Fina World Championships

FINA World Championships 2019: Sarah Sjostrom sets pace as nightclub deaths overshadow world swim

Eight swimmers were among the injured after a balcony at a South Korean nightclub collapsed in the early hours Saturday, sending party-goers plummeting over five metres onto people below.

FINA World Championships: Caeleb Dressel finishes event with record-equalling seven golds

Caeleb Dressel brought the curtain down on the World Championships with a historic seventh gold medal in Budapest on Sunday, equalling the record of swimming legend Michael Phelps.

FINA World Championships: US swimmer Lilly King breaks world record to win gold in 50m breaststroke

King clocked 29.40 seconds, breaking Ruta Meilutyte's four-year-old record of 29.48, with Russia's Yuliya Efimova taking silver

FINA World Championships: Federica Pellegrini pips favourite Katie Ledecky to win 200m freestyle gold

Pellegrini last won a world title at the 2011 championships, but the determined Italian rolled back the years to clock one minute 54.73 seconds.

FINA World Championships: United States break mixed medley 4x100m world record

The United States broke the mixed 4x100m medley world-record at the world aquatic championships on Wednesday while Cameron McEvoy was the fastest from the men's 100m freestyle heats.