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Yufei Zhang Re-Breaks Junior World Record in 200 Fly

Yufei Zhang’s bronze medal in the women’s 200 fly also broke her junior world record which she sat in yesterday’s semi-final.

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Watch Hoshi win 200 Butterfly at World Championships – Race Video

2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RACE VIDEO: Natsumi Hoshi ran away with the women’s 200 butterfly, winning the gold medal with her time of 2:05.56.

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Sarah Sjostrom Leads Off Relay With Fourth Fastest 200 Free Ever

Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden led off the Swedish 4x200m freestyle relay with the fourth fastest 200m freestyle ever recorded.

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Shallow Water Blackout: One Man’s Second Chance At Life

If you are not familiar with Shallow Water Blackout (SWB), it is essentially when a person “faints” while doing hypoxic swim training, free diving or playing breath holding games in the water.

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Historic 100m Freestyle Final Full Of Firsts, American Drought Continues

The men’s 100m freestyle final showcased a historic amount of first for the sport of swimming that show just how internationally versatile swimming is becoming.

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Anton Chupkov Sets New World Junior Record in 200 Breaststroke

Russia’s Anton Chupkov, who set the 100m breast World Junior record last year at 1:00.84 which still stands today, has broken…

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The Counter Attack – Episode 23

Greg Mescall highlights the Junior Olympics, covers the FINA World Championships, and of course, a social media send-off.

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Ryan Lochte Takes Fourth Straight 200m IM World Championship Title

Upon touching first in the men’s 200m IM at the World Championships American Ryan Lochte became one of the only male swimmers to ever four-peat an event at worlds.

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USA Swaps 3 of 4 Legs for Finals of Women’s 4×200 Free Relay

Teammates Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky will be looking to lead USA to its first relay gold medal of the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships this evening in Kazan, Russia.

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Santo Condorelli almost medals in 100 Free at World Championships

Two of the newest names in Canadian swimming made their mark Thursday at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia….

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Two Meet Records Fall on Night Three of YMCA Nationals

2015 YMCA LONG COURSE NATIONALS Where: Indianapolis, IN When: August 3rd-7th Full Meet Results Day 3 Finals Results Day three…

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Daniel Wallace narrowly missed World Championship medal

Daniel Wallace was narrowly denied a maiden World Championship medal as he finished an agonising fourth in the 200m Individual Medley on day five of Kazan 2015.

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Luthersdottir, Shi To Swim-Off for 200 Breast Final

Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir and Jinglin Shi will compete in a swim-off to determine who will swim in tomorrow’s final of the women’s 200 breast at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships.

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Marcin Cieslak Betters Polish Record In 200m IM, Finishes Sixth

Marcin Cieslak of Poland broke his own national record in the men’s 200m IM Thursday night in order to finish sixth in the final with a time of 1:58.14.

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Mexican Swimmers Claim Universiade Entry Error Led to Falsified Times

New information has come to light about the suspicious World Championship entry times from the Mexican Federation.

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