Category: Swimming

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

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy won the men’s 50m freestyle title at World Swimming Championships on Saturday. McEvoy touched the wall in 21.06sec to finish ahead of Jack Alexy of the United … Read More

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte swam 29.30sec to tie the women’s 50m breaststroke world record at swimming’s world championships on Saturday. Meilutyte’s time equalled the mark set by Italy’s Benedetta Pilato in … Read More

France’s Maxime Grousset won the men’s 100m butterfly title at swimming’s world championships on Saturday. He came home in 50.14sec to finish ahead of Canada’s Josh Liendo on 50.34 and … Read More

American swimmer Katie Ledecky went into the history books yet again after creating a record for winning the most individual gold medals at world championships – 16, going past the … Read More

Katie Ledecky clinched gold in the 800m freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships 2023 to become the swimmer with most gold medals, eclipsing the record of Michael Phelps here on … Read More