated SEA Games Athlete Ever, Wins Gold At 33
At 33 years of age, Quah Ting Wen has now won at every SEA Games since 2007, bringing her gold medal total to the 34 (63 overall)
