Articles by Braden Keith

Thomas Bach Delivers Closing Ceremony Speech at #Tokyo2020 Olympic Games

Sunday saw the official closing of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games inside of the Japan National Stadium as duties were handed off to Paris 2024 organizers.

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Michigan Swimming & Diving Finalizes 2021-2022 Coaching Staff

The Michigan Wolverines will welcome 3 new faces to their coaching staff next season, while diving graduate assistant Michael Hixon returns for a 2nd season.

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MacFarlane: Klete Keller, Prosecutors Close to Plea Deal for Jan. 6 Involvement

A reporter in Washington, D.C. says that prosecutors have made a plea deal with Klete Keller and that they expect him to accept.

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Hugo Gonzalez Among Spanish Olympians Racing at Spanish Open This Week

Almost half of Spain’s Olympic swimming team returned home in time to race at the first two days of competition at the Spanish Open & Junior Championships

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Best Case, and Worst Case, Scenarios for Pending Reckoning of College Athletics

The decisions will be made based on the images above. But that doesn’t mean that other sports, like swimming, won’t be impacted.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Open Water Races Begin Wednesday Morning

By the nature of open water swimming, it’s hard to predict who winners will be. But, it sure does make for thrilling finishes.

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Levelled Up: McKeon and Dressel Earn “Legend” Status After #Tokyo2020 Results

Emma McKeon now has more Olympic medals than Katie Ledecky or Ian Thorpe. That earns her standing in the “legends” club of swimming.

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Texas A&M Hires Caroline Maxvill As New Assistant Swim Coach

Caroline Maxvill will join the coaching staff at Texas A&M University, where she was a member of the varsity team a decade ago.

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NCAA Publishes Division I 2021-2022 National Championship Standards

The Virginia women (above) won the first of what could be many consecutive NCAA Championships last season at the Greensboro Aquatics Center.

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Team USA Has 2 Obvious Choices for Paris 2024 Olympic Head Coaches

Four Todd Desorbo-coached swimmers made Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and each of those swimmers is coming home with a medal.

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Evaluating Team USA’s Performance in Swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

An American gold medal and World Record in the final men’s 400 medley relay helped heal a lot of wounds from earlier in the meet.

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Florent Manaudou Says He Hopes to Race Until Home-Nation Paris 2024 Olympics

Florent Manaudou, a three-time Olympic medalist in the 50 free, says that he will give Paris 2024 a shot with the desire to swim in his home nation.

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Last One Fast One: Full #Tokyo2020 Men’s 400 Medley Relay Lineups Revealed

Ryan Murphy (on deck) and Caeleb Dressel (in the water) will swim legs on the men’s 400 medley relay in finals. But who will the US use on the breaststroke leg?

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Women’s 400 Medley Relay Final: Big Changes and Momentum in Play on Sunday

Kylie Masse will join the top-seeded Canadian medley relay in finals, giving them a big backstroke boost as they try to hold off the U.S. and Australia.

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Kaylee McKeown Is Australia’s First Olympic Women’s Backstroke Gold Medalist

In Australia’s long Olympic history, they had never won an Olympic gold medal in a women’s backstroke vent – until this week in Tokyo.

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