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The Olympic-style sports venture that will run an event next year with no drug testing signed world-champion swimmer Megan Romano as its first female and first American athlete Thursday. The … Read More
The gold medals were spread around on Friday at the swimming world championships, thanks to the absence of stars Léon Marchand of France and Canadian Summer McIntosh from any finals … Read More
China’s Yu Zidi said she felt “quite emotional” after the 12-year-old became the youngest swimmer in history to win a World Swimming Championships medal. Yu swam in the heats of … Read More
Summer McIntosh came within a whisker of breaking a long-standing world record, and Leon Marchand failed to improve on a new mark he set just a night earlier, but both … Read More
French swimming superstar Leon Marchand won 200m medley world gold on Thursday despite having struggled to sleep after smashing the world record the previous day. The 23-year-old Paris Olympics hero … Read More
Swimming’s governing body said on Wednesday it will “have a look” at its entry rules after Yu Zidi’s participation at the world championships at the age of 12. The Chinese … Read More
France’s Leon Marchand smashed the 200m individual medley world record in Singapore on Wednesday, setting a new mark of 1:52.69 seconds. Swimming in the semifinal at the world championships, the … Read More
Australian swimmer Sam Short will skip the men’s 800 metres freestyle final at the world championships in Singapore later on Wednesday on medical advice after food poisoning. The 21-year-old was … Read More
Katie Ledecky has ceded a tiny bit of ground in other events, but she’s still unbeatable in the 1,500-meter freestyle. She won it again Tuesday in the swimming world championships … Read More
Two days. Two gold medals. Summer McIntosh is off to a perfect start at the Swimming World Championships in her attempt to win five individual gold medals, a feat only … Read More
