Lưu trữ Danh mục: Swimming

Such is Kaylee McKeown’s dominance in the women’s 100m backstroke that the Australian holds every single one of the top five times in history, and all but one of the top 10. The 22-year-old won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the two-lap race; gold at last year’s world championships in Fukuoka; and gold at […]

The 200m freestyle discipline holds a distinct, curious place on the swimming roster. Swimmers with pure speed focus on the one-lap 50m dash, or the two-lap 100m race. Middle distance swimmers prefer the 400m, the 800m or even the endurance epic, the 1500m. The 200m is too long for unbridled sprinting, and too short for […]

Ariarne Titmus says breaking the 200m freestyle world record is a bonus from her unparalleled duel in the pool with compatriot Mollie O’Callaghan. Titmus took the record from O’Callaghan in a stunning battle on Wednesday night at Australia’s Olympic swimming selection trials in Brisbane. The 23-year-old clocked one minute 52.23 seconds, bettering O’Callaghan’s benchmark of […]

The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in March 2022, has lost a legal case against World Aquatics at the court of arbitration for sport – and with it any hopes of making next month’s Paris Olympics. The 25-year-old also […]