Toronto's Summer McIntosh meets young fans at pool where she trained as a child
Young swimmers got a chance on Thursday evening to meet Summer McIntosh, Canada's newly named top athlete of the year, and the evening did not disappoint.
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Hooked on salmon: EU-backed efforts to protect Sweden's threatened wild species
The number of wild salmon in the rivers of northern Sweden goes up and down year to year, it’s notoriously hard to predict. Still, the chance to catch this mighty fish has been attracting anglers from around the world ever since Sweden brought its wild salmon populations back from the edge of extinction a few decades ago. So how did Northern Sweden manage to preserve its wild salmon when many other regions couldn't?
John Shortt sets new Irish record as World Aquatics Championships draw to a close
Galway teenager John Shortt posted a new Irish record as the curtain came down on the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
Watch Summer McIntosh compete on the final day of the world short course swim championships
Click on the video player above to watch live coverage of the World Aquatics Swimming Championship (25m) from Budapest, Hungary.
Ellen Walshe falls shy of medal in two finals, Wiffen eighth in 800m freestyle
Ellen Walshe closed out an excellent World Aquatics Swimming Championships by finishing sixth and fifth respectively in two finals in Budapest this evening.
Ellen Walshe is bound for another final, while Shane Ryan sets new national record
Ellen Walshe is set for a second world final this afternoon after an impressive third-place finish in her heat in the 400m medley at the World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Budapest.
Watch Canadian swimmers compete at the world short course championships
Click on the video player above to watch live coverage of the World Aquatics Swimming Championship (25m) from Budapest, Hungary.
World short course bronze for Shane Ryan in Budapest
Ireland's triple Olympic swimmer Shane Ryan has won a bronze medal in the men's 50 metres backstroke at the World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Budapest, repeating the bronze he won back in 2018.