For some swimmers, the ‘catch and pull’ can seem like a dark art – but they are a fundamental part of the front crawl stroke ...

On September 26, five-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown blasted a new short course meters 100 backstroke world record. Swimming a 54.56, McKeown undercut the previous record by a significant three ...

It was just two years ago that a tiny robotic manta ray became the world's fastest-swimming soft-bodied robot. Well, one of its descendants has now smashed that record – and it uses less energy than ...