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Summer McIntosh Sticks to Core Four Events For 2026 Canadian Trials, Liendo Absent

Summer McIntosh is only swimming her “core-four” events at the 2026 Canadian Trials — the 400 free, 200 fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM.

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Indiana High School State Champion Alex Koo Verbally Commits to Penn for 2027-28

Fishers Area Swimming Tigers’ Alex Koo will swim and study at Penn beginning in the fall of 2027.

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Kentucky Adds Three More International Swimmers to Women’s 2026 Recruiting Class

Valeria Tarin, above, will join Gabrielle Idle-Beavers and Yasmin Silva in Lexington this fall, bringing added depth to the Wildcats across the board.

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15-Year-Olds Jianna Amores, Anabelle Pérez Down Dominican Republic Records Before Home CACGs

The two U.S. high schoolers did some damage to the DR record book ahead of Santo Domingo hosting the Central American & Caribbean Games

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Men’s 100 Backstroke ‘A’ Final Moved to Final Day of French Elite Championships after “Incident”

A start incident forced organizers to postpone the men’s 100 back final until the final day of the French Elite Championships. (Above: Yohann Ndoye-Brouard)

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Qwatercam: Self Tracking Underwater Cameras – Pilots Are Open!

Qwatercam is a self tracking underwater swim camera that uses onboard AI vision models to automatically detect swimmers and keep them in frame.

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And then there remained only one.

Sarah Sjostrom held three individual long course World Records for almost a decade. Just one of those swims remains atop the all-time rankings.

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2026 French Elite Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Beryl Gastaldello was the fastest women’s 50 freestyler this morning in 24.91, logging the only sub 25 second swim of the prelims.

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Le Clos, Coetze, Van Niekerk & Canny Among South African Commonwealth Games Squad

22-year-old world champion Pieter Coetze is one of the key members of the South African squad headed to the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

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Minnesota Adds Oregon 6A State Champion Luca Ignatescu for 2026-2027

Minnesota has added Oregon state champion Luca Ignatescu, whose versatility across the distance events bolsters the Gophers’ 2026 class.

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Sectionals Finalist Kate Heffernan Commits to SMU for Fall 2026

Heffernan is currently poised to be the Mustangs’ fastest competitor in the 50 and 200 back and 2nd-fastest competitor in the 100 back this coming season.

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2026 French Elite Championships: One Athlete Added to Euros Roster On Day 5

Sacha Velly won the men’s 1500 freestyle in 14:51.23, 10 seconds under the qualifying time of 15:01.89, to be the only new athlete added on day 5.

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Retired Aussie Medalist Cody Simpson Suffers Two Injuries

Retired Australian swimmer Cody Simpson recently took to social media to describe two injuries incurred outside the pool.

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WATCH: Available Race Videos From Night Five Of The 2026 French Elite Championships

Watch the available race videos from night five of the 2026 French Elite Championships, courtesy of Fédération Française de Natation’s YouTube channel.

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Mark Faber Currently Serving Six-Month Suspension For Sexual Misconduct, Will Miss Dutch Trials

Faber accepted a six-month suspension on January 9, but continued working in Belgium for the first two months of it before it was adopted by World Aquatics.

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