Europe

Peaty Honored As ASA’s Performance Athlete Of The Year

Capping off a major year in the pool, Britain’s Adam Peaty earns the ASA’s Performance Athlete of the Year Award.

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Hosszu Gets Revenge on Day 4 of Hungarian SC Nats

Hosszu was almost perfect on the weekend and avenged her one loss.

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Italy’s Paltrinieri Not Afraid Of A Showdown With China’s Sun Yang

Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri swam away with the 1500m gold medal in Kazan after Chinese swimmer Sun Yang shockingly didn’t appear for the final.

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Benson Completes Hat Trick Of Wins At 2015 BUCS SC Championships

Craig Benson is emerging as quite the threat out of Stirling with his trio of breaststroke wins at BUCS, positioning him in the top 3 in the 50m, 100m and 200m in the world.

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Craig Benson Re-Breaks Scottish Record in Finals at BUCS Championships

Craig Benson has re-broken his own Scottish National Record in the 50 short course meters breaststroke, swimming a 26.84 in…

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Marco Orsi Breaks Pair of Italian Records at GP Italia

Marco Orsi broke Italian Records in two off events this week at the GP Italia.

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Craig Benson Breaks Scottish 50 Breast Record at BUCS Championships

During prelims on day 2 of the 2015 British University & College Sports (BUCS) Championship meet, Stirling’s Craig Benson has cracked…

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Pikkarainen of Finland to Miss European Short Course Championships

Emilia Pikkarainen of Finland has been forced to pull out of the European Short Course Championships in Netanya due to medical reasons…

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IAAF Suspends Russian Athletics Federation, Strips of Hosting Duties

The IAAF, an equivalent governing body to FINA for track & field, has provisionally suspended the Russian Athletics organization. The…

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Hundreds “Swim the Bay” in Barbados!

Three hundred and five swimmers converged on the spectacular Carlisle Bay in Barbados this past weekend for the fourth annual Barbados Open Water Festival.

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Hosszu Claims Four Titles on Day 2 of Hungarian SC

Katinka Hosszu dominated her competition on Day Two of the meet

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Chimrova Sets 100 Butterfly Record at Russian Short Course Champs

Svetlana Chimrova posted a time of 56.87 in the 100 butterfly breaking her own national record of 57.03…

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Spanish Athlete Banned For 2 Years After Failing Test For Marijuana

He tested positive for Carboxy-THC, the active agent in the popularly abused street drug, marijuana.

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Serbia Names 7 To Short Course European Champs Roster

Serbia has named 7 swimmers to its roster for next month’s Short Course European Championships and has also announced its standards for the 2016 Olympic team and the 2016 Long Course European Championships roster.

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Luxembourg Sprint Record Holder Julie Meynen Headed to Auburn

Luxembourg National Record Holder Julie Meynen has given her verbal commitment to the Auburn Tigers, bringing world-class sprint freestyles to an already top-notch group.

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