McIntosh, a three-time Olympic gold medallist and former world record-holder in the event, sliced more than a second off the previous world record of 3:55.38 set by Australian Ariarne Titmus at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
Born without four fingers on his left hand, he competes in events like the breaststroke and butterfly---disciplines that require swimmers to touch the wall with both hands simultaneously. The rules don’t bend, and neither does Nadimul.
The US-made Daktronics electronic timer, installed by the National Sports Council in late 2019 at a cost of Tk 4 crore as part of an Tk 8.5 crore renovation project, has remained unused in national events for five years due to faulty timekeeping.
After a gap of around nine years, the Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF) with the help of Bangladesh Navy is all set to hold a talent hunt programme titled "Bangladesh in search of best swimmers-2025", starting today in Dhaka.
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Promising swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi produced his career-best timing in Arena Thailand Age Group Swimming Championships 2025 to win a silver medal in 50m backstroke in Thailand today.
McKeon won 14 Olympic medals, six of them gold, over the Rio, Tokyo and Paris Games this summer.
Asif Reza became the fastest swimmer in the Max Group 33rd National Swimming Championship after winning gold in 50m freestyle event on the third day of the competition at the Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Monday.
Samiul Islam Rafi and Romana Akter set three new national records on the second day of Max Group 33rd National Swimming Championship at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Mirpur yesterday.
Jui, a BKSP student, clocked 1:25.07 seconds in the 100m breaststroke in girls’ 15-17 group to break the previous record of 1:26.88 seconds
Joseph Schooling, who famously beat his idol Michael Phelps in Rio to become Singapore's first and only Olympic champion, said Tuesday he was retiring from competitive swimming.
Israeli Anastasia Gorbenko shrugged off boos from the crowd at the world swimming championships in Doha on Sunday.
South Asian Games gold-medallist swimmers Mahfuza Khatun Shila and Shajahan Ali Rony, now a married couple, will guide the national swimming team at the international competition titled BIMSTEC Youth Water Sports Competition, which is scheduled to start from Feb 7 in New Delhi, India.
Max Group 32nd national Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Championships get underway today at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex.
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The pre-Olympics swimming test competition due to take place Sunday in the Seine in Paris has been cancelled due to pollution of the river, the international swimming federation said after analysis of the latest water samples.
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Olympic great Michael Phelps said he was 'greedy' to hold onto his one remaining individual swimming world record faced with the threat of 'hungry kid' Leon Marchand.
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