Moesha Johnson Wins Two Golds in Cancún
The 29-year-old swimmer won the 10km race and the 3km elimination race at the Open Water Swimming World Cup in Mexico.
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Reporting here follows competitive swimming — pool and open-water events, world record performances, Olympic seasons, college program results, federation policy and the anti-doping cases that recur in the sport. Coverage runs from pool and open-water competition through the federation policy and equipment regulation decisions that shape the record books.
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November 5, 2026
Documentary Chronicles Fitzgerald Relay SwimThe film "We Finished Their Journey" follows a 411-mile relay swim that retraced the route of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 5, 2026
Mela Wins 2026 RS21 World Championship in CannesAndrea Rossi's crew took the title by four points over Torpyone at the 40-boat event held October 28 to 31.
November 4, 2026
BVI Sends 11 Swimmers to OECS ChampionshipsThe British Virgin Islands delegation will compete in Saint Lucia at the 34th OECS Swimming Championships from November 6 to 8.
November 3, 2026
Angela Ribeiro Wins Two Golds at PanAm MastersThe former Northwestern diver returned to competition at 45 and took two gold medals at the 10th PanAm Aquatics Masters Championships in Buenos Aires.
November 3, 2026
EBU, World Aquatics Extend Media Rights to 2032The renewed partnership covers 23 EBU Members across television, digital and social platforms for six years.
November 2, 2026
ISL Names U.S. Coaches for All-Star MatchCyndi Gallagher, Todd DeSorbo and Carol Capitani will lead the U.S. team at the December 19 event in London.
November 2, 2026
Fraser Finishes Sixth in Dakar Breaststroke HeatThe 16-year-old swimmer for Eswatini posted a personal-best improvement in his 200m breaststroke heat at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games.
November 2, 2026
Kai Water Culture House Nears Completion in CopenhagenKengo Kuma & Associates' 5,800-square-metre aquatic centre on Christiansholm is set to open to the public on December 5, 2026.
November 2, 2026
Alqarooni Finishes 17th in Youth Olympic ButterflyBahrain's Sara Alqarooni, 15, placed 17th overall in the women's 100m butterfly heats at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar.
October 31, 2026
Dakar Youth Games Swim Schedule Shifts to Morning FinalsWorld Aquatics changed the Youth Olympic Games swimming program after elevated water temperatures in Dakar, Senegal.
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This section follows world championship and national meet results, record swims and the splits and conditions behind them, Olympic qualification and selection processes, college program performance, federation rule and eligibility decisions and doping cases through their adjudication. Olympic cycles dominate mainstream swimming coverage, concentrating the sport's widest audience into a period that leads up to and runs through the Games, with selection drama and medal results drawing readers well outside the dedicated swimming community. Open-water swimming has grown as a competitive discipline and a participation activity, generating its own coverage track that runs alongside pool competition and intersects with endurance sports more broadly. Swimsuit and equipment regulation has produced periodic coverage cycles when governing bodies have restricted technology that produced performances later ruled incompatible with the sport's record standards.