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Olympic Champion Cameron Van Der Burgh Returning To Competitive Swimming At 37

Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh has announced his return to competitive swimming nearly seven years after retiring in December 2018.

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Through Appendix Surgery and Working Full Time, Michael Houlie is Still Looking to LA2028

Right before he was set to compete at the 2025 World University Games, he had to get emergency surgery to remove his appendix

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World Champion Pieter Coetze Withdraws From U.S. Open Due To Illness

Coetze was scheduled to race five events this weekend, including the 100 backstroke, the event in which he won the 2025 world title.

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Coetze, Corbett Honored as Bombela Aquatics Awards Salute SA’s Rising and Reigning stars

Pieter Coetze was named Male Swimmer of the Year after a standout season highlighted by a trio of backstroke medals at the World Championships in Singapore.

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McKeown, O’Callaghan, McEvoy Set To Host Robust Foreign Talent At QLD Championships

Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan is entered in the 2025 Queensland Championships which begin just one day following the ‘Australia vs The World’ meet.

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Le Clos, Coetze Among South Africans Headed To Vladimir Salnikov Cup

Veteran Chad le Clos is among a 34-strong roster of South Africans headed to December’s Vladimir Salnikov Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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High-Level International Meets For December 2025

Olympic multi-medalist Duncan Scott of Great Britain is among the athletes headed to Lublin, Poland for December’s European Short Course Championships.

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Countdown to Glory: Olympic Stars Strengthen Lineup For 2026 Dubai Open Swimming Championships

Leading the newly announced athletes is Great Britain’s James Guy, a three-time Olympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion.

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Abduljabar Adama (Nigeria) and Mantas Kauspedas (Lithuania) Sign With Tennessee for 2026

Mount Kelly Swimming teammates Abduljabar Adama and Mantas Kauspedas will head to Knoxville together to join the Vols’ class of 2030.

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Rami Rahmouni Representing Tunisia Again After Reported Saudi Arabia Naturalization Talks

16-year-old Rami Rahmouni, a rising Tunisian distance star, is back in his training base after abruptly leaving for Saudi Arabia in September

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High-Level International Meets For November 2025

We may see Olympic medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita compete at the 2025 Japan Open slated for November as we look at the month’s high-level international meets.

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23 Crowns to Only 3 Busts in the 2025 Swimming World Cup Series

Gretchen Walsh (above) and her teammate Kate Douglass each had three of the 23 total Crowns awarded at the 2025 Swimming World Cup.

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Chad le Clos Earns World Cup Bronze in 100 Fly: “I’m over the moon”

World Cup veteran Chad le Clos showed that he’s still a force to be reckoned with, finishing 3rd in the 100 fly in Carmel.

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Top Australian Swimmers to Clash With International All-Stars In One Night Duel

Kaylee McKeown is set to headline a one-night “Australia vs. The World” meet that features top athletes from Africa, Europe, and Oceania.

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Rebecca Meder Breaks Her Own African Record in 200m IM

South African Rebecca Meder, who trains in New Zealand under coach Graham Hill, has broken the African Record in the 200 IM in short course.

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