International

With two golds on day 5, Denmark takes the lead in European Champs medal table

Jeannette Ottesen’s big 100 fly win pushed her home nation of Denmark to the top of the European Championship medal tables with two days to go.

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8 things we learned from day 2 of the Pan Pacific Championships

Lights-out Ledecky: Katie Ledecky showed her speed with a relay run-down, and proved she can take over the American team with Missy Franklin slowed up by an injury.

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Adam Peaty’s meteoric rise continues with World Record 26.62 in 50 breast at Euro semifinals

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty has crashed onto the world scene this year, and his rise continued at the European Championships today. Peaty crushed his semifinal swim of the 50 breaststroke to break the world record in the event.

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2014 European Championships Friday Finals Live Recap

Jeanette Ottesen took gold in the 100 butterfly finishing one one-hundredth of a second ahead of Sarah Sjostrom…

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China cleans up at home with 10 golds at Youth Olympic Games, 29 countries earn medals

Hosting the second-ever Youth Olympic Games, China dominated the medal count, hitting double digits with 10 golds and 17 total medals.

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Hungary Keeps All-Time Sweep of 200 Fly at Youth Olympic Games Alive

What’s in the water in Hungary? Another impressive 200 butterflier, that’s what. (Above: Laszlo Cseh)

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100 Free Race Video, Interview: Campbell Sisters dominate

Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell do it again! The Australian sister finish first and second in the women’s 100 freestyle. Cate won with her time of 52.72, which is only .10 of a second off of her morning time.

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100 Free Race Video, Interview: Cameron McEvoy Tops Adrian and Magnussen

Cameron McEvoy blew away Nathan Adrian’s Pan Pacs meet record from this morning with his time of 47.82.

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2014 Pan Pacific Championships – Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the second day of finals at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships.

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2014 Pan Pacs: Americans Have 8 Out of 16 Gold Medals Through Two Days of Competition

American Katie Ledecky already has three gold medals to her name at the 2014 Pan Pac Championships, of 8 total won by the Americans so far.

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2014 Pan Pacs: Watch the 1500 Free at high speed, swum in 85 seconds

Connor Jaeger won the final event of the day, touching out Canadian Ryan Cochrane to win the men’s 1500. Jaeger finished with his time of 14:51.79, just ahead of Cochrane’s 14:51.97.

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Glasgow, Scotland Wins Bid To Host The 2018 European Championships

Ross Mordoch of the Scottish and British swim teams who will have another chance to compete at home when Glasgow plays host to the 2018 European Championships.

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2014 Youth Olympics: Day 6 Finals Live Recap, Multiple Junior World Records Tumble On Final Day

Follow along for live updates from the final session of the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.

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5 Phrases to Brush up on your Aussie Lingo – 2014 Pan Pacific Championships

#5 – SLIP, SLOP, SLAP. It’s an Aussie slogan to cover up from the sun which is intense Down Under.

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USLA Youth National Team to compete at 2014 Life Saving World Championships

The United States Lifesaving Association (USLA), the professional association of beach lifeguards and open water rescuers, announced the participation of…

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