Lochte held the record since 2012, while Smith set the world record mark in the 100m backstroke at last week's World Cup.

This time, Leon Marchand, who represented France and earned five medals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, has shattered Ryan Lochte’s short course meters world record in the 200 IM—a record ...

Leon Marchand, a quadruple Olympic gold medallist at Paris 2024 and the man dubbed the “next Michael Phelps”, said he was enjoying the relative anonymity of swimming in Asia. Speaking in ...