Category: Competition
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“I Didn’t Do A Turn For 5 Years” | Cameron McEvoy In-Depth Interview | Swimming World Cup 2026 | World Aquatics
In recent years, the Australian sprinter has completely transformed his approach to training, winning two World Championship gold medals, Olympic gold and, earlier this year, breaking the long-standing Men’s 50m Freestyle World Record. We took a deep dive into the science behind his swimming, exploring his training methods, the analytics, statistics and research that shape…
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Egor Kornev’s Stunning Swim | Men’s 100m Freestyle | Swimming World Cup 2026 | Baku | Day 2 | World Aquatics
Egor Kornev already set the tone on the second day of racing in Baku, when he set the World Cup Record in the Men’s 50m Backstroke. But then came another brilliant swim: in the Men’s 100m Freestyle Kornev went on to equal Kyle Chalmers’ World Record of 44.84! Will we see an even better time…
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An Exciting New Swim Comp Is Coming! | Wide World Of Sports
Head coach Rowan Taylor joins Wide World of Sports to discuss the innovative team-based format of Swim GP. The competition features a unique draft process, strategic scoring elements, and fan-interactive race segments designed to elevate domestic swimming and provide developmental opportunities for emerging athletes across the two-night event in Melbourne.
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I Take On An Olympic Swimmer – How Hard Can It Be? | How To Dad
How would an ‘average joe’ go against an Olympian? How to DAD tests himself against New Zealand Olympic swimmer, Erika Fairweather….
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The Beach Is The Only Place Children Have Left To Play In Gaza | Focus | The Guardian
Three years of war have destroyed almost every playground in Gaza. For Hala, an orphaned child, a swimming club on the beach offers a rare chance to escape the realities of war. The club was set up by Amjed Tantesh, who once hoped to train swimmers for Palestine’s Olympic team. Now, in a pool built…
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What Did 17 Year Old Shin Ohashi Do Differently During His World Record 200 Breaststroke? | The Swim Scribe
At five feet six inches, 17 year old Japanese swimmer Shin Ohashi doesn’t exactly tower over the rest of the field in the breaststroke events. However once you start looking at race results he DOES start to stand above the rest of the world in a matter of speaking, and we just saw that fact…
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Why Elite Swimmer Cam McEvoy Stopped Doing Traditional Swimming Workouts | Unfiltered Waters Podcast
Cam McEvoy won Olympic gold in the 50 freestyle in Paris and now holds the world record, but the approach that got him there started with a session that looked like almost nothing. Katie Hoff Anderson asks him what day one was like when he began training this way at the end of 2022, and…
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How Should Youth Swimmers Train? Olympic Gold Medalist Explains | Unfiltered Waters Podcast
If you were building a swim program from age 8 all the way to pro, how much volume would you give young swimmers? Katie Hoff Anderson puts that question to Cam McEvoy, the Olympic champion and world record holder in the 50 freestyle, and his answer challenges how much volume the sport asks of kids.…