Articles by Ben Dornan

Brendon Smith Hits 4:10.04 400 IM Australian Record To Qualify For Tokyo

Smith has booked his ticket to Tokyo by taking out Thomas Fraser-Holmes’ 2013 400 IM Australian record by just 0.10 seconds.

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Emma McKeon Qualifies For Tokyo, Lowers Aussie Record With 55.93 100 Butterfly

The swim for McKeon marks a new Australian record and makes her the 4th fastest swimmer globally in the history of the event.

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Markus Lie Improves Upon His Own Norwegian Record With 49.63 100 Freestyle

Lie lowered his own 100 freestyle national record by just 0.02 seconds on day 1 of the 2021 Bergen Swim Festival in Norway.

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Russian Olympic Training Camp Relocated From Osaka To Vladivostok

The final prep camp ahead of the Olympic Games was intended to be held in Japan but will now take place at home in Russia.

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All The Links, How To Watch 2021 Australian Olympic Trials

Click here to find out how to stay up to date on all the action in Adelaide as Australia’s finest take to the 2021 Olympic Trials.

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NCAA Medalist Robert Howard Retires From Swimming, Won’t Race At Trials

Howard would have been entered in the top 8 in both the 50 and 100 freestyle at the upcoming 2021 US Olympic Trials in Omaha.

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McKenna DeBever And Joaquin Vargas Named To Peruvian Olympic Swim Team

DeBever will race the 200 IM while Vargas will enter in the 400 freestyle for Peru at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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Efimova Hits 2:21.86 200 Breast Season-Best, #6 In The World This Season

This 2:21.86 may be the last 200 breast we see from Efimova this season as she has not qualified to race the event in Tokyo.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Previews: Returners V. Newbies In The Women’s 50 Free

Who will prevail as Manuel and Weitzeil try to make their 2nd Olympic team while Curzan, Huske, and Walsh want to take the spots for themselves?

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Messages From Jacob And Breeja

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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US Olympic Trials Wave I: Watch Day 1 Prelims Race Videos

Check out some of the top race videos from day 1 prelims at the 2021 United States Olympic Trials Wave I in Omaha, Nebraska.

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2021 Chinese Summer Nats Day 3: Chen Yujie Dips Under 25 To Win Women’s 50 Free

While she was just over the FINA A standard of 24.77, Cheng Yujie was the fastest in the field with her 24.90 50 freestyle.

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Anna Elendt Lowers German 50 Breaststroke Record, Second NR This Week

Adding to her 100 breast record from earlier this week, Anna Elendt delivered a 30.67 to become Germany’s fastest-ever 50 breaststroker.

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Kamminga, Milak, And Gonzalez Each Down Meet Records At Mare Nostrum Barcelona

The three men were all a little off their lifetime best times but all managed to clinch gold in meet record-breaking time.

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2021 Chinese Summer Nats Day 5: Sun Jiajun Hits OLY-Qualifying 51.93 100 Fly

Sun Jiajun became the first new addition to China’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic roster at this meet with his 51.93 100 butterfly.

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