Articles by Ben Dornan

How To Watch The 2022 Duel In The Pool Between the US and Australia (Swimming)

Find out how to tune into the action as Team USA and Team Australia go head to head in Sydney, Australia for the 2022 Duel in the Pool.

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2022 European Championships: Day 7 Finals Preview

Check in here to get ready for the 14th and final session of racing at the 2022 European Swimming Championships in Rome.

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David Popovici Scratches 400 Freestyle Final On Final Day Of Euros

After swimming a 3:47.99 PB for 4th seed in prelims, David Popovici will forgo the 400 freestyle final on day 7 of Euros.

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Meilutyte Hits 29.44 50 Breast Lithuanian Record, #4 Swim In History

During semi-finals, Ruta Meilutyte posted the 4th-fastest 50 breast in history and got within 0.14 seconds of Benedetta Pilato’s world record.

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Day 1 Euros Scratches: Top Seeds Proud And Hopkin Drop 50 Fly And 100 Free

Two of Great Britain’s top seeds in events on day 1 of Euro’s, Ben Proud and Anna Hopkin, have pulled out of their races on the opening day of the meet.

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SwimSwam’s 2022 Commonwealth Games Fantasy Draft

Check out SwimSwam’s 2022 Commonwealth Games Fantasy Draft where we each drafted a team of 8 swimmers that we think will score big in Birmingham.

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Popovici Hits Comfortable 1:48.75 200 Freestyle To Open 2022 European Juniors

David Popovici has been as fast as a 1:43.21 in the 200 freestyle, but this 1:48.75 will get him into the semi-finals in first place.

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French Olympian Jordan Pothain Announces Retirement From Swimming

2016 and 2021 Olympian Jordan Pothain announced his retirement after competing at the 2022 World Swimming Championships.

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Sarah Rodrigues Breaks Through With 2:13.89 200 Back At Jeffrey Mace Summer Sizzle

Rodrigues swam a 2:13.99 in the 200 backstroke to nearly out-swim Stanford commit Natalie Mannion who won the event in a 2:13.89.

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The Results Are In: Find Out Who Won SwimSwam’s 2022 World Champs Fantasy Draft

Find out whether Braden, Retta, Coleman, or Ben scored the most points in the fantasy draft (spoiler alert: it wasn’t Ben).

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2022 Swammy Awards: World Championships — Men’s Edition

Find out which men from Budapest 2022 we designated as Swimmer of the Meet, Breakout Swimmer of the Meet, Junior of the meet, and more.

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Ranking The Top 15 Men Of The 2022 World Championships

In the wake of 8 days of fast racing, check out our rankings of the top 15 from the 2022 World Championships in Budapest.

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Americans And Oleksiak Break All-Time Medal Records (Day 8 North America Recap)

The Americans won the most medals by a nation at any World Championships in history and Oleksiak became the most decorated Canadian World Champs swimmer.

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Van Niekerk Wins Africa’s Sole Medal Of 2022 World Champs (Day 8 Africa Recap)

Lara van Niekerk of South Africa was the only swimmer from an African country to land on the podium at these World Championships.

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2022 Golden Goggles Will Take Place On November 21 In New York City

USA Swimming’s annual awards ceremony, the 2022 Golden Goggles Awards will take place in New York City on November 21, 2022.

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