News24 host Rowan Dean reacts to an “inclusive” swimming pool in Germany announcing an event for black people only.
“This is a public swimming pool in Germany which is marked as being inclusive, planned an event that would be open exclusively to black people communities,” Mr Dean said.
“A temporary open-air pool in front of Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre was officially open just last week and will be open for eight weeks, and it’s exclusively for black Germans.”
Beachgoers scrambled from the water after a massive fin appeared to chase a swimmer toward the shore at Ancón Beach in Marbella, Spain on Aug 10. The creature turned out to be a roughly 660 pound tuna thrashing through the shallows, with onlookers later using deckchairs and umbrellas to help the distressed fish back into the sea. Local reports suggested it may have been injured by a fishing vessel.
On the final night of the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Alexanne Lepage had her breakout swim, winning the 200m breaststroke over Olympic & world champion Kate Douglass. Summer McIntosh’s final race of the meet was the 200m IM where she fought hard until the end, but was 0.02s from gold. And Taylor Ruck broke her own 8-year-old Canadian record.
The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge. The bridge — known as Nero’s Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tiber’s right bank. (AP Video shot by Paolo Santalucia)
Kyle Chalmers sits down with David Popovici in Paris for an exclusive conversation during the European Championships.
Two of swimming’s biggest stars talk racing, pressure, ambition, life in the sport and what it takes to compete at the highest level.
Watch the full conversation and get a behind-the-scenes look at the personalities beyond the pool.
Lani Pallister wins Women’s 800m Freestyle at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Presented by OneAmerica Financial. Katie Ledecky and Erika Fairweather take second and third.
In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel steps in as guest host alongside Todd Anderson while Katie Hoff Anderson is a week out from giving birth. Together they sit down with Olympic champion and world record holder Gretchen Walsh for a wide-ranging conversation recorded just days before the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships. Fresh off a summer of international racing and her first season as a full-time professional, Gretchen opens up about what success actually looks like when you’ve already won almost everything, and about the one world record she can’t stop thinking about.
Over the past year, I’ve swum the equivalent of 53 marathons.
In this video, I break down what a full year of training as an Olympic swimmer actually looks like — including my total distance, biggest training blocks, and the 5 hardest workouts I did all year.
Some of these hurt.
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