International

Junior Pan Pacs-Bound Lucas Fackerell Of AUS Drops 10+ Seconds Off PB In SCM 400 Free

Check out some of the swift swims put up in West Australia by a handful of Junior Pan Pacific Championships-bound athletes.

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2024 Olympic Preview: Two WR Holders and an Olympic Champion Walk Into a Room (Men’s 100 Free)

The two fastest men in history headline this event in Paris, but their best times were set in dominant fashion. How will they fare in a tight race?

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The Big Short: Sam Short Buzzing with Fast Times at Olympic Training Camp

2023 world champion Sam Short seems to have bounced back after a sub-optimal showing at the 2024 Australian Trials.

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2024 Olympics Previews: Can Cam McEvoy be the Maestro in the 50 as Past Champions Reemerge?

After falling in 2016 and 2021, Australian McEvoy will attempt for the third time to win an individual Olympic medal as he enters the 50 free…

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Serbian Olympic Swimmer Uros Nikolic Suspended One Year After Testing Positive for Ephedrine

Serbian Olympian Uros Nikolic was suspended for one year earlier this month after testing positive for a banned substance at February’s World Championships.

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Canada Releases Time Standards for 2025-2028 Quad, Including Trials Meets

Swimming Canada has released its time standards for its three major annual meets in the 2025-2028 quad. (Above: Tess Routliffe)

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12-Yr-Old Grayson Coulter Of NZL Clocks 1:59.68 LCM 200 Free

12-year-old Grayson Coulter of New Zealand put up a new lifetime best of 1:59.68 in the LCM 200 freestyle at a domestic meet last month.

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Introducing The Definitive Paris Olympic Swimming Editorial Guide By Swimming Stats

This is an ad-free, one-off, 245-page editorial guide recommended for those working on Olympic coverage (press, media, commentators, coaches etc.)

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Por qué no habrá hombres en la natación artística de París 2024

World Aquatics se mostró decepcionada por la noticia. “Debería haber sido un momento histórico para el deporte”, anunció.

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French 24-year-old Antoine Marc Clocks LC 1:00.74 100 BR, 2:09.91 200 BR

Marc was racing at the Championnat Regional Juniors et Plus 50m in Mulhouse, where he put up some fantastic swims.

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Olympic Medalist Mitch Larkin Of Australia Announces Retirement

31-year-old Mitch Larkin, Australian Olympic silver medalist from the 2016 Games in Rio, reveals he has hung up his racing goggles.

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2024 Olympic Previews: Finke the Favorite in 1500 FR, But Is The World Record As Reachable?

Without Ahmed Hafnaoui, Bobby Finke is the favorite to repeat as Olympic champion in the 1500 free. But that absence could also help the world record survive.

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Dick Pound Claims U.S. Non-Compliant With WADA, Could Lose Olympic Hosting Rights

“That legislation is non-compliant with the anti-doping code,” Pound said of the Rodchenkov Act, which he claimed could threaten U.S. Olympic hosting rights.

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2024 Olympic Previews: The Sky’s the Limit in 400 IM for Marchand, but Battle Brews for 3rd

After demolishing the World Record last summer in the 400 IM, Leon Marchand has just the Olympic Gold to complete his complete ownership of the event.

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2024 Olympic Previews: Over/Under 2:21 Marks Divide In Women’s 200 Breast Field

Schoenmaker looks to take her World Record back and defend her Olympic crown as 4 swimmers enter with sub-2:21 entry times but 8 are entered with 2:22s.

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