#swimming

Japan’s 17-year-old wunderkind Shin Ohashi set the men’s 200 metres breaststroke world record on the way to Asian Games gold on Thursday, soaking up the moment in front of ...

Bathing water quality “remains excellent”, the environment department insisted on Friday, despite recent reports of foam in the sea off Limassol and complaints over sewage discharges from the wastewater plant ...

Swimmer Kalia Antoniou on Monday night won Cyprus’ first gold medal of this year’s Mediterranean Games in the Italian city of Taranto, winning the 100m freestyle final for the ...

The European Commission’s first place listing for Cyprus’ ‘excellent’ bathing waters reflects the high level of environmental protection measures, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. “The quality of bathing ...

The British bases declared Lady’s Mile beach safe for swimming on Thursday evening, a day after issuing a warning advising the public to stay out of the water due ...

‘It may be my seventh medal but it feels like my first’ After winning silver at the Paralympic games in Paris, Cyprus swimmer Karolina Pelendritou on Sunday night said the ...

Cypriot Paralympic swimmer Karolina Pelendritou won silver on Saturday evening in the s11 50-metre freestyle at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Pelendritou, 38, finished at 29.82 and was behind China’s Ma Jia (28.96). Third ...

Australia’s swimming heroes Mollie O’Callaghan and Kaylee McKeown will take some time off after the Olympics and skip the World Cup legs later this year after an emotional ...

Katie Ledecky set up another Olympic showdown with Australia’s champion Ariarne Titmus for the 400 metres freestyle title, the American great qualifying fastest for the final as the Paris swimming ...

Ariarne Titmus smashed the 200 metres freestyle world record at Australian Olympic trials in Brisbane on Wednesday, upsetting the previous holder Mollie O’Callaghan in an exhilarating final. Olympic champion Titmus ...

Cypriot swimmer Karolina Pelendritou has won the 50m freestyle at the European Para-swimming European Open Championships in Madeira. According to an announcement, the Cypriot athlete finished with a time of 29.72, ...

In one of the island’s first Paralympians, Melissa Hekkers finds a woman with a love of water who has used her success to fight for acceptance as she looks ...

A bill aimed at upgrading the legislation related to the features and inspections of public and private swimming pools is expected to be presented in parliament before the end of ...

Paphos district lifeguards have announced a two-hour work stoppage in protest of under staffing and other longstanding issues. In an official statement the lifeguards said they took the decision last ...

Olympic diving champion Tom Daley said he is “furious” at governing body FINA’s decision to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s competitions. Daley, who came ...

Cypriot Paralympic athlete Karolina Pelendritou took gold in the 100m breaststroke final for the SB11 category on Wednesday, setting a new world record with a time of 1.19.78. Pelendritou qualified for ...

A 27- year-old man is in the ICU of Limassol Hospital after suffering a heart attack while swimming in Paphos, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. It said that ...

Members of a nautical club in Limassol that regularly head to the beach for New Year’s Day swim carried on their tradition on Friday with a dip to welcome 2021. ...