Articles by Ben Dornan

McKee To Return, Jorunnardottir To Debut For Iceland At Tokyo 2020

McKee will be hoping to improve upon his prelim finishes at Rio 2016 while Jorunnardottir will get her first shot at Olympic success.

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DC Trident Add Camden Murphy, Mark Nikolaev, Bella Hindley To 2021 Roster

The 3-swimmer addition makes DC Trident the second team to announce post-draft signees for their 2021 roster after the Cali Condors.

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US Olympian Kathleen Baker Announces Engagement To US Marine Sean Dowling

The 2016 Olympian and former 100 backstroke world record announced her engagement to the former Vanderbilt football player via Instagram.

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Rapsys, Sidlauskas, Titenis, And Teterevkova Head Lithuanian Olympic Squad

Rapsys will be looking for redemption following his 200 free DQ and his 4th place finish in the 400 free at 2019 Worlds.

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Felix Auboeck And 6 Olympic Debutants To Race For Austria In Tokyo

While Felix Auboeck raced for Austria at the Olympics 2016, the rest of this year’s roster will be making their first appearances in Tokyo.

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Giaan Rooney Hands Over Australian Olympic Commentating Duties to Leisel Jones

Rooney shared via social media that Leisel Jones will take over her commentating duties for Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

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USA Tennis Star Coco Gauff Withdraws From Tokyo After Positive COVID-19 Test

Gauff was set to make her Olympic debut in Tokyo but has become the most recent withdrawal from the Games due to a positive COVID-19 test.

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Siobhan Haughey To Swim 50/100/200 Freestyle Triple At Tokyo 2020

Haughey is on quite a hot streak this year and recently lowered the Hong Kong records in all 3 of the events that she’s racing in Tokyo.

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Euros Gold Medalist Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Heads 5-Strong Finnish Olympic Roster

Liukkonen is set to race at his 3rd straight Olympic Games just weeks after his breakthrough gold medal-winning 50 free at 2020 Euros.

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Cali Condors Pick Up Tom Peribonio, Marie Pietruschka, And Anastasiia Sorokina

The additions of Peribonio, Pietruschka, and Sorokina bring Cali Condors’ roster up to 33 swimmers for the 2021 ISL season.

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2016 Olympians Holub and Santos Among 7-Strong Portuguese Roster For Tokyo 2020

National record holder Alexis Santos will have a shot at improving upon his 12th place finish in the men’s 200 IM at the Rio 2016 Games.

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14-Year-Old Teagan O’Dell Hits 2:15 200 IM At Southern California Invite

O’Dell posted 2:15.53 for gold in the women’s 200 IM which makes her the quickest 13-14 year old in the country this season.

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3-Time Canadian Olympian Katerine Savard Added To Cali Condors Roster

3 time Olympian Katerine Savard is the 3rd post-draft addition to the Cali Condors and will bring the team’s roster up to 30 swimmers.

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IOC Announces Updated Provisions For Contactless Medal Presentations

The IOC has released another set of protocols for the Tokyo 2020 Games in response to continually rising COVID-19 case numbers in Japan.

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