2025 World Championships Underway: The three-week-long 2025 World Aquatics Championships kicked off on Friday in Singapore, with water polo action underway before the open water swimming competition begins on Wednesday (after a postponement). Also: Everything you need to prepare for the World Championships, Annie Lazor is named an associate head coach with the Stanford women, and the sports schedule for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles is released. Women's 10km Open Water Event Postponed As World Championships Kick Off The 2025 World Aquatics Championships officially began on Thursday, July 10, with the Opening Ceremonies, and we're now onto day five of the water polo competition. The women's 10km open water swimming event was scheduled to run on Tuesday, but on Monday, World Aquatics announced the event would be postponed until Wednesday due to water quality concerns. The issue was reportedly bacterial and not due to temperature. “While testing in recent days has consistently shown water quality at the venue to meet World Aquatics’ acceptable thresholds, analysis of samples taken on 13 July surpassed these thresholds," World Aquatics said in a statement. "The decision to postpone racing was made in the best interests of athlete health and safety, which remains World Aquatics and the Singapore 2025 Organizing Committee’s top priority." Now, the men's and women's 10km events will take place on the same day, with the men's race scheduled to go off at 7:30 am local time on Wednesday and the women's event to follow at 10:15 am. The pool swimming portion of the World Championships won't begin until the third week, running from July 27 until August 3, but we've got plenty of info to help get you prepared for the most exciting eight days of the year. We've seen a few lineup changes from Australians in the last week, most recently from former Olympic and world champion Zac Stubblety-Cook, who has withdrawn due to a back injury. Keep up to date with everything from the 2025 World Championships on the SwimSwam event channel here. Annie Lazor Named Associate Head Coach At Stanford As Katie Robinson Steps Away Annie Lazor was announced as the new associate head coach of the Stanford women's team on Monday, with new Cardinal head coach Chris Lindauer making his first significant hire. Lazor spent the past two seasons as an assistant at the University of Florida, where she worked primarily with the women’s team. The Gators placed 3rd at the 2024 Women's NCAA Championships and 6th at the 2025 edition, while they also won the 2024 SEC title and were the runners-up to Texas last season. The Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist in the women's 200 breaststroke, Lazor will be serving as an assistant coach for Team USA at the upcoming World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany. “I’m incredibly honored and grateful to join the Stanford family and this incredible group of women,” Lazor said. “I want to extend my sincere thanks to Chris, Richard Zhu, and the Stanford administration for their trust and support. It’s an immense privilege to be a part of one of the most storied and successful programs in NCAA history and I’m excited to contribute to its continued tradition of excellence. Go Card!” Lazor’s departure from Florida leaves the Gators with no women coaches on the swimming and diving staff – they parted ways with Kristen Murslack in April. Lazor takes over the position as associate head coach of the Cardinal women from Katie Robinson, who told SwimSwam that she's stepping away from coaching for a "career pivot" on Monday. Robinson spent two seasons at Stanford working under former head coach Greg Meehan, who was named USA Swimming's National Team Director in April. Robinson was offered the position to stay on with Stanford under Lindauer, but ultimately declined it. She thanked Lindauer for the “support, patience and understanding he’s shown me through this process.” Read more here. LA 28 Schedule Revealed, Swimming Program To Remain Nine Days The daily competition schedule for the 2028 Olympics was released by LA28 organizers on Monday to mark three years out for the Opening Ceremonies on July 14, 2028. The news confirms the swimming dates from July 22 through July 30, which will include awarding the last medal events of the Games between 3:00-4:30 PM local time, before the Closing Ceremony at 6:00 PM at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The swimming program will remain nine days despite the addition of six new events, the men's and women's 50 backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. The nine-day schedule was first implemented for the 2024 Games in Paris—prior to that, swimming was eight days. The Opening Ceremonies will take place in SoFi Stadium, where the swimming competition will also be held eight days later. The competition pools will be built and covered by a stage during the opening ceremony, but a temporary stand will need to be built after the opening ceremony. Read more here. Quick Hits - World Aquatics has released anti-doping testing data prior to the 2025 World Championships, showing Chinese and Russian swimmers have been tested most frequently in the lead-up to the competition.
