Lauren Boyle has collected her fifth world championship medal with another great swim today.

Lauren Boyle is through to another final at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia.

The Aucklander produced a season best time of 1min 58.22s, eclipsing his fastest time by 1.41s, to be 14th quickest overall and take his place in the semis in a few hours' time.

Does Lauren Boyle get the recognition she deserves in this country? Probably not. The 27-year-old Whenuapai-raised freestyle swimming

Breaststroke swimmer Glenn Snyders produced a top class swim on the third morning of the world champs

American swimming sensation Katie Ledecky has set a world record mark - without intending to do so.

Lauren Boyle is through to her second world championship final but she was overshadowed by a world record time.

As the swimming world championships commence in Russia tomorrow, the Olympic hopes of several New Zealand swimmers remain up in the air.

Early in 2012 a group of friends chatting around a table agreed Nic McCloy could probably do an ocean swim race - if she spent a couple of years training to do so.

Returning from the IPC world champs in Glasgow with a bumper haul of medals, the paralympic swimming team are now looking ahead to Rio.

New Zealand swimmers delivered at the right time and are now well placed to press on to next year's Rio Paralympics after a strong performance at the IPC world championships.

The national body have made a late change to their 2016 Olympic qualification schedule which could jeopardise the Rio prospects of some nationally-ranked swimmers.

Wilrich Coetzee is preparing for a big month of top-class competitive swimming.

Thirty budding young Kiwi swimming stars have been selected to take part in a three-day training camp in Auckland this month.

A major showdown looms at the State King of the Bays today, with six swimmers who have qualified for this year's World Championships set to dive into the surf at Takapuna.

It has been a coming of age week for Tauranga swimmer Nathan Capp at the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Henderson.

Hundreds of swimmers will race in the King of the Bays event on Auckland's North Shore today, but one competitor has a special motivation for taking part.

Ten New Zealand swimmers have now qualified for the upcoming world championships after just two nights of the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.

Swimming NZ enjoyed an outstanding opening to the NZ Open Championships with 12 swimmers qualifying for world champs.

A top coach made redundant from Swimming New Zealand after a poor performance at the Commonwealth Games has lost his claim of unjustifiable dismissal.