Tag: Kazan 2015

  • Nations With the Most Gold Medals in the 2015 Swimming World Championships

    Nations With the Most Gold Medals in the 2015 Swimming World Championships

    The 2015 Swimming world championships in Kazan are over, with the United States once again finishing on top of the medal count, gold and overall, this time thanks to one swimmer, Katie Ledecky. Australia follow with three swimmers (Mitch Larkin, Bronte Campbell and Emily Seebohm) all taking double golds in their individual events while China […]

  • World Records Broken in the 2015 Swimming World Championships

    World Records Broken in the 2015 Swimming World Championships

    A world record was broken 12 times in the 2015 Swimming world championships in Kazan, often by the same person in the same event day after day. Those who stood out were Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden in butterfly events, Adam Peaty of the United Kingdom in the breaststroke and above all of them was Katie Ledecky of the United States with an incredibly dominant week, taking no less than five gold medals.