Articles by Ben Dornan

Watch Regan Smith And Lilly King Make Statements In 100 Back/Breast Semi-Finals

Check out race videos from night 2 of the 2021 US Olympic Trials including Regan Smith’s dominant 100 backstroke and Lilly King’s sub-1:05 100 breast.

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Watch Katie Ledecky, Michael Andrew, And Torri Huske Qualify For Tokyo 2020

Check out all the action from the 3 Olympic-qualifying races on night 2 of the 2021 US Olympic Swimming Trials – Wave II.

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Gough Delivers 15:46.13 Australian Record In 1500, #8 Performer All-Time

Gough is one of Australia’s newest Olympic qualifiers for 2021 and added her name to the team in Australian record fashion.

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Stubblety-Cook Scorches 2:06.28 200 Breast Aussie Record, 0.16 Off Chupkov’s WR

Stubblety-Cook has booked a spot on his first-ever Olympic squad by swimming under the Australian record in the 200 breast.

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4 Storylines To Follow At The 2021 French Elite Championships

2021 French Elite Swimming Championships Tuesday, June 15 – Sunday, June 20, 2021 Chartres, France Long Course Meters (50M) Olympic…

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Seebohm Goes From McKeown’s Idol To Her Teammate

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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French Championships Entries: Brouard And Tomac Set For 100 Backstroke Battle

Both swimmers have been under the qualification cut and will both be trying to qualify for their first-ever Olympic squads this week.

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Nicholas Lia Hits 22.27 Norwegian Record In 50 Freestyle, Just Misses FINA A

Lia snagged the record from Niksja Stojkovski who was actually swimming in the same heat and hit a 22.64 to take the silver medal.

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Federica Pellegrini Announces She Will Compete In, Retire After ISL Season 3

As one of the world’s most decorated swimmers, Federica Pellegrini has announced that she will be retiring after the 2021 ISL season.

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Top 4 Women At Aussie Trials Deliver Sub-WR Add-Up In 200 Free Final

The Australian women just keep getting faster in the 200 freestyle and have but their own 4×200 freestyle relay second in serious jeopardy.

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Ariarne Titmus Scares Pellegrini’s 200 Free WR With 1:53.09 Aussie Record

Ariarne Titmus has qualified for a second Olympic event and got within inches of Federica Pellegrini’s 2009 200 freestyle world record of 1:53.98.

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Nic Fink Hits 58.50 100 Breast: #2 All-Time American, 5th Worldwide This Season

Fink is now the second-ranked American man behind Michael Andrew in the event and the 5th fastest man in the world this season.

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US Men Find Answer To Medley Relay Hole In Michael Andrew’s 58.19 100 Breast

Could this be what the American men needed in order to secure gold in the 4×100 medley or do the British still have the upperhand?

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Tomoe Hvas Hits 1:59.44 200 IM At Bergen Swim Festival To Crack FINA A

Tomoe Hvas looks to have added his name to the 2021 Norwegian Olympic roster with his 1:59.44 gold-medal-winning 200 IM.

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Watch: Lilly King Says She Fears That There Will Be ‘Cheats’ In Tokyo

2016 Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Lilly King discussed her anti-doping stance in a pre-Trials press conference in Omaha.

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