India, Nigeria Submit Bids To Host 2030 Commonwealth Games
The fact that there is any bid at all is good news for what’s been perceived as a shaky future for the event that’s held every four years.
High-Level International Meets For September 2025
The 101st Japan Student Swimming Championships is one of the high-level international meets on the calendar for September.
Virginia Picks Up World Juniors Finalist Jessica Thompson For 2026
World Juniors Finalist Jessica Thompson will be headed to the University of Virginia as a member of the recruiting class of 2026.
Tatjana Smith Wins Sportswoman of Year & Overall Sports Star of Year At SA Sports Awards
Tatjana Smith won both Sportswoman of the Year and the overall Sports Star of the Year at the South African Sports Awards.
Rocco Meiring Claims Coach Of The Year Honor At South African Sports Awards
Rocco Meiring, who has been named SwimSwam’s “African Coach of the Year” for the past seven seasons, was named South Africa’s overall Coach of the Year.
Two Nigerian Swimmers Receive World Aquatics Training Scholarships
World Aquatics has awarded two Nigerian swimmers with training scholarships for the upcoming year, Clinton Opute and Colins Ebingha.
Top 10 Swims From the 2025 World Junior Championships
Rylee Erisman’s 52.79 100 freestyle was one of the top swims of the 2025 World Junior Championships, breaking the Championship Record by almost a second.
Australia Wins Its First Medal of World Juniors to Break onto the Medal Table After Day 5
Ainsley Trotter won gold for Australia in the girls’ 50 back, bringing home her nation’s first medal of the meet.
Abdul Jabar Adama’s World Juniors 50 Fly Silver Marks Nigeria’s First World Aquatics Medal
Abdul Jabar Adama made history for Nigeria at World Junior Championships, becoming the nation’s first swimmer to medal at a World Aquatics meet.
Namibia’s Ronan Wantenaar On A Groundbreaking Year: “It’s Crazy To Think How Far I’ve Come”
Ronan Wantenaar was a hundredth away from a top-eight spot in the 50 breast, and has become a flagship athlete for the World Aquatics scholarship program
Abdul Adama Lowers Own Nigerian Record in 50 Butterfly (23.48) to Rank 2nd Out of Semis
For the second time in one day, Nigeria’s Abdul Adama has bettered his own National Record in the 50 butterfly after posting a time of 23.48.
Pieter Coetze on his Decommitment from Cal: “I Wasn’t Done With South Africa Yet”
Coetze is coming off of a pair of stellar showings at the World Universtiy Games and World Championships, headlined by his first World Title in the 100 back.
Ahmed Jaouadi Awarded Tunisia’s First Class National Order of Merit
Jaouadi was honored with Tunisia’s First Class National Order of Merit in Sports, joining Ahmed Hafnaoui as the only swimmers to earn this award.
Ahmed Jaouadi Reveals How He Learned to Put in Hard Work, Become 2x World Champion
Jaouadi sat down with SwimSwam to discuss his ascent to the distance throne, when he learned how to put in hard work, and why he chose to compete for Florida
Cohen Tarrant Takes Down Zac Stubblety-Cook Age Record In Queensland
Additional age records went down on the final day of action at the 2025 Queensland Short Course Championships, featuring Cohen Tarrant in breaststroke.
