Paralympic Gold Medal Winning Swimmer Gareth Duke, 39, Sentenced After Child Predator Sting
The Welsh swimmer Gareth Duke was caught in an online sting designed to attract alleged pedophiles when adults pose as underage children.
Six Storylines To Watch At The 2025 European SC Championships
Noe Ponti will be aiming to reclaim his 100 fly World Record from Josh Liendo in Lublin, but will have to fight through an in-form Frenchman to do so
Sarah Sjostrom Poses For Sweden’s National Gallery “Portrait Of Honour”
Magnus Ragnvid shot Sjostrom for the 2025 Portrait of Honour. The Olympian will join a slew of famous Swedes in the National Portrait Gallery
Beyond The Lane Lines: Maggie MacNeil Enters Hall Of Fame
Catch up on swimming new stories from around the web in Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring retired Canadian Olympic champion Maggie MacNeil.
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.
Ponti Headlines Entry Lists For 2025 European SC Championships, Russians & Belarusians Absent
Swiss star Noe Ponti comes in as the defending champion in the men’s 50, 100 and 200 fly at the European SC Championships next week in Lublin.
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.
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.
Is Roos Vanotterdijk the Most Versatile Swimmer in the World Right Now?
Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk currently holds 13 Belgian records, including at least one record in every stroke including IM.
Germany Taking 18 Members of Worlds Team, Including Maertens and Elendt, to 2025 Euro SC Meet
Lukas Maertens, the defending Olympic and World Champion and World Record holder in the 400 free, will make his European Short Course debut next week.
German Swimming Federation Receives Federal Funding for New Swimming Center in Magdeburg
Germany will build its first national swimming center in Magdeburg after securing €51M in federal funding, a major boost for the DSV’s elite-sport ambitions.
Czechia Will Send 14 Swimmers to 2025 European SC Championships
Barbora Seemanova, the two-time defending European SC silver medalist in the 200 free, has withdrawn from the meet with an undiagnosed illness.
Anastasiya Shkurdai Produces 2:02.05 Continent-Leading 200 Back In Minsk
Shkurdai’s 200 back at Belarus’ Strongest Athletes Cup leads Europe by 1.5 seconds. Panel Samusenko also put up an elite 49.36 men’s 100 back
Kirill Prigoda Pips Ilya Shymanovich in the 100 Breast at Belarus’ Strongest Athletes Cup
With increasingly-dim hopes of attending the European Short Course Swimming Championships in less than two weeks, Russian swimmers have traveled to Belarus this week.f
European Aquatics “Reassures” Federations of No Wider Impact on European Championships
The memo from European Aquatics acknowledged recent disruptions to transportation routes to Lublin, but avoided mentioning Russia explicitly.
