Steenbergen Out To Take "Some Kind Of Revenge" On Paris 2024

"The Olympics for me were not really what I expected of them. It's really good to be back and to get some kind of revenge in the pool." - Marrit Steenbergen

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"Better Than The Avengers" - Hubert Kós On Longhorn Life In Bowman's Battalion

"This sort of group has never been assembled before in the history of swimming, I think ... some days you have to fight for your life in there and nothing's a given in that, in that group." - Hubert K...

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Marchand To Manage His Injury Setback By Upping His Self-Care Game En Route To LA2028

Léon Marchand on the long-term prognosis of his injury: "I'm gonna try to do better on the ... outside thing of the pool. I would say I need to prepare better, warm up better. There's a lot of things ...

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Johnson & The Debut Dolphins Lead The Pan Pacs Charge

Newcomers to the Australian team received their gold caps today on the eve of the Pan Pacs in Irvine California, two years out from the LA2028 Olympics - and six years out from Brisbane 2032

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Paris Weeps: Injury Forces Marchand To Drop Medley Debut From Euro 2026 Campaign

"The progression [of the injury] is favourable, and healing is largely complete. However, since the 200 and 400m medley carry a non-zero risk of recurrence - and in order to safeguard the rest of th...

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Germany Takes Europe's Open Water Crown With Team Victory - & Gold No3 From 4 For Wellbrock

Germany, Italy and Hungary have dominated the Open Water events in Paris, the Team event reinforcing Germany's winning edge in a three-horse race with hosts France closest to the big three after four ...

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And... A Second Gold For Taddeuci, Too - 5km Added To 10Km Title

Ginevra Taddeucci's double makes her the fourth swimmer ever to achieve a feat that has unfolded five times before at Europeans

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Two Thumbs Up From Wellbrock; Two Targets To Go

German ace Florian Wellbrock adds a second gold on day 2 in open water at the Paris 2026 Europeans, 5km triumph mirroring his course to four golds at Worlds in Singapore last year. It's silver for Dav...

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Swim England Silent On Key Questions In Board Controversy

Before the Commonwealth Games, Swim England was embroiled in controversy related to the reasons why Olympians had called for resignations of leadership figures. With the Games behind us, we now return...

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Wellbrock's Winning Wave Rolls On: Euro 10km Gold Back In The Seine

German ace Florian Wellbrock, who claimed a record four open water world titles in Singapore a year ago, picked up where he left off, with European gold in the 10km today in Paris, with Hungary's Davi...

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Virginia Mates Moesch & Walsh Bookend USA Nationals With Sprint Free Records

The Vortex - August 2026: The Vortex, our monthly compilation of news, views & links to external coverage of the sport, is available as part of our offer of free content emailed to those who register....

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FORUM: Fathoming The Lucrative Dominance Of Dolphins

Australia gave the rest of the Commonwealth a thumping in Glasgow, though reports of "the greatest" Dolphin school ever are inaccurate (eg., see 1998); what does it means for GBR two years out from LA...

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Ben & Kyle Snap Takes Chalmers Past Thorpe's Record As Dash Finals Deliver 2 More Dolphin Sweeps

A snap for gold takes Kyle Chalmers one silver medal passed the record Commonwealth Games medals haul that had stood to Ian Thorpe since 2002 - 10 golds for both, Chalmers with 2 silvers, 1 more than ...

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'Like Mother, Like Son': Taylor's Outside-Smoker Gamble Pays Off

"You've always got a chance when you're in the race, and I just went out there with no fear. I figured I could either swim it like I did and risk not being able to bring it home, or always wonder what...

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Angharad Evans Races Into Scotland's Book Of High Commonwealth Honours

2 golds, a silver and a bronze in the bag, Evans says: "It's just really surreal.  I didn't go into this meet expecting any sort of medal. I just wanted more experience and I guess to put the demons ...

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2 Down, 4 Left Standing - GB 200 Heroes Line Up For Home Nation Vs AUS Battle

A battle of 4 Brits from 3 home nations Vs 3 Dolphins and a Kiwi awaits in the curtain-closing session at the Tollcross International Pool this evening here in Glasgow at the Commonwealth Games

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Family Man Chalmers Raises Doubts About LA2028

Sprinter will head home after the Games in Glasgow and discuss whether a last Olympic dream is viable now that he's a dad and his wife and mother of their child is an athlete, too...

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Clareburt Joins Legend Baumann In The Club Of 400IM Doubles

"I've been pretty proud of myself for being able to stay calm in the moment and actually go out there and just race." - Lewis Clareburt

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Nowacki Nails Historic Gold For Jersey On Senior Debut

"That's lovely history. It's very special to me, and that's going to be special to me for the rest of my career, and definitely for the rest of my life." - Filip Nowacki, 18

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Southam Denies Chalmers Another Slice Of Wenden History

Flynn Southam has promised an upset with super-speedy split in relays this week, and today in Glasgow he delivered with a 47.13 victory in the blue-ribband final, ensuring that legend Mike Wenden (win...

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Forrester At The Dolphin Medley Double In Stroke-For-Stroke With Canny & Smith

Australian now has three golds and a bronze to her credit as the best all-rounder in town on Day 5 at the Commonwealth Games

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Peaty Power, Perspective & The Unique Nature Of Every Pathway

As we list the qualifiers for semis and finals on Day 5 at the Commonwealth Games here in Glasgow this morning, here's a reflection on that part of the pathway of Adam Peaty (now Ramsay-Peaty) played ...

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Clareburt Joins Mosse & Le Clos In Club Of 200 'Fly Crown Keepers

"I knew from four years ago the last 50m is anyone's race, so had the energy at the right time, and to turn around and see the number one next to your name on the board is a pretty special feeling." -...

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A Dolphin Day 4 Blitz: 6 Golds, 3 Silvers, 4 Bronzes, Short & Harris Atop Sweeps

Sam Short and Meg Harris led Australian sweeps as Dolphin dominance stretched to six golds in seven and 13 of the 21 medals on offer on Day 4 at the Tollcross International. It was, effectively, the s...

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Cam's Call: Where's The 4x50 Free, World Aquatics?

Bravo to Cameron McEvoy for the question - it's fun and it gets the conversation rolling, if swimming opens itself up to that kind of interaction, the passioned plea a gateway to the debate and discus...

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Cam's Call: Where's The 4x50 Free, World Aquatics?

Bravo to Cameron McEvoy for the question - it's fun and it gets the conversation rolling, if swimming opens itself up to that kind of interaction, the passioned plea a gateway to the debate and discus...

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McEvoy (20.97!) & Pallister Lead Dolphin Charge On 1 & 30 Laps

Cam McEvoy, 32, has mastered the art of perpetual swim sprint motion. 0.55 reaction. No lumps, no bumps, everything moving as one in the right direction, resistance low, power high go to gold, not ev...

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Angharad Evans Pays Plaudits To Crowd After Claiming Historic Gold For Scotland

"All I did was tell myself, just give it your all, leave nothing behind, and then you have no regrets, and that's what I did. And you, Scotland were there to witness that, and that was a very special ...

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On This Day ... The Last Gold, Montgomery's 49.99 & More From The Living History File

TIMELINE - January - April- The SOS Daily Trawl of official World long-course records (plus all pre 1954 standards, all pools and metrics) set this day throughout history.

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Ramsay-Peaty To Persevere Despite A Gauntlet Of Challenges

"It's hard because I know how hard I work, I know the shit I've been through, which is no fault of mine, but it does take a toll. There's obviously a lot of unanswered questions, which is fine ... we ...

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