Hong Kong female speed swimmer Siobhan Bernadette Haughey won the women’s 100 meter freestyle with a time of 51.59 seconds on the last day of the short-course FINA Swimming World Cup in Berlin on Oct. 23, making it her a third gold medal at this tournament. Haughey advanced to the final with a time of…

BUDAPEST, Hungary—Two-time world champion Caeleb Dressel is not defending his title in the men’s 100 freestyle at the swimming world championships after withdrawing before the semifinals. Dressel was included in the initial start list for Tuesday’s semifinals in Budapest, but was not in an updated version with reserve Hwang Sun-woo of South Korea taking his…

BUDAPEST, Hungary—Italy’s Thomas Ceccon set a world record in the men’s 100 backstroke and Katie Ledecky claimed yet another gold at the swimming world championships on Monday. Ceccon stunned the competition in Budapest by clocking 51.60 seconds to shave 0.15 seconds off the previous best mark set by American Ryan Murphy at the 2016 Olympics….