swimming
After 9-year gap, swimming talent hunt begins today
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.
9 May 2025, 03:00 AM
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3 May 2025, 08:26 AM
Swimmer Rafi produces career-best timing, wins silver in Thailand
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.
6 April 2025, 14:40 PM
Australia's most decorated Olympian McKeon retires from swimming
McKeon won 14 Olympic medals, six of them gold, over the Rio, Tokyo and Paris Games this summer.
25 November 2024, 03:59 AM
Asif breaks 50m freestyle record
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.
11 November 2024, 14:13 PM
Rafi, Romana continue breaking records
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.
10 November 2024, 14:34 PM
Four records on opening day of national swimming
Four new national records were set on the opening day of the Max Group 33rd National Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Championship at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Saturday, although the legitimacy of the records might be called into question given the absence of an electronic timer.
9 November 2024, 14:33 PM
Faulty electronic timer leaves swimmers frustrated again
The 33rd National Swimming Championship is set to begin on Saturday at the Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur and for the fourth straight edition, the electronic timer installed at the venue in 2019 will remain unused as the authorities are yet to mend the malfunctioning device.
8 November 2024, 01:30 AM
Triumphant Australian team return home with record gold medal haul
Australia's Olympic team, including gold medallists Jessica Fox, Kaylee McKeown and Ariarne Titmus, arrived back in Sydney on Wednesday to a rapturous welcome from friends, family and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
14 August 2024, 07:00 AM
'The Balaton Shark' Rasovsky wins men's 10k marathon swimming
Rasovszky timed 1hr 50min 52.7sec to finish 2.1sec ahead of Germany's Oliver Klemet in the race on the River Seine.
9 August 2024, 08:55 AM
McIntosh makes Canadian history with third gold
The 17-year-old swimmer did it in an Olympic record time of two minutes 06.56 seconds, taking down the 2016 record of 2:06.58 set by Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, to complete a medley double after winning the 400 last Monday.
4 August 2024, 02:35 AM
Age no barrier for 50m freestyle medal favourite Wasick
Wasick first represented Poland at the 2008 Beijing Games and has since competed in London, Rio and Tokyo before arriving in Paris with one of the fastest times in the 50 freestyle.
3 August 2024, 11:28 AM
'Perfect' Marchand emulates Phelps with fourth gold
The Frenchman becomes the first male swimmer since American record-breaker Michael Phelps at Beijing 2008 to win four individual golds in a single Games.
3 August 2024, 00:27 AM
Douglass casts aside self-doubt to clinch 200m breaststroke gold
The victory is Douglass's third Olympic medal following bronze in the 200m medley in Tokyo and silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay in Paris.
2 August 2024, 06:37 AM
McIntosh swims fastest 200 fly in 15 years for gold
The 17-year-old hit the wall in an Olympic record 2min 03.03sec ahead of America's Regan Smith (2:03.84) and Chinese defending champion Zhang Yufei (2:05.09
1 August 2024, 20:01 PM
'It was a magical moment'
Pan powered to the finish in 46.40sec, beating the world record time of 46.80 he had set in February in Doha. It was China's first swimming gold of the Paris Games.
1 August 2024, 03:30 AM
Memory of father gives McKeown 'superpower' to retain gold
On Tuesday, McKeown retained her 100m backstroke crown from Tokyo, crushing American rival Regan Smith to earn her fourth Olympic gold medal and join a select group of swimmers with three individual titles.
31 July 2024, 02:55 AM
Swimmer Samiul improves personal best timing in Paris
Bangladeshi swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi finished 69th among 79 participants in the 100m freestyle event of Paris Olympics today, despite slightly improving on his personal best timing,
30 July 2024, 11:58 AM
'It's a girl!': Murphy family celebrates medal with gender reveal
Murphy, a seven-times Olympic medallist, married Bridget Konttinen last year and the 29-year-old swimmer said they will be welcoming a child in January.
30 July 2024, 04:25 AM
O'Callaghan holds off 'beast' Titmus for 200m freestyle gold
O'Callaghan won in a new Olympic record time of 1min 53.27secs, with compatriot Titmus 0.54 seconds behind and Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey taking the bronze
30 July 2024, 03:09 AM