Open Water World Cup 2026: Four stops
The 2026 Open Water Swimming World Cup takes the world's best swimmers through four very different bodies of water.
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Setúbal: Open water in its purest form
Setúbal is one of the most traditional venues in international open-water swimming.
Seasonal development in elite open-water swimmers
A new study examines in detail for the first time how key performance parameters in elite open-water swimmers change over the course of a season.
Peiqi Yang: The next generation in world swimming
Junior World Championships regularly show how early international top-level performances are now being achieved.
Junior World Championships: More than medals
A Junior World Championships is far more than a medal event.
Performance development from age 10 to 18
Performance development in youth swimming is not linear—and a new study shows why patience is especially important for coaches.
Masters world records: Performance at every age
Masters swimming now has a comprehensive international record system covering almost all classic swimming events.
How does age change swimming performance?
Ageing affects athletic performance—but not in the same way in every event or at every age.
World record at 105: Masters without an age limit
Masters swimming shows impressively that athletic performance does not have a fixed expiry date.
Predicting 1500 m freestyle with data
Data models are becoming increasingly powerful in swimming as well.
Diagnostics for young swimmers
Technical factors can also be measured objectively in youth swimming—although diagnostics should remain age-appropriate.
Lactate and muscle-fibre type in swimming
Can performance testing help distinguish sprint and endurance talent more effectively?
AI in swim training: What can ChatGPT do?
Artificial intelligence can create training plans—but how good are those plans really?
Energy availability and sleep in swimmers
Nutrition and sleep are often considered separately in elite sport. In reality, the two can be closely connected.
1,825 studies on swimming sports medicine
A new bibliometric analysis provides, for the first time, a broad picture of international swimming sports medicine.
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