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American Katie Ledecky claimed her 20th world swimming title on Tuesday after winning the women’s 1,500m freestyle. Ledecky came home in 15 minutes and 26.27 seconds to finish ahead of … Read More
Swimming officials gave World Aquatics president Husain al-Musallam an eight-year mandate on Tuesday to lead them and backed his plan to move the organisation’s headquarters to Hungary, where the government … Read More
Australian teen Mollie O’Callaghan set a new world record in winning the women’s 200m freestyle in a time of 1min, 52.85sec at swimming’s World Championships on Wednesday. The 19-year-old finished … Read More
Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui won the men’s 800m freestyle at swimming’s world championships on Wednesday. Hafnaoui came home in a time of 7min, 37.00sec, ahead of Australia’s Sam Short on 7:37.76 … Read More
Srihari Nataraj, India’s premier swimmer, finished a disappointing 31st in the men’s 200m backstroke event at the FINA World Swimming Championships on Thursday. The 22-year-old clocked 2:04.42 to finish last … Read More
Canadian teen Summer McIntosh won the women’s 200m butterfly title at swimming’s world championships on Thursday. The 16-year-old came home in 2min, 04.06sec to finish ahead of Australia’s Elizabeth Dekkers … Read More
Australia’s Kyle Chalmers set a blistering pace towards the end to claim gold in the blue riband men’s 100 metres freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. Chalmers won … Read More
Qin Haiyang of China set a new world record in the men’s 200 metres breaststroke event, winning the gold medal in a time of 2:05.48s at the swimming world championships … Read More
American performances at the swimming world championships have been eclipsed by an Australian gold rush but backstroker Justin Ress said Saturday there was no panic in the US camp. The … Read More
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom broke her own 50m freestyle world record at swimming’s world championships on Saturday, setting a new mark of 23.61sec. Sjostrom’s previous record was 23.67, set at the … Read More
