Top Kiwis Moss Burmester and Melissa Ingram have missed out on A finals on the opening day of the Pan Pacific Championships.

Backstroke specialist Melissa Ingram is worried about more than just her competition at the Pan-Pacific Championships.

Swim coach Scott Talbot is destiny's child. His mum and dad were top swimmers and then top coaches. So, as Suzanne McFadden finds, it was almost inevitable the former Olympic swimmer would become a coach too.

A good day for New Zealand at the World Masters Swimming Games in Sweden.

Many popular swimming spots contain high levels of bacteria that cause diarrhoea or infection, a new report shows.

New Zealand's Commonwealth Games swim team head to Europe on Sunday.