Americans Gretchen Walsh, Jack Alexy Amongst These Headed To China Subsequent Month

2026 CHINA SWIMMING OPEN & NATIONAL SPRING SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• March nineteenth – March twenty second
• Longgang Universiade Center Natatorium
• LCM (50m)

The 2026 China Swimming Open & National Spring Swimming Championships are slated for subsequent month and, for the primary time, a plethora of worldwide expertise is ready to compete on the Longgang Unversiade Center Nataroium.

According to Asian media, the occasion, organized by the Swimming Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China and the China Swimming Association, will deliver collectively China’s main swimmers and rising abilities, with 17 Olympic and World Championship medalists confirmed to compete.

Non-Chinese athletes reportedly confirmed to take part up to now embrace the next:

Jack Alexy (USA)
Thomas Ceccon (ITA)
Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
Kate Douglass (USA)
Noe Ponti (SUI)
Regan Smith (USA)
Alex Walsh (USA)
Gretchen Walsh (USA)

That means we might even see some doubtlessly high-octane matchups, together with a males’s 100m freestyle brawl amongst World Record holder Pan Zhanle of the host nation, multi-Olympic medalist Kyle Chalmers of Australia and two-time Olympic relay medalist Jack Alexy of the United States.

We’ll see what 13-year-old Chinese prodigy Yu Zidi can put up towards the likes of Americans Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh within the IM occasions, relying on what the teenager enters.

Bottom line, the affect of international expertise makes this competitors extra of a ‘must-see ‘ occasion as a stepping stone alongside the lengthy path to the 2028 Olympic Games.