Records

Luka Mijatovic Fires Off 4:11.91 To Break National High School 500 Free Record

At the CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships, Foothills sophomore Luka Mijatovic broke the National High School record in the 500-yard freestyle.

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Meiron Cheruti Clocks 21.60 50 Free Israeli National Record To Close Out World Trials

Meiron Cheruti fired off a PB and Israeli national record of 21.60 in the men’s 50m free to put himself in the conversation for World Championships hardware.

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Papastamos Qualifies For Singapore In Men’s 400 IM At Greek Championships

Reigning 400m IM European champion Apostolos Papastamos made the grade for the World Championships en route to winning gold in his home country of Greece.

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Taku Taniguchi Hits New 50 Breast Japanese Record Of 26.91

The 20th Umemura Cup got underway today from Chukyo University and Taku Taniguchi made the most of the pre-World Championships racing opportunity.

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Sun Yang Settles For Bronze At 2025 Chinese Nationals, Pan Zhanle Takes 400 Free Gold

Once-banned Olympic champion Sun Yang dove in for the men’s 400m freestyle but wound up with the bronze behind the versatile Pan Zhanle who topped the podium.

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Li Bingjie Blasts 3:59.99 400 Free Asian Record At Chinese Nationals

23-year-old Li Bingjie cranked out a new Asian Record of 3:59.99 en route to winning the women’s 400m free on day one of Chinese Nationals.

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Olympic Medalist Apostolos Christou Proves Consistency At Greek Championships

Olympic medalist Apostolos Christou nailed another solid 100m backstroke swim to maintain consistency heading into the World Championships.

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A Record-Breaking Journey Of Record Breaking: A Timeline Of Gretchen Walsh’s World Records

The last 12 months have seen Gretchen Walsh reset records at a faster rate than anyone has ever managed before. Here’s how.

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Honduras’ Gabriel Martinez Makes History With Sub-50 Second 100 Freestyle

History was made on day one of the 2025 Giant Open, as Honduras’ Gabriel Martinez cleared the 50-second barrier in the men’s 100m freestyle.

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A Closer Look At Katie Ledecky’s Longevity

Ledecky’s 800 free world record continues to amaze, as she became the fifth-oldest woman to break a WR and the second-oldest to do so in a distance event.

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Watch Sven Schwarz’s European Record-Setting 800 Free (7:38.12) From The German Championships

The race video of Sven Schwarz’s European record-setting 800 freestyle has been made available, and can be viewed below.

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Ledecky Ties Debbie Meyer & Donna De Varona For Most Individual LC World Records By U.S. Woman

Ledecky’s 15 world records only trails East German Kornelia Ender, who set 22 individual world records in her career.

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Cal Bear Humberto Najera Nabs Two Mexican Records In Greece

While racing at the 2025 Acropolis Open, Cal Bear and Mexican swimmer Humberto Najera took down a pair of national records in the men’s backstroke events.

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Nicholas Santos Breaks Men’s 45-49 Masters’ World Record With A 23.26 50 Fly

Nicholas Santos, the oldest swimmer to win a medal at a World Championship, would qualify for the 2025 World Aquatics with his record-setting swim.

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Olympic Medalist Apostolos Christou Posts 52.51 100 Back To Conclude Acropolis Swim Open

Olympic medalist Apostolos Christou turned in a season-best effort of 52.51 to win the men’s 100m backstroke at the Acropolis Open.

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