The river Seine is still failing water quality tests one month before the Paris Olympics when it is scheduled to host the open-water swimming competition and the swimming leg of the triathlon, results showed Friday.

Tests reveal River Seine unfit for swimming one month from 2024 Paris Olympics

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh has broken the 100-metre butterfly world record at the U.S. Olympic trials semifinals on Saturday (June 15) ahead of the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.

Paris Olympics 2024: Gretchen Walsh breaks 100m butterfly world record at U.S. swimming trials

Sport has been compromised and athletes have been let down by a "failed" anti-doping system, former Olympic champion Mack Horton said on Monday following revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared after failing drug tests before the Tokyo Games.

Paris Olympics: Australia's Mack Horton says anti-doping system failed athletes amid China furore

Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed to compete after world governing bodies secretly accepted China's findings that they had ingested it unknowingly, The New York Times said Saturday.

23 Chinese swimmers competed at Tokyo Games despite failing doping tests – Reports

World record holder Ariarne Titmus fired a warning shot on Friday to Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh ahead of the Paris Olympics with the fastest 400m freestyle of the year.

Swimming: Titmus' fastest 400m freestyle record of 2024 fires warning signs ahead of Paris Olympics

Olympic champion Adam Peaty booked his ticket for the Paris Games on Tuesday and put his rivals on notice by winning the 100 metres breaststroke at the British swimming championships in 57.

Adam Peaty books Paris 2024 ticket with fastest time in 100m breaststroke at British swimming championships

China's newly minted world record holder Pan Zhanle topped qualifying for the men's 100 metres freestyle semi-finals at the Doha World Championships on Wednesday, while Olympic medallist Jeremy Desplanches was fastest in the 200m medley heats.

Doha World C'ships: China's world record holder Pan Zhanle tops qualifying for men's 100m freestyle semifinals

Adam Peaty's hopes for a confidence-boosting win in the 100m breaststroke were dashed on Monday as the Olympic champion was forced to settle for bronze behind American winner Nic Fink at the World Championships in Doha.

Swimming: Olympic champion Adam Peaty settles for bronze in 100m breaststroke in World Championships

Over a thousand enthusiasts take part in a 'snow-made' swimming pool prepared by thawing out ice, an attraction in China's Harbin.

Swimming craze in minus-degree temperature in China's Harbin

China: Swimming craze in minus-degree temperature in Harbin

Ugandan Paralympian, Husnah Kukundakwe, at the tender age of 16, has become a beacon of hope, shattering stereotypes, and inspiring many, especially those with disabilities. Born without her right forearm and impairment to her left hand, Kukundakwe’s journey in the aquatic world began when she was barely three. Today, she stands as the youngest Paralympian at the Tokyo Games, a title she achieved at 14.

Ugandan teen paralympian busts stereotypes

Australia's top swimmers have opted out of the world championships in Doha, with the squad announced Friday sans Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O'Callaghan and Kyle Chalmers.

Top Australian swimmers opt out of Doha world championships

A little more than a year after banning transgender women from competing in elite female swimming events, the World Aquatics, earlier this week, cancelled its first 'open races' for transgenders after no one registered for the event.

Swimming body's World Cup 'open' races for transgenders cancelled after no one shows up

At least 57 swimmers have reported having suffered from diarrhoea and sickness after competing in sea swimming events at the ongoing World Triathlon Championship in Sunderland, the health officials confirmed this weekend.

UK: 57 swimmers down with diarrhoea at World Triathlon Championship in Sunderland, probe initiated

China's Qin Haiyang shattered the world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the World Aquatics Championships on Friday, charging to the gold medal in a time of two minutes, 05.

Swimming: China's Qin Haiyang smashes 200m breaststroke world record, claims hat-trick at worlds

Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan stormed to victory in the women's 100 metres freestyle race at the World Aquatics Championships on Friday, capturing gold in a time of 52.

Swimming: Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan defends 100m freestyle title at world championships

China won back-to-back gold medals on the second day of swimming action at the World Aquatics Championships as Qin Haiyang roared to victory in the men's 100 metres breaststroke while Zhang Yufei took the women's 100m butterfly title on Monday.

World Aquatics Championships: Double delight for China as Qin Haiyang, Zhang Yufei strike gold

Seven-time Olympic swimming gold medallist Caeleb Dressel was denied again in his bid to return to the World Championships on Thursday, finishing tied for fifth in the 100m butterfly at the US championships in Indianapolis.

Swimming: Caeleb Dressel suffers blow at US national championships, comes 5th in 100m butterfly

This is the story of a young Lebanese swimmer. The 29-year-old, for whom disability is no hurdle. Elissa Harik is representing Lebanon on the world stage, as she readies for the Berlin Special Olympics. Ghadi Francis gets you her story.

Inspirational story of a Lebanese swimmer | The West Asia Post

Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh clocked 3min 56.08sec to break the women's 400m freestyle world record Tuesday at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto. The 16-year-old broke the previous record of 3:56.

Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh breaks women's 400m freestyle world record

Chilean Barbara Hernandez, who became the first person recorded to have swum 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) in the near-freezing Antarctic Ocean, says fear, not other people, is her rival.

Barbara Hernandez completes 2.5 km Antarctic swim, becomes first person to achieve the feat

Chilean swimmer Barbara Hernandez became the first swimmer to cover 2.5 kilometers in the frozen waters off Antarctica on Monday. Hernandez is an experienced open-water swimmer, having set the Guinness world record for the fastest ocean mil through the Drake Passage in southern Chile.

Barbara Hernandez marks world first with 2.5-KM Antarctica swim

Olympian Srihari Nataraj had a memorable run in the National Games. Winning as many as six gold medals in swimming for Karnataka, the 21-year-old athlete had a torrid experience after he and his team were coming back from Gujarat.

'Should we leave the medals we win?': Nataraj blasts airline for misbehaviour after National Games' heroics

As part of a US State Department Sports Envoy programme, two American expert swimming coaches are travelling to fishing hamlets across India to empower the girls there.

US swimming experts impart training and life skills to underprivileged girls in India

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