- Kate Douglass has confirmed her commitment to swim through the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, as the American star had previously said she was 50/50 on whether or not she would continue competing through the next Olympics. She also said she plans on returning to the 200 IM, the event in which she won Olympic silver last year, but dropped from her program this year.
- USA Swimming has named Jake Grosser as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), replacing Shana Ferguson, who left in March to become the Chief of Sport and Games Delivery for the LA 28 Olympic and Paralympic Games. USA Swimming has now been without a CEO for 320 days.
- University of Alabama head swim coach Margo Geer received a new three-year contract last week, with the new deal worth $180,000 annually and running through the 2027-2028 season.
- The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced the 2025 Top 25 Age Group Coaches of the Year for small, medium and large teams.
- Sectional meets are currently ongoing across the United States, with events in Columbus (OH), Novato (CA), San Diego (CA) and Mt. Hood (OR) scheduled for this weekend. Follow along for SwimSwam coverage here.
- Last week, SwimSwam released its Way Too Early Recruit Rankings for the boys and girls' high school classes of 2027—see the girls' rankings here and the boys' rankings here.
By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam Keep track of the U.S.'s live coverage schedule for all sports competing at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Read the full story on SwimSwam: A Complete Guide To Watching Every Sport At The 2025 World Aquatic Championships (In the U.S.)
By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam After 2 years on the Florida Gators' staff, 2020 Olympic medalist Annie Lazor will head to Stanford as Associate Head Coach for women's swimming. Read the full story on SwimSwam: Stanford Hires Annie Lazor as Associate Head Coach of Women’s Swimming
By Braden Keith on SwimSwam After 15 years of coaching collegiate swimming, Katie Robinson is going to take a sabbatical before pivoting to a different career. Read the full story on SwimSwam: Stanford Associate Head Coach Katie Robinson Stepping Away from Coaching for a “Career Pivot”
By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam World Aquatics has announced that the women's 10k World Championship race has been postponed due to water quality concerns. Read the full story on SwimSwam: World Aquatics Postpones Women’s 10K Open Water Race At Worlds Due to Water Quality Concerns
By Braden Keith on SwimSwam Los Angeles 2028 organizers celebrated three years out of the start of the Olympic Games this week by announcing the sport-by-sport schedule. Read the full story on SwimSwam: Swimming Portion of LA 2028 Olympics Will Remain at 9 Days; Will Award Final Games Medals
By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam The CSCAA’s final proposal to the NCAA reworks meet format, prelims scoring, diving scheduling, and qualification systems. Read the full story on SwimSwam: CSCAA Finalizes Proposal to NCAA Championships: Meet Format, Prelims Scoring Among Changes
By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam After suffering a back injury, Austrialia will be without elite breastroker Zac Stubblety-Cook for the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. Read the full story on SwimSwam: Olympic Gold Medalist Zac Stubblety-Cook To Miss 2025 World Championships with Back Injury
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Keep track of the U.S.'s live coverage schedule for all sports competing at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
After 2 years on the Florida Gators' staff, 2020 Olympic medalist Annie Lazor will head to Stanford as Associate Head Coach for women's swimming.
After 15 years of coaching collegiate swimming, Katie Robinson is going to take a sabbatical before pivoting to a different career.
World Aquatics has announced that the women's 10k World Championship race has been postponed due to water quality concerns. 
Los Angeles 2028 organizers celebrated three years out of the start of the Olympic Games this week by announcing the sport-by-sport schedule.
The CSCAA’s final proposal to the NCAA reworks meet format, prelims scoring, diving scheduling, and qualification systems.
After suffering a back injury, Austrialia will be without elite breastroker Zac Stubblety-Cook for the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.
