Swimming

8/25/2025 |  USA Artistc Swimming Partners with iGarden (SportsTravel) Swimming pools for the nation’s top aquatic athletes need to be as clean as possible. And a new partnership between USA Artistic Swimming and iGarden, makers of pool cleaning equipment, appears to be an ideal match.
USA Artistic Swimming has announced the new partnership with iGarden, a subsidiary of Fairland Group, including a live demonstration recently held in California for a select crowd of Olympians and media. The agreement also makes the brand the exclusive robotic pool cleaner partner of the national governing body.

8/14/2025 |  Phelps brands USA Swimming leadership weak, demands systemic overhaul (Reuters Sports) Aug 14 (Reuters) - Michael Phelps has launched a scathing attack on USA Swimming's leadership, with the 23-times Olympic gold medallist branding the body weak and demanding sweeping reforms after what he sees as years of organisational decline.

8/1/2025 |  World Aquatics, NBC Sports Extend U.S. Media Rights Agreement Through 2028 (SportsTravel) World Aquatics has extended its exclusive U.S. media rights agreement with NBC Sports through 2028, in a deal brokered by global agency Sportfive.
As part of the multi–year deal, NBC Sports will present a slate of World Aquatics events annually across NBC and Peacock that includes the World Aquatics Championships, World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), Swimming World Cup, Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final, Diving World Cup and High Diving World Cup.

7/30/2025 |  Beijing to Host 2026 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) (SportsTravel) Beijing will host the 2026 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) with more than 1,000 athletes from more than 200 countries and regions to compete across six competition days.
The exact dates have not been determined. The announcement was made during the World Aquatics General Congress taking place alongside the World Aquatics Championship and World Aquatics Masters Championships in Singapore.

7/28/2025 |  Flint Residents Protest Closing of University of Michigan-Flint Pool (Athletic Business) Residents of Flint, Mich., are taking to the streets in an effort to persuade the University of Michigan-Flint to keep a local pool open. 
According to WNEM, many residents in the area have been using the pool, which is owned by UW-Flint and is slated to be closed in three days, for more than 50 years.