Africa

2019 World Junior Championships: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

7TH FINA WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 50-Meter Course Duna Arena, Budapest (Hungary) Pool swimming: Tuesday, August 20 – Sunday,…

  20 Comments

Khalafalla Takes Men’s 50 Free For Egypt On Final Night Of African Games

The 2019 African Games wrapped up its swimming competition tonight in Morocco, but not before several more meet records bit the dust.

  Comment First!

Gallagher Becomes First-Ever Sub-25 Second South African Female 50 Freestyler

Erin Gallagher hit a new 50m free PB of 24.95 at tonight’s African Games, become the first-ever sub-25 second freestyler ever for South Africa.

  Comment First!

2019 FINA World Junior Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Saturday’s preliminary session features 6 rounds of prelims swims, plus the slow-seeded heats of the women’s 1500 free.

  15 Comments

Farida Osman Takes Down African Games 100 Fly Record

World Championships medalist Farida Osman of Egypt is making her presence known at the 2019 African Games taking place in Morrocco.

  1 Comment

2019 FINA World Junior Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Canada’s Jade Hannah is looking at a potential sweep of the backstrokes after winning the 100 and 200 titles. She competes in the 50 back prelims this morning

  21 Comments

Croatia Gets On The Board, But America Dominates World Junior Medals

America holds on to its medal lead after 3 days of competition in Budapest, but other nations are seeing strong performances at these World Junior C’ships.

  5 Comments

2019 African Games: Erin Gallagher Takes Back South African 50 Fly Record

The 2019 African Games’ swimming competition kicked off with 20-year-old Erin Gallagher not wasting any time making her mark on the competition.

  Comment First!

Farida Osman, Oussama Sahnoune, Michael Houlie Get It Done In Africa

Egyptian World Championships medalist Farida Osman collected hardware through 2 days of swimming competition at the 2019 Africa Games in Morrocco.

  Comment First!

2019 FINA World Junior Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Italy’s Thomas Ceccon steps up for the 50 back today after winning the 100 back title in a new Championship Record last night.

  22 Comments

United States Leads 12 Nations In World Junior Championships Medal Table

American Luca Urlando won the men’s 200m free on night 2 of the 2019 World Junior Championships, helping keep the U.S. on top of the medal standings.

  4 Comments

USA’s Double Relay Gold Earns World Junior C’ships Medal Table Lead

Lillie Nordmann was a member of the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay for the Americans, winning gold in Budapest on night 1 of World Juniors.

  8 Comments

Faster Than Hackett, Thomas Neill Busts Out 3:46.27 400 Free Silver In Budapest

Aussie Thomas Neill threw down the swim of his life to earn 400m free silver tonight in Budapest, inserting himself among the nation’s all-time greats.

  1 Comment

2019 World Junior C’ships Day 1 Prelims: Ceccon & Zombori Down Meet Records

Day 1 prelims of the 2019 World Junior Championships saw 2 meet records go down, courtesy of Hungary’s Gabor Zombori and Italy’s Thomas Ceccon.

  28 Comments

IPC To Have Refugees Team At Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Thursday, August 15, that they are preparing to accept a refugee…

  6 Comments