Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom will compete in the 100m freestyle at the Paris Olympics, thanks to a favourable schedule that allows the 30-year-old extra rest before her preferred 50m freestyle event.

Adam Peaty, Britain's Olympic swimming champion, is aiming for history at the Paris Games after overcoming personal challenges that once threatened his career.

Following the success of the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic years of the Stipendium Hungaricum Sport Scholarship Programme, World Aquatics and the Hungarian Government are pleased to announce the class of 2024/2025 scholars.

Swim star Ariarne Titmus says she has never prepared as well for a major event and is in better shape now than when she won Olympic 200m and 400m freestyle gold in Tokyo. The Australian heads to Paris on the back of shattering the 200m world record last month and clocking the second quickest 400m of all time, behind only her own world best.

Rohan Taylor, the Australian swimming coach, admits to “enormously respecting” the powerful United States, although he believes that the Aussies have the "attacking power" to give it a go.

As Katie Ledecky gears up for her fourth Olympic Games, the swimming superstar is poised to defend her extraordinary legacy in the pool. The five-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder is set to face a new generation of emerging talent eager to challenge her dominance.

After publishing a report clearing the World Anti-Doping Agency of any wrongdoing in the handling of 23 positive tests from Chinese swimmers in 2021, the international federation warned that it would double-down efforts to prevent possible cheaters from the Asian country to win medals in Paris 2024.

Twelve years on from her stunning 800m freestyle victory at the London Olympics, Katie Ledecky is headed to Paris for her fourth straight Games aiming to extend an astonishing run of sustained excellence. The American freestyle great, whose talents were once dubbed "otherworldly" by Michael Phelps' mentor Bob Bowman, brings an even-keeled approach that doesn't hide a fierce competitive streak as she vies to add to her cache of 10 Olympic medals —seven of them gold.

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) issued a strongly worded statement criticising the United States for what it sees as attempts to "undermine the role and independence of the World Anti-Doping Agency" (WADA).

Countdown to the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025. The event was unveiled yesterday at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in the Asian capital, with the organising committee, over 80 athletes, and guest of honour Eric Chua, Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth.

Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh, expected to be one of the stars of the Paris Olympics, has already made her mark in swimming, and nobody in her family or entourage is surprised. The 17-year-old swimmer is already a four-time gold medallist at the World Championships —in the 200m butterfly and 400m medley in 2022 in Budapest and in 2023 in Fukuoka.

Despite growing criticism from many in the sport world and American groups specifically, the International Olympic Committee validated the World Anti-Doping Agency’s independent report in the case of 23 positive tests from China and expressed its "full confidence" in the global watchdog.

No rest for the World Anti-Doping Agency on the Chinese doping probe as Global Athlete and FairSport issue a joint statement following the independent prosecutor’s findings, which USADA says “leaves most critical questions unanswered”.

The artistic swimming competition at the Paris Olympic Games promises to be more thrilling than ever before:  with a new scoring system and the absence of Russia making waves before the first swimmer has even dove into the pool. For the first time in a long time, the Olympic gold is virtually anyone's for the taking.

The 38-year-old, who made her debut two decades ago at Athens 2004, has been invited to Paris 2024 and will become only the fifth swimmer in history to compete in half a dozen Games.