swimming News

Sajan Prakash’s quest to get one second better than his best

May 15, 2026 12:25 am

In Birmingham four years ago, James Guy won bronze clocking 1:56.77, Chad le Clos took silver with 1:55.89 and Lewis Clareburt raced away to gold in 1:55.60. At the recent Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships, Sajan claimed a silver medal with 1:57.09. His personal best is 1:56.38.

PV Sindhu shares glimpse of husband Venkata Datta Sai swimming 2.1 km over 77 minutes: 'Approximately 4,000 U-turns in a tiny home pool'

March 02, 2026 5:53 pm

Got home to see my husband attempting a 2.1 km swim in our pool, shared PV Sindhu

Seven young athletes gear up for epic swim; to cover 150 km of open sea in 10 days

February 21, 2026 8:37 am

Michael Phelps hits back at USA Swimming: 'Treated me like piece of meat through my career'

August 09, 2025 4:48 pm

Phelps and Lochte's criticism had also evoked a clapback from current American swimmer Lilly King, who tagged them on social media after a medal-winning night in Singapore and wrote: "You have been real quiet tonight."

'Call it a funeral': Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte roast USA Swimming's performance at World Championships with meme

August 02, 2025 4:52 pm

Outside the pool too, there are issues for USA Swimming, with the American governing body for swimming not having a CEO for a year now.

Swimmer Katie Ledecky breaks 800m freestyle world record

May 04, 2025 8:00 am

Multiple Olympic medallist swimmer Katie Ledecky broke her own world record from 2016 Rio Olympics in 800m freestyle.

Dharmendra, 89, inspires netizens with his pool workouts: 'Aapko aise fit dekhke bohot accha lagta hai'

April 29, 2025 11:30 am

Previously, Dharmendra was also seen doing physiotherapy to enhance his fitness.

Deshwal sisters Saanvi and Anvi star at national swim meet; Paris Olympian Dhinidhi bags 5 gold medals

August 21, 2024 9:40 pm

Dhinidhi's performance would have been good enough for Karnataka to win the title in this category, thus ensuring a clean sweep for the southern state, but Saanvi and Anvi had other ideas.

Explained: Paris Olympics' swimming pool is being called slow… how can a pool be slow or fast?

August 01, 2024 12:32 pm

Paris Olympics 2024: We’ve heard about badminton courts being slow or fast. But how can a pool be slow? The answer is a deep one. Literally.

'It’s a vindication’: Indian swimmer SP Likith reacts to five-year ban on two Uzbek administrators for cheating scores

August 08, 2023 9:51 am

Likith went through a mental-health crisis after reporting the cheating to get Uzbek swimmers qualified for Olympics, but bounced back with help of two Uzbek athletes. And now, World Aquatics has validated him by banning the cheating officials.