Articles by Ben Dornan

Kregor Zirk and Eneli Jefimova To Make Olympic Debuts For Estonia In Tokyo

Zirk and Jefimova will be swimming at their first-ever Olympic Games while teammate Martin Allikvee will make his second appearance for Estonia.

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Shymanovich, Shkurdai, And Zmushka Set To Race For Belarus At Tokyo 2020

Ilya Shymanovich will be fighting to reach the 100 breast podium in Tokyo as he attempts to become Belarus’ second-ever Olympic swimming medalist.

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Merve Tuncel Leads Turkish Olympic Entries With 400/800/1500 Freestyle Triple

Tuncel will lead the country into the Games fresh off a triple gold medal haul at the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships.

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Sebastian, Pigniatiello, Bardach, And Grassi Make Up 2020 Argentine OLY Squad

Sebastien, Bardach, and Grassi will be repping Argentine at their second straight debut while Pignatiello will make her Olympic debut.

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Belmonte To Swim 400 IM, 800/1500 Free In Tokyo, Won’t Defend 200 Fly Title

The Spanish Olympic Champion won’t race the 200 butterfly in Tokyo which is the event that she won gold in back in 2016.

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Emily Santos and Tyler Christianson To Represent Panama At Tokyo 2020

Santos will race the women’s 100 breaststroke and Christianson is entered to race both the men’s 200 breaststroke and 200 IM.

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Taylor Ruck Drops 100 Free at Olympics; Sanchez Takes Spot

With Ruck out of the 100 freestyle, there will be 3 women from the 2019 World Championships final absent from the event in Tokyo.

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Krystal Lara And Josue Dominguez To Represent Dominican Republic In Tokyo

Northwestern graduate Lara and current BYU swimmer Dominguez will make their Olympic debuts this summer at the Tokyo Games.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Lili Ibanez Says What We Were All Thinking

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: No Room For Error In Women’s 50 Freestyle

With less than half a minute between the beginning and the end, it truly is anybody’s race in Tokyo in the women’s 50 freestyle.

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Merve Tuncel Hits Euro Jrs Championships Record During 1500 Prelims – 16:10.28

Tuncel will be looking to collect a second gold medal during the 1500 freestyle final, adding to her 800 freestyle victory on day 1.

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Venezuela’s Alberto And Alfonso Mestre To Continue Family Legacy At Tokyo Games

Alberto Mestre Jr. and brother Alfonso will represent Venezuela at the Tokyo Games 35 years after their father swam in 2 Olympic finals.

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Popovici Continues 100 Free Rampage With 47.30 WJR, #1 Worldwide This Season

After bringing the world junior record to a 47.56 on day 1 of the European Junior Championships, David Popovici has done it again with a 47.30.

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Turkey Picks Up 3 Medals On Day 3 Of Euro Jrs, Russia Retains Medal Lead

Turkey got a little bit closer to closing the gap between themselves on Turkey with their 3 medal haul on day 3 of European Juniors.

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200 Free European Champion Barbora Seemanova Headlines Czech Olympic Roster

Seemanova will race the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles in Tokyo as one of 8 swimmers named to the 2020 Czech Olympic squad.

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