New Chinese teen swim star Pan crashes out of 200m heats
Chinese teenager Pan Zhanle was brought back to earth as less than 24 hours after breaking the men’s 100m freestyle world record he failed to progress in the 200m individual … Read More
Category: Swimming
Swimming: Beijing to host 2029 World Championships
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Beijing will host the 2029 World Aquatics Championships, organisers said on Sunday, bringing the multi-sport event back to China for the first time in nearly 20 years. | … Read More
Former world champion Magnussen to dope up for sprint record bid
Former world champion sprinter James Magnussen has agreed to come out of retirement and undertake a course of banned supplements to try to break the long-standing world record in the … Read More
Summer McIntosh ends Katie Ledecky’s 13-year win streak in 800m freestyle
Canada’s 17-year-old Summer McIntosh defeated Katie Ledecky in the 800m freestyle at the Southern Zone South Sectional Championships meet in Orlando on Thursday night, ending the American’s 13-year unbeaten streak … Read More
Hafnaoui plays down 1500 metres world record hopes in Doha
Defending champion Ahmed Hafnaoui has hosed down hopes of breaking Sun Yang’s long-standing 1,500 metre freestyle world record at the World Championships, saying he is using the Doha meet as … Read More
‘Pollution’ Cancels Paris Olympics Swimming Test Competition In Seine
The pre-Olympics swimming test competition due to take place Sunday in the Seine in Paris has been cancelled due to pollution of the river, the international swimming federation said after … Read More
Russians, Belarusians Allowed Back Into Swimming Events
Representative image© AFP Russian and Belarusian swimmers will be permitted to take part in international competitions as neutrals following a decision by World Aquatics, the global swimming federation, to lift … Read More
Asian Games: Srihari Nataraj, Women’s Freestyle Relay Team Advance To Finals
File image of Srihari Nataraj© Twitter Star swimmer Srihari Nataraj and the Indian women’s team qualified for the men’s 100m backstroke and 4x100m freestyle relay finals at the Asian Games … Read More
Asian Games 2023: Srihari Nataraj 6th, Women’s Freestyle Relay 7th In Swimming Finals
File photo of Srihari Nataraj© X (formerly Twitter) Hangzhou: The impressive run of star swimmer Srihari Nataraj and Indian women’s team ended with sixth and seventh place finishes in the … Read More
Asian Games 2023: Srihari Nataraj Finishes 6th, Likith Selvaraj And Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Team 7th
Srihari Nataraj in action© X (formerly Twitter) Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj finished sixth in the men’s 50m backstroke final at the Asian Games on Monday. Nataraj, competing in his … Read More