FINA Awards 2021 Divers of the Year to Xie Siyi, Shi Tingmao
FINA honors Chinese OIympic Champions Xie Siyi and Shi Tingmao as 2021 Best Divers of the Year. Both divers were gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics.
FINA Names Russian Trio 2021 Artistic Swimmers of the Year
Russians Maltsev, Kolesnichenko, and Romashina were named 2021 Best Artistic Swimmers of the Year by FINA: all three previously won this honor multiple times.
FINA Honors Maggie Steffens, Filip Filipović as 2021 Best Water Polo Players
Olympic champions Maggie Steffens (USA) and Filip Filipović (SRB) were awarded the Best Water Polo Players of 2021 by FINA.
Sjostrom’s 23.96 Fly Split Helps Sweden Tie 200 Medley Relay World Record
Sweden crushed a World Record in the women’s 200m medley relay on night two of the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships.
Shymanovich Downs 100 BR Championship Record To Win First Career World Title
Shymanovich got redemption on a pair of rivals en route to winning his first career World Championship title in a meet record to boot (55.70).
Tom Dean Ruled Out Of Short Course World Championships Due To COVID Contact
We now know the reason why Olympic champion Tom Dean was a no-show for the men’s 200m freestyle heats this morning in Abu Dhabi.
Olympic Champion Ruta Meilutyte Is Back In The Water (Video)
Previously retired Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte is back in the water, competing this weekend at the Lithuanian Short Course Championships.
Hansson, Masse Break National Records, Climb All-Time Ranks In Women’s 100 Back
Louise Hansson (55.20) and Kylie Masse (55.22) vaulted into fifth and sixth on the all-time performers’ list in the women’s 100 backstroke final.
Anastasia Gorbenko Wins Israel’s First-Ever World Championship Swimming Title
The 18-year-old Gorbenko broke her Israeli Record en route to winning the country’s first-ever world championship title in the women’s 50 breast.
Swiss Teen Antonio Djakovic Posts 200 Free National Record
The 400m free bronze medalist here, Antonio Djakovic, noted a new Swiss national record in the 200m free tonight in Abu Dhabi.
15-Year-Old Lana Pudar Gives Bosnia & Herzegovina First Senior Int’l Medal
15-year-old Lana Pudar of Bosnia and Herzegovina crushed the best 200m fly of her young career to collect bronze here in Abu Dhabi.
Olympic Champion Tom Dean No-Shows 200 Free Prelims at SC Worlds
Tom Dean, the Olympic champion in the 200 free, was a no-show for prelims of the short course version of the same event on Friday morning at Worlds.
On A Roll, Noe Ponti Puts Up Another Swiss National Record In 100 Fly
Swiss ace Noe Ponti is on a roll here in Abu Dhabi, setting himself up for a potential second medal at these FINA Short Course World Championships.
Tom Dean & Chad Le Los No-Show Men’s 200 Free Prelim
Two major players in the men’s 200m freestyle opted out of this mornings prelims, with GBR’s Tom Dean and RSA’s Chad Le Clos as no-shows.
Krzysztof Chmielewski Sets New European Junior Record in 200 Fly
Polish swimmer Krzysztof Chmielewski set a new European Junior Record in the 200m butterfly with a time of 1:51.84, eclipsing the old mark of 1:52.02.
