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The 2025 World Aquatics Championships — featuring swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming and high diving — air live on Peacock from July 11-Aug. 3 from Singapore.
A major Danish study shows that racquet sports like tennis, badminton, and even matkot reduce mortality by 47% and extend life more than any other physical activity.
World Aquatics said samples taken on July 13 showed levels exceeding acceptable thresholds. The race will now be on July 16.
Swimming is a sport that gives you the keys you need to unlock your future. Without this sport, I would have never become the strong person I am today.
Swimming is demanding. That's no mystery. Here are 15 truths about the sport that might help someone gain more perspective on the sport.
Swimming is an individual sport. A swimmer does everything herself. If she swims a fast time, she gets the credit. If she doesn’t, she has no one to blame but herself.
Whether it's swimming, diving, synchro water polo, open water swimming, there is a touch point that Swim England has for the sport and water.
It’s interesting that you mention starting with swimming and athletes in it, because I know you really struggled with how you felt about the sport toward the end of your career, particularly in Rio.
But the thing is: Swimming is not just a sport—it’s a survival tool. Swim lessons and water safety education can dramatically change the trajectory of children’s lives—like they did mine.