Category: Swimming

Russian Olympic swimmer Valeriia Salamatina was banned for two years for doping, the International Testing Agency said on Monday. Salamatina placed fifth with the Russian women in a storied 4×200 … Read More

On an overcast morning on Wednesday, a host of coaches and parents waited with bated breath for their wards and children – swimmers – to finish their laps and return. … Read More

Multiple Olympic swimming champion Gary Hall Jr. received replicas of his 10 Olympic medals on Monday after the originals were destroyed during the Los Angeles wildfires in January. The medals … Read More

Katie Ledecky broke her longstanding world record in the 800m freestyle and Gretchen Walsh lowered her 100m butterfly world mark twice in one day as the Tyr Pro Swim meeting … Read More

Quadruple Olympic gold medallist Leon Marchand was still waiting for his first win of the Tyr Pro Swim meeting in Fort Lauderdale on Friday after Bobby Finke snatched a 400m … Read More

US freestyle great Katie Ledecky posted the second-fastest 400m free time of her storied career on Thursday, clocking 3min 56.81sec to run down Summer McIntosh for a second stunning victory … Read More

Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky made a blistering return to the swimming pool on Wednesday, clocking the second fastest 1,500m freestyle in history in heats at the TYR Pro … Read More

La Liga has joined the Premier League in having five spots in the UEFA Champions League 2025-26 season after coming second in UEFA’s league coefficient system. Spain was guaranteed the … Read More

Tunisian swimmer Ahmed Hafnaoui, Olympic champion in the 400m freestyle at the 2021 Games, has received a 21-month suspension for three anti-doping whereabouts failures, the Aquatic Sports Integrity Unit said. … Read More

Olympic champion Lukas Maertens of Germany on Saturday broke the men’s 400-metre freestyle world record dating back to 2009 at the Stockholm Open. The 23-year-old clocked 3min 39.96sec to shave … Read More