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Speedo Winter Juniors West: Maximus Williamson Opts for Sprint Focus, Drops 19.29 Maximus Williamson had an interesting night Thursday at the Speedo Winter Juniors West Championships. The reigning champion and record holder in the men’s 200 individual medley finished just third in that event at Aust...

Speedo Winter Juniors East: Thomas Heilman Wins 200 IM, 50 Free on Second Night Following a lifetime-best performance leading off his club's 800 freestyle relay Wednesday evening, Thomas Heilman of Cavalier Aquatic Club kicked off his individual slate of events at the eastern site of Speedo Junior N...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Semifinals: Sara Curtis Lowers Her WJR In 50 Back, Noè Ponti Sets 100IM CR Sara Curtis lowered her 50 back WJR to 26.03 as she progressed fifth into Friday's final at the World Short-Course Championships in Budapest. The Italian split 12.78/13.25 to dip 0.05 inside her own recor...

FLASH! USA Set World Record In Women's 4x200 Free Relay The United States set a world record of 7:30.13 in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay at short-course worlds in Budapest. Alex Walsh led off in 1:53.25 before handing over to Paige Madden (1:53.18) and then Katie Grimes split 1:53.39 before a s...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Elijah Winnington Wins 400 Free as Americans Tie for Silver A men’s 400 freestyle final that excluded some big names shaped up to be a thriller Thursday in Budapest. Just how intriguing it proved to be may even have exceeded those lofty expectations. Australian Elijah Wi...

FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Lowers Own WR In 100IM Gretchen Walsh lowered her 100IM world record to 55.71 in the semis at short-course worlds in Budapest. The USA swimmer posted 56.06 in prelims, the second swiftest all-time and 0.08 off the global standard she set in October 2024. The two-time Olympic re...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Ilya Kharun Ties Meet Record in Golden 200 Fly Swim It wasn't quite a world record but Canada's Ilya Kharun tied the meet record and broke the Americas record in the 200 butterfly at the 2024 Short Course World Championships on Thursday in Budapest. Kharun led from the s...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Qin Haiyang Comes Through To Take 100m Breaststroke In Championship & Asian Records Qin Haiyang came through in the final couple of metres to claim the 100m breaststroke title in Championship and Asian records at short-course worlds in Budapest. Neutral athlete Kirill Pr...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Tang Qianting Wins 100 Breast as WR Survives Again Tang Qianting has done everything in the women’s 100 breaststroke except break the world record. She’s not alone in that. One of the most oddly resilient world records on the books survived yet another buzzing from the y...

American Athletic Conference Adds Liberty, Marshall, James Madison for 2025 Season The American Athletic Conference on Thursday announced three women’s swimming programs as affiliate members for the 2025-26 season. Liberty University, Marshall University and James Madison will join the conference as...

FLASH! Summer McIntosh Sets World Record In 200 Fly; Lowers Mireia Belmonte's 10-Year Standard Summer McIntosh set a world record of 1:59.32 in the 200 fly in Budapest as she lowered Mireia Belmonte's 2014 mark set when the Canadian was eight years old. McIntosh set a WJR of 2:01.96 in prelims, a ti...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Jack Alexy Wins 100 Free As 0.10 Separates First Three Home Jack Alexy claimed the 100m freestyle title at the short-course worlds as just 0.10 separated the first three men home in Budapest. Alexy moved into the lead on the penultimate 25 before coming home in 45.38 wit...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Adds Another Gold in 50.31 100 Free It’s Gretchen Walsh’s sprinting world, and the rest of us are just swimming in it, at a considerable distance behind her. The UVA speedster added another gold medal at the 2024 World Short-Course Championships in Budapes...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Prelims: Summer McIntosh Sets WJR In 200 Fly, Gretchen Walsh Rattles 100IM WR Summer McIntosh and Regan Smith reunite in the prelims of the 200 fly in which they won gold and silver respectively at Paris 2024. Both women have reached the top of the podium already at Budapest 202...

Budapest 2024: In Medley Victory, Kate Douglass Broke Last of Katinka Hosszu's Five SCM World Records During a stretch when Katinka Hosszu was clearly established as the world's most versatile swimmer and dominant medley swimmer that the Hungarian held seven different world records. The stretch bega...

Breaking News: Aussie Olympic Legend Dawn Fraser Released From Hospital Olympic legend Dawn Fraser has been released from a Sunshine Coast Hospital in Queensland today - nine days after a fall at her daughter’s home. The Fraser family issued this statement today, saying that the 87-year-old Nationa....

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Maximus Williamson Helps Lakeside Scare 800 Free Record Maximus Williamson was the only holdover from the quartet that set a Speedo Winter Juniors record last year. Turns out, they’re still pretty fast thanks largely to Williamson. Williamson went 1:32.28 off the front of...

Speedo Winter Juniors East: Bolles Sweeps Boys Relays despite Thomas Heilman 1:32 Bolles School kicked off the Speedo Winter Juniors East meet Wednesday night in North Carolina by winning both of the boys relays on offer. The Sharks went 1:27.33 to win the 200 medley relay, then 6:26.00 to claim the...

Budapest 2024, Day 2 Semifinals: Tang Qianting Misses 100m Breaststroke WR By 0.01; Gretchen Walsh With Second-Fastest 100 Free All-Time Tang Qianting of China was just 0.01 off the 100m breaststroke world record as she posted 1:02.37 in the semifinals of the short-course worlds in Budapest. The Oly...

Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Neutral Athletes Set European Record in Mixed 200 Medley Relay The return to competition of athletes from Russia and Belarus showed its impact on Wednesday at the 2024 World Short-Course Championships, with the Neutral Athletes winning the mixed 200 medley relay to cap t...