Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Justin Ress Describes Emotions After DQ Overturn as “20 More Minutes of Shock”

Ress touched first at the wall but was originally disqualified. The medal ceremony occurred but after the ceremony it was announced that the DQ was overturned

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2021 NCAA B Finalist Sophie Housey Announces Transfer to Texas A&M

Housey finished 14th in the 200 freestyle at the 2021 NCAA Championships but only competed in 3 meets for Michigan this past season.

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Ben Proud on Gold “This day was simply amazing”- Day 7 Flash Quotes

Ben Proud of Great Britain won gold in the men’s 50 freestyle on night 7 of the 2022 World Championships swimming a time of 21.32.

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Canadian Men’s Water Polo Withdraws from Worlds due to COVID-19 Cases

Canada had two games forfeited already, one against Italy and one against South Africa. With the withdrawal, South Africa will move onto the playoff round.

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2022 NCAA Runner-Up Isabel Ivey of Cal Enters Transfer Portal

Ivey was Cal’s highest individual scorer at both the 2022 Pac-12 and NCAA Championships and was highlighted by a runner-up finish in the 200 free at NCAAs.

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Polish, Greek, and Italian National Records go Down in Men’s 50 Backstroke Semis

Thomas Ceccon re-broke the Italian National Record in the men’s LCM 50 backstroke after originally breaking it in prelims.

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Ukraine’s Mykyta Terentiev Swims 22.56 LCM; 21.91 SCM 50 Free in Spain

Terentiev moved to Spain in February as war broke out in Ukraine. He has since gone the fastest 50 SCM and LCM times for boys born in 2005 in the world.

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Gretchen Walsh Swims 1:00.64 100 Back in North Carolina Club Meet

Rising Virginia sophomore Gretchen Walsh swam season-best times in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke this past weekend down in Greensboro.

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Arno Kamminga Scratches 200 Breaststroke Semi-Final due to Illness

Kamminga was the 10th seed heading into the finals. He won the silver medal in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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2022 Worlds: Day 5 Scratches, Great Britain Drops Women’s 4×200 Free Relay

After finishing fourth in the individual 200 freestyle yesterday, Freya Anderson and the Great Britain 4×200 freestyle relay has scratched.

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Bentley’s Emily Sweet Finalist for Honda Inspiration Award, Appeared on CBS Show

Sweet was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in January 2021, received chemotherapy until August 2021, and had a stem cell procedure in March 2022.

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Bobby Finke tells Himself to “Settle through the Pain” on last 50 of 800 Free

Finke won the gold medal in the 800 freestyle after coming home in a 25.93 on the last 50. That was the fastest last 50 of the field by almost a full second.

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Australia’s Lani Pallister Speaks on Rebound after 4th in 400 Free by 0.08

Pallister earned a bronze medal in the 1500 freestyle making it her first senior international medal. She also swam a best time by six seconds in the process.

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Ledecky: Sharing Moment With Grimes Is “Really Special” After 1-2 In 1500 Free

Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes went 1-2 in the Women’s 1500 freestyle tonight. Ledecky was faster than she was in Tokyo and Grimes set a new personal best.

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IOC Announces 44 Paris 2024 Refugee Athlete Scholarships in Initial Listing

The IOC has announced at least 44 athletes in their initial list for the Paris Refugee Scholarship in preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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