Articles by Ben Dornan

Pilato Begins European Juniors With 29.75 50 Breast, New Championships Record

The swim for Pilato was the fastest in the field while still trailing her own world record in the event of 29.30 from earlier this year.

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Murphy, Dressel, Schmitt & Manuel Named 2020 USA Olympic Swimming Captains

Allison Schmitt will serve as a U.S. team captain for the second Olympics in a row, while Ryan Murphy, Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel will be first-timers.

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Jarod Arroyo And Miriam Sheehan Selected To Represent Puerto Rico At Tokyo 2020

Arroyo will race the men’s 200 and 400 IM for Puerto Rico while Sheehan will swim the women’s 100 freestyle at the Tokyo Games.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: The Olympic Race That Took Place In The Seine River

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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Amro Al-Wir Rounds Out Jordan’s Largest Olympic Swimming Roster In History

Jordan has sent 2 swimmers to the last 7 Olympic Games but Al-Wir’s addition to the Tokyo 2020 squad brings them up to 3 for this year’s Games.

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Bahamas Aquatics Selects Joanna Evans And Izaak Bastian For Tokyo 2020

Evans will race the 400 freestyle at her 2nd Olympic Games will Bastian will make his debut in Tokyo with the 100 breaststroke.

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Benedetta Pilato To Race At European Junior Champs Weeks Before Tokyo

Newly minted world record holder Benedetta Pilato will race at home in Rome for one final tune-up meet before the Tokyo Games.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Is Brent Hayden Canada’s Next 2-Sport Olympian?

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: 3 World Record-Holders in W 100 Back

Your race is as good as ours for who will get their hand on the wall first in what’s bound to be one of the most competitive races in Olympic history.

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More US Trials Awards: The Most Improved Olympians At Omaha 2021

Kate Douglass, Erika Brown, Patrick Callan, Natalie Hinds, Rhyan White, and Bryce Mefford came back for redemption in 2021, improving upon their 2016 swims.

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Ingeborg Løyning Notches 1:00.00 100 Back Norwegian Record

Løyning is now as close as can be to breaking the 1-minute barrier in the event with her second Norwegian record this year in the 100 back.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Class A Tweeter Erica Sullivan Shoots Her Shot

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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Settecolli Day 1: Watch Pellegrini, Milak, Fratus, Ceccon, Quadarella Win Gold

Check out race videos featuring some of your favorite swimming stars on day 1 of the 2021 Settecolli Trophy in Rome, Italy.

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Advait Page And Srihari Nataraj Take Out 1500 Free, 100 Back Indian Records

Page lowered the 1500 free record while racing in Mission Viejo and Nataraj took out the 100 backstroke at the Settecolli trophy in Rome.

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Watch Martinenghi And Castiglioni Break Back-To-Back Italian 100 Breast Records

Watch Nicolo Martinenghi and Arianna Castiglioni deliver back-to-back Italian records in the men’s and women’s 100 breaststrokes.

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