Articles by Braden Keith

How Much Faster Did the 2025 NCAA D1 Swimming & Diving Championship Cuts Get?

With the loss of most of their stars, Arizona State sophomore Ilya Kharun will be the Sun Devils’ top returning performer after winning a pair of Olympic medals in Paris.

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NCAA Releases the 2025 D1 Swimming & Diving Qualification Standards

Alex Walsh returns to Virginia next season for her 5th year of eligibility with the chance to win a 5th-straight NCAA team title.

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Open Water Swimmers Take to the Seine on Wednesday after Tuesday’s Training Cancellation

A day after cancelling a Seine training session because of deteriorating water quality, about half of the expected field for the open water…

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World Aquatics Cancels Seine Training Session; More Triathletes Register GI Illnesses

Multiple triathletes are sick after training in the Seine, though in some cases their medical staffs are stopping short of confirming the water quality as the reason.

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At Least 7 Australian Swimmers Tested Positive for COVID-19 at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Zac Stubblety-Cook tested positive for COVID-19 four days before winning silver in the men’s 200 breaststroke at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Swimming Disqualifications Down at Paris Olympics After a Rough Few Years

There were only 9 disqualifications at the Paris 2024 Olympics following a pair of DQ-heavy World Championships in 2022 and 2023.

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SwimSwam Awards: 2024 Paris Olympic Games (Women’s Swimming Edition)

Summer McIntosh’s Olympic performance in Paris was the best by a junior swimmer since at least Missy Franklin at the 2012 Olympics in London.

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125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

China’s Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals.

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My Top 17 Favorite Moments From Swimming at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

15 years after her international breakthrough, Sarah Sjostrom is STILL one of the best swimmers in the world. Paris was for her legacy.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Thomas Ceccon Goes Viral for Napping in the Park

In a scene straight out of Seurat, Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon has gone viral after being spotted napping in the park inside the grounds of the Olympic village by Saudi rower Husein Alireza.

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Leon Marchand Misses Early Morning Drug Test At the Olympics After Testers Make an Error

In spite of being tested less than 6 hours earlier, testing agents arrived at the Olympic Village looking for Marchand at 5:45 AM on Monday, but…

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We’re Talking ‘Bout Prelims Relays? Did Extra Swims Cost US Individual Medals?

Caeleb Dressel had a tough double in finals on Friday, but his day perhaps began earlier than it needed to with a prelims mixed medley relay swim.

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Sporting Globalism: What Do Simone Biles and Leon Marchand Have in Common?

While one of France’s best Leon Marchand is trained by American coach Bob Bowman, America’s top gymnast Simone Biles relies on a French coreographer.

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UCLA Adds Zac Gebhardt (UCSD) to Swimming Coaching Staff

After five seasons at UCSD, Zac Gebhardt will join the coaching staff at UCLA next fall.

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Yes, Swim Times Are Slow in Paris, But We Can Still Enjoy the Battles, the Stories, the Drama

Pan Zhanle’s World Record on Wednesday evening in Paris was the exception, not the rule, for the general pace of these Olympic Games.

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