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McEvoy breaks long-standing 50m freestyle world record
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Don’t Be Prey review – invigorating tale of swimming entrepreneur aiming to avoid being shark food
Mark Sowerby battles bad feelings by tackling brutal channel crossings – the Oceans Seven – around the world The title of this invigorating documentary about open-water swimming seems at first to be a wry note-to-self regarding something competitors essentially have no control over: the possibility of becoming shark food. But, as practised by Australian waterman Mark Sowerby, it turns out to a surprisingly deep and empowering maxim about choosing to accept apprehensions and fears, and not being
LA 2028 in sights, but Edinburgh first on agenda for triple gold medallist Dean
Triple gold medallist Tom Dean, who uprooted his life to move to Stirling last year, has the 2028 Olympics in his sights.
Barclay latest British athlete to join Enhanced Games
Swimmer Emily Barclay becomes the third British athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Games, set to take place in May.
Katie Ledecky clocks second-fastest 1500m free ever in Pro Swim win
Ledecky posts second-fastest 1500m time ever American wins by more than a minute in Austin Finke, McIntosh and Marchand also shine Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky clocked the second-fastest women’s 1500m freestyle time in history on Wednesday to launch the US Pro Swim Series event in Austin, Texas, with a dominant victory. Ledecky was untouchable as she cruised to victory in 15min 23.21sec, more than a minute in front of 16-year-old runner-up Brinkleigh Hansen, who touched in 16
Enhanced Games switch was 'no-brainer' - McCusker
Swimmer Max McCusker says it was a "no-brainer" to compete in the inaugural Enhanced Games next year.
Second Irish swimmer signs up for Enhanced Games
Max McCusker becomes the second Irish Olympic swimmer after Shane Ryan to join the controversial Enhanced Games.
GB win three golds at European Championships
Great Britain finish third at the European Short Course Swimming Championships with three golds among 11 medals in Lublin, Poland.
Wiffen wins third European medal with 800m bronze
Daniel Wiffen puts in a strong recovery to claim a bronze medal in the 800m freestyle final at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.
Nowacki breaks European junior record again
Jersey teenager Filip Nowacki breaks the European junior 200m breaststroke record for the second time in successive days
Paralympian Applegate announces retirement
Double Paralympic champion Jessica Jane Applegate says she is still finding out who she is outside of sport after deciding to retire from swimming.
Nowacki 'shocked' to break European junior record
Filip Nowacki says he is "shocked" to break the European junior short course record in the 200m breaststroke.
Wiffen leaves it late to win stunning 1500m gold
Daniel Wiffen puts in a late surge to retain his 1500m freestyle title in a thrilling final at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.
McMillan wins 400m gold for GB as Ireland's Wiffen takes bronze
Jack McMillan wins the men's 400m freestyle for Great Britain at the European Short Course Championships in Poland, as Ireland's Daniel Wiffen finishes third.
'It's really special' - Scott excited for home Commonwealth Games
Three-time Commonwealth swimming champion Duncan Scott says he cannot wait to compete in front of a home crowd next summer when Glasgow hosts the Games, after the city stepped in to replace Australian state Victoria.
Seven-time Olympic medallist Oleksiak banned for two years
Swimmer Penny Oleksiak had failed to provide her daily location and a one-hour testing window to conduct out-of-competition drug tests.
'Everyone has different Everest in Team Scotland'
Olympian Duncan Scott reveals his ambitions after becoming the first swimmer to be named by Team Scotland for next year's Commonwealth Games.
Wada wants Usada to do more to stop Enhanced Games
Wada president Witold Banka calls on Usada "to do more" to help prevent the Enhanced Games from taking place.
Sports quiz of the week: prizes, punches, persistence and set-piece perfection
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Mollie O’Callaghan breaks 200m record – again – to end stunning week at Swimming World Cup
Young gun betters her own short-course freestyle record set a week ago Toronto meet is proving hugely successful for Australia Mollie O’Callaghan has capped a brilliant week at the Swimming World Cup in Toronto, setting a new short-course world record in the 200m women’s freestyle. The 21-year-old Australian obliterated a star-studded field to touch in 1:49.36 on Friday, just seven days after setting a then new mark of 1:49.77. Continue reading...
Ariarne Titmus retires just as she swam – at the top of the sport and uniquely herself | Kieran Pender
Stepping away from swimming as current two-time world and Olympic champion at only 25 is another distinctively Titmus thing to do Ariarne Titmus has always done things her own way. So it was when she first blazed to glory in 2019 – a teenager unheralded outside Australia, upstaging American swim queen Katie Ledecky on the world stage. So it was in 2022 when, as reigning world and Olympic champion, Titmus decided to skip the world titles. “I’ll definitely be asleep,” she told me at the time – the
‘People’s opinions aren’t going to pay me’: Ireland’s Shane Ryan on his decision to join Enhanced Games
Swimmer who represented Ireland at three Olympics says controversial event provides chance to set up financial future When Shane Ryan agreed to participate in the Enhanced Games – where performance-enhancing drugs are encouraged – he did not agonise: “I was like, you know what, let me do something for me for once. Let me make some money.” The swimmer represented Ireland at three Olympics, in 2016, 2020 and 2024, but all those years of training and sacrifice were not paying the bills, so this we
Australian Olympic swim star Titmus retires at 25
It was a tough decision but one she is happy with, Titmus wrote on Instagram.
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus announces retirement from swimming
Titmus became first Australian woman since Dawn Fraser in 1964 to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event Swimming great steps away as the current 200m freestyle world record-holder Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has announced her shock retirement from swimming, saying the seed was sewn by her cancer scare before the Paris Games. The 25-year-old, who grew up in Tasmania, will retire as one of the greatest distance swimmers of all time. Continue reading...
Irish Olympian Ryan joins Enhanced Games
Three-time Irish Olympian Shane Ryan announces he will join the Enhanced Games.
GB win three medals and Peaty returns at World Cup
Abbie Wood wins two of Great Britain's three medals at the first event of the Swimming World Cup in Carmel, Indiana.
Swimming Australia moves to shut down Mollie O’Callaghan ‘fake quotes’ about transgender athlete
Quote falsely attributed to star swimmer posted on Facebook and X World Aquatics rules bar Lia Thomas from competing in female category Swimming Australia has moved to shut down “fake news” and “fabricated quotes” linked to swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan about transgender athlete Lia Thomas. A comment attributed to O’Callaghan but not posted from her social media account has appeared in posts on Meta platform Facebook, as well as on X, and suggested the swimming star would not participate in the 2
This club could be the future of Australian swimming – and it looks very different | Kieran Pender
The sport is falling behind when it comes to diversity. But at one pool in Melbourne’s west, people are working hard to change that It is 6am on a crisp Friday morning at Broadmeadows aquatic centre in Melbourne’s north-west, and members of the Western Melbourne Propulsion Swim Club are doing laps under the watchful eye of their coach. It is a scene repeated every morning at pools across Australia. But at Broadmeadows, something is different. The composition of many of Australia’s favourite spor
'Sewage, spilled pasta and fight for change'
World bronze medallist Hector Pardoe explains how he is using open water swimming challenges to push the message of sustainability.