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2022 World Championships: Day 8 Finals Live Recap

Tune in for the 16th and final session of swimming at the 2022 World Championships featuring the men’s 50 back, women’s 400 IM, and more!

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2022 World Championships: Day 8 Prelims Preview

It’s the 8th and final day of the 2022 World Championships and prelims will feature the women’s 400 IM along with the men’s and women’s medley relays.

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Watch Katie Ledecky Win 5th Consecutive Title in the 800 Free (Day 7 Race Videos)

Watch Katie Ledecky become the first person to win 5 consecutive titles in the same event at the World Championships and other day 7 race videos.

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Katie Ledecky Becomes First Swimmer To Win Five Straight World Titles In An Event

Ledecky obliterated the field in this event at the 2022 World Championships, putting up a time of 8:08.04 to win by 10.73 seconds.

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More Turmoil In Berkeley As Cal Team Doctor Faces Allegations of Misconduct

An associate team physician for Cal’s athletic teams was placed on “investigatory leave” on December 15.

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Liendo Makes Canadian History With 3rd World Champs Medal (Day 7 N. America Recap)

After winning his 3rd medal on day 7, Josh Liendo has won the most medals of any Canadian man at a single World Championships.

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U.S. Artistic Swimmer Who Fainted In Pool At World Championships Out Of Team Final

FINA released a statement saying that U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez would not be competing in the upcoming team finals on Friday.

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2022 World Championships: Day 7 Finals Preview

Katie Ledecky has a chance to become the first swimmer to win the same event five straight times at the World Championships in the women’s 800 free.

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Almost Every Swimmer on US Roster Has Won A Medal at Worlds (North America Recap)

With 4 medals, including 2 golds, Torri Huske has the most medals of anyone at the 2022 World Championships so far, leading US dominance on the medal table.

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Lilly King Becomes First American With World Titles In 50, 100 & 200m Distances

King becomes just the second swimmer in history to win the 50, 100 and 200-meter race of the same stroke at the World Championships.

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Budapest 2022, Day 6 Race Videos: Watch Murphy & King Win Individual World Titles

Night 6 of racing in Budapest saw the USA and Australia top the podium multiple times, with Ryan Murphy and Lilly King earning long-awaited gold medals.

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Torri Huske Swims 25.38 50 Fly, Breaks American Record

Huske takes a tenth of a second off Kelsi Dahlia’s old mark of 25.48 from the 2017 World Championships, and 0.3 seconds off her old best time of 25.68.

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Caeleb Dressel Withdraws From World Championships Due To Medical Reasons

14-time world champ Caeleb Dressel has pulled out of the 2022 World Championships. Sources tell SwimSwam his withdrawal was due to non-COVID medical reasons. 

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Huge Splits From Ledecky, Sims, Lead Americans To 4×200 Free Championship Record

In our women’s 4×200 free relay preview, we picked the U.S. to finish fourth. However, they ended up beating the field by 2.41 seconds to take gold tonight.

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What Do The Americans Do in the 400 Medley Relay Without Caeleb Dressel?

With Caeleb Dressel withdrawing from the remainder of the meet, the US coaches have some decisions to make for the 4×100 medley relay.

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