Articles by Annika Johnson

Jovan Lekic and Lana Pudar Break Bosnian National Records at Euro Juniors

Jovan Lekic (left) won silver in the 1500 free final on Thursday, breaking his own Bosnian and Herzegovinian National record from Wednesday by 4 seconds.

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2021 European Junior Championships Day 2 Finals Live Recap

16-year-old David Popovici broke the World Junior record in the 100 free on a relay split Tuesday. He is the top seed in the men’s 100 free semifinal today.

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Scottsdale Aquatic Club Names Andrew Nguyen As New Head Coach

Bellevue Club Swim Team head coach Andrew Nguyen has accepted the head coaching position at Scottsdale Aquatic Club, filling the former role of Kevin Zacher.

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CSCAA Announces 2021 Scholar All-American Individual Awards

Kentucky led all DIvision I women’s teams with 12 first-team selections and Texas led all Division I men’s teams with 14 first team selections.

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2021 European Junior Championships Day 1 Finals Live Recap

World record holder Benedetta Pilato broke the first Championship record of the meet in the 50 breast this morning, cracking her own record from 2019 by .41.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: Veterans Yufei & Flickinger Lead W 200 FL

China’s Yufei holds the fastest women’s 200m fly time in the world this season by .41. She and #2 Flickinger made the 2016 Olympic final but did not medal.

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All The Links You Need For The 2021 European Junior Championships

Check out all the links (SwimSwam previews, results pages, live streams) you need to keep up with the 2021 European Junior Championships starting on Tuesday.

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Swim of the Week: Sarah Sjostrom’s 25.42 50 Meter Fly at Sette Colli

Olympic champion and world record holder Sarah Sjostrom came within .10 of her best 2019 in-season 50 fly time less than 5 months after breaking her elbow.

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International Alumni Grassi, Martinez, and Meynen Highlight Auburn Invite

Class of 2020 grad Santiago Grassi posted a 23.81 50 fly, coming within .16 of his Argentinian National Record from 2019. This was his last meet before Tokyo.

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IPC Announces Refugee Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2020

Alia Issa is the first woman to ever compete on the refugee Paralympic team. Two Para swimmers are on the roster: Ibrahim Al Hussein and Abbas Karimi

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Joseph Perreault Transfers from Virginia Tech to Virginia

Rising junior Joseph Perreault finished higher than the University of Virginia’s highest-placing diver at the 2021 ACC Championships.

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Tokyo Organizers Allow Nursing Athletes to Bring Children to Tokyo

Breastfeeding children of the athletes will be allowed to stay in approved hotels in Tokyo. They will not be allowed in the Olympic and Paralympic village.

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Abeysinghe and Gaffoor of Sri Lanka Nominated for Tokyo Olympics

Sri Lankan National Record holders Matthew Abeysinghe and Aniqah Gaffoor will compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, pending FINA’s approval on July 1st.

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8-Time Ohio Senior Coach of the Year Steve Nye Dies

Steve Nye, the Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio head coach for the past four decades, died on Saturday from pancreatic cancer. Nye joined the team in 1979.

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FINA Plans to Reach 2000 Out-of-Competition Doping Tests Before Tokyo Olympics

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) aims to do more than 2000 out-of-competition tests from January 1, 2021, to the start of the Tokyo Olympics.

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