Europe

Rasovszky and Tettamanzi Win 10K Titles at European Junior OW Champs

Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary and Alisia Tettamanzi of Italy won their respective 10K races on Day 2 of the 2016 European Junior Open Water Championships.

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UK’s Stephanie Millward Tells BBC That She Is Correctly Classified S8

Stephanie Millward reportedly told the BBC that she is now correctly classified at S8.

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Italy, France and Hungary Shine on Day 1 of European Junior OW Champs

The first day of racing at the European Junior Open Water Championships was dominated by Italy, France and Hungary. The Italian hosts took six of 12 podium spots.

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Peaty Discusses His Path to Olympic Gold

“Some of my rivals tried to put into my head that it’s my first Olympics and I should be nervous going in as what I was going in as (the world champion), but I knew exactly what I wanted and how to do it.”

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Rome’s Leading Municipal Party Opposes 2024 Olympic Bid

Rome, a city with an ancient sporting history, received a huge blow to its 2024 bid chances on Wednesday.

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China’s 4 Golds Leads Early Paralympic Swimming Medal Table

China has earned 4 golds and 11 total medals in the pool just one day into the 2016 Paralympics, building a big lead to try to defend its 2012 Paralympic medal table crown.

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Oliver Hynd Resets 400 Free World Record For Rio Paralympic Gold

Great Britain’s Oliver Hynd crushed his own S8 world record en route to Paralympics gold in the 400 free.

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Hungarian Márton Barta Verbally Commits to Notre Dame for 2018

Márton Barta, a Hungarian national who was an exchange student last year at Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, has verbally committed to swim for University of Notre Dame beginning in the fall of 2018.

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Meet British Paralympian Andrew Mullen (Video)

The opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games kicked off last night in Rio, which means the action in the…

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Start Lists, All The Links You Need For 2016 Rio Paralympics Swimming

2016 Rio Paralympic Games Wednesday, September 7 – Sunday, September 18, 2016 Swimming: Thursday, September 8 – Saturday, September 17,…

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Duncan Scott Launches Scottish Swimming’s National Framework

The new national framework, which has already been adopted by 16 local authorities, will eventually be rolled out across the whole of Scotland, benefiting around 100,000 children, nationwide.

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WATCH: Race Videos From The FINA World Cup Stop in Moscow

Check out the action here, where we’ve included all of the race videos that have been uploaded to FINA’s YouTube channel.

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Swim Ireland Starts Search for a New National Performance Director

Swim Ireland has begun their search for the country’s next National Performance Director…

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Geijo, Pop Acev Win Final FINA Open Water Grand Prix Stop

Argentina’s Pilar Geijo and Macedonia’s Evgenij Pop Acev won the third and final stop on FINA’s 2016 Open Water Grand Prix series in Italy.

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Kevin Renshaw Named British Swimming’s Pathway Implementation Manager

British Swimming has announced Kevin Renshaw will be taking on the position of the organization’s new Pathway Implementation Manager.

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