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2023 BUCS Short Course Championships Kick Off With Multiple Romania-Bound Stars

Irish distance dynamo Daniel Wiffen will be representing Loughborough this weekend at the BUCS Short Course Championships.

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SPEEDO FASTSKIN – A HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S FASTEST SWIMSUITS

Ever since Arne Borg set a world record wearing Speedo in 1929, the world’s most famous swimming brand has been committed to helping swimmers.

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How To Get The 2023 Year In Review with the Katie Ledecky Cover

Looking for a holiday gift for your swimmer, swammer, or swim coach? Give the gift of the Olympic year with SwimSwam Magazine issues through 2024.

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WSCA Releases Statement In Response To ASCA, Other Coaching Associations Disaffiliating

The World Swimming Coaches Association says the statement was “disappointing, unnecessary and does not best serve swimming coaches on a global level.”

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Kara Hanlon Clocks Scottish Record In SCM 50 Breaststroke

Kara Hanlon notched a new Scottish national record en route to capturing 50m breast gold at a domestic meet last weekend.

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ASCA, Three Other National Coaches Assocations Part Ways With WSCA

Coaching associations in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Great Britain have withdrawn their affiliation with the World Swimming Coaches Association.

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Richards & Guy Spar At Swim England Southwest Regional Championships

Olympic teammates Matthew Richards and James Guy of Great Britain dueled across several events on their home turf of Millfield.

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14-Yr-Old Amelie Blocksidge Takes Down SCM 1500 Free British Junior Record From 1985

14-year-old Amelie Blocksidge took down a British Junior Record over the weekend, one which had been on the books for 38 years.

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Adam Peaty Keeps On Racing, Heading To Rotterdam Qualification Meet

British World Record holder Adam Peaty is headed to the Rotterdam Qualification Meet slated for later this month in the Netherlands.

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British Swimming Announces World Class Performance Program Athletes

Read up on which athletes made the grade as British Swimming revealed its 54-strong World Class Program rosters for the 2023/24 season.

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Great Britain Names 35 Swimmers To Stacked European Short Course Championship Roster

The Brits will send every medalist from the 2023 Worlds to SC Euros in Bucharest next month, including James Guy, Matt Richards, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott.

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Lewis Fraser Downs Two Welsh SCM Breaststroke Records

23-year-old Lewis Fraser took down two Welsh national records while competing at the 2023 Neath ASC Open Meet over the weekend.

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British Swimmer Commits to US College…to Play Football

25-year-old Reese Ormonde-Cunningham has spent most of his life as a high-level competitive swimmer, but that isn’t the talent that is bringing him to a US college.

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High-Level International Meets For November 2023

The 2023 U.S. Open is among the high-octane competitive swim events set to begin around the world during the month of November.

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2023 World Swimming Cup Budapest Day 3 Prelims: Pilato Punches 29.87 50 Breast

Italian speedster Benedetta Pilato wasted no time making her presence known on the final day of action at the World Cup in Budapest.

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