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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Swimming articles  Swimming
    Katie Ledecky fires warning shot to swimming rivals with stunning 800m freestyle world record
     4 May 2025
    American queen of distance swimming Katie Ledecky shows she still has plenty in the tank, obliterating her own 800m freestyle world record and besting Canadian rival Summer McIntosh over 400m in an ominous display of form ahead of the World Aquatics Championships.
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    Olympic Games to feature more quota places for women than men for first time at LA 2028
    10 Apr: Female athletes will be in the majority at Los Angeles Olympic Games as quota spots confirmed, with the move good news for Australia's sprint swimmers and opening up the prospect of a Lee super team in mixed-team golf.... more
    Swimmer Lewis Clareburt doubts a shoulder niggle will hamper his success in the pool this year
    28 Mar: Swimmer Lewis Clareburt doubts a shoulder niggle will hamper his success in the pool this year... more
    An investigation's underway after the rare death of someone drowning while swimming between the flags
    6 Feb: An investigation's underway after the rare death of someone drowning while swimming between the flags... more
    Police who came across two teens struggling in the water at Waitangi - say it was a matter of right place, right time
    5 Feb: Police who came across two teens struggling in the water at Waitangi - say it was a matter of right place, right time... more
    Dame Sophie Pascoe's old swim coach has reflected on his former charge's career in the pool
    31 Jan: Dame Sophie Pascoe's old swim coach has reflected on his former charge's career in the pool... more
    To the retirement of a swimming great..
    30 Jan: To the retirement of a swimming great..... more
    A swimmer swept out in a rip yesterday is still is missing at Auckland's Piha Beach, with searches continuing
    29 Jan: A swimmer swept out in a rip yesterday is still is missing at Auckland's Piha Beach, with searches continuing... more
    Olympic swimmer Erika Fairweather will relocate from Dunedin to Auckland's North Shore after the retirement of her coach
    20 Jan: Olympic swimmer Erika Fairweather will relocate from Dunedin to Auckland's North Shore after the retirement of her coach... more
    Four swimmers have been saved after being caught in a rip at a beach in the Tasman region
    6 Jan: Four swimmers have been saved after being caught in a rip at a beach in the Tasman region... more

     Most Popular Recent Swimming News
     10 Apr: Olympic Games to feature more quota places for women than men for first time at LA 2028 ++++++
     04 May: Katie Ledecky fires warning shot to swimming rivals with stunning 800m freestyle world record ++

     Swimming NewsLinks
      30 Apr: Minister 'trying to have it both ways' in ordering police to take swim test - labour (RadioNZ)
      27 Apr: On the up: jillyfish - napier man fights to keep his late partner’s swimming school dream alive (NZ Herald)
      26 Apr: Jamie jack claims first national title (Sydney Morning Herald)
      25 Apr: Jacks claims first national title (Sydney Morning Herald)
      25 Apr: Deaf swimmer clinches national gold (Sydney Morning Herald)
      24 Apr: Paralympic champion hance storms to victory (Sydney Morning Herald)
      24 Apr: Mckeown first, o'callaghan second in 50m backstroke (Sydney Morning Herald)
      24 Apr: Mcevoy first, jack second in splash-and-dash (Sydney Morning Herald)
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