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2022 Short Course World Champs Picks and Previews: Men’s Freestyle Relays

The Italians are primed to defend the world title in the men’s 200 free relay and are also favored to claim the 400 free crown after taking second last year.

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How To Watch The 2022 Short Course World Championships

Find out when and where you can watch all 16 sessions from the 2022 Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

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IOC President Thomas Bach Wants Russian, Belarusian Athletes At Paris 2024

The IOC has changed its tone regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

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Li Bingjie Reportedly Scratching 400 Free At Short Course Worlds, Remains On Heat Sheet

The defending champion and world record holder reportedly came down with a fever and is expected to sit out of the women’s 400 free.

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All Child Abuse Charges Against Australian Swim Instructor Dropped

Kyle Daniels was previously charged with sexually touching nine young girls while working as a swim instructor in a suburb of Sydney in 2018 and 2019.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 42.6% Say Men’s 200 IM (SCY) Has Taken Biggest Leap In Last Decade

After 1:40 was broken for the first time in the 200 IM in 2015, the 2022 NCAA Championships saw a swimmer produce that time out of the ‘B’ final.

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2022 Winter Juniors – East: Daniel Diehl Scratches 200 Free ‘A’ Final On Day 3

Diehl will shift his focus to the ‘A’ final of the 100 back, where he qualified fourth overall in a new best time of 46.40.

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2022 Winter Juniors – West: Three Swimmers Scratch Bonus Finals On Friday Night

Coronado’s Samuel Quarles has dropped the ‘C’ final of the boys’ 100 fly on Day 3 in Austin, keying in on the ‘B’ final in the 200 free.

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Alex Shackell Continues Surge, Hits 50.97 100 Fly To Move To #2 In 15-16 Age Group

Shackell’s time makes her just the second swimmer in the girls’ 15-16 age group under 51 seconds.

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arena Swim of the Week: Aleksas Savickas Hits Big PB To Win 200 Breast At U.S. Open

Savickas used a scintillating opening 100 meters to take out Chase Kalisz and win the 200 breast at the U.S. Open in a massive best time of 2:09.68.

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Mikayla Tan Breaks Girls’ 11-12 National Age Group Record In 100 Breast – 1:02.61

Tan now owns the National Age Group Record for 11-12 girls in both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, having set the 200 mark in May.

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Charlotte Crush Jumps To #4 All-Time In 13-14 Age Group With 51.28 100 Back

Crush, the fastest 13-year-old in the event’s history, is now within a quarter of a second of the girls’ 13-14 National Age Group Record in the 100 back.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 12/9/2022

While many of the country’s best have been dropping blistering swims at Winter Juniors, other age groupers made waves last weekend as well.

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Faster Than Ledecky At 16: Summer McIntosh Drops 4:27.52 500 Free, #2 All-Time

McIntosh’s time makes her the second-fastest performer in history and more than a second quicker than Katie Ledecky’s 15-16 U.S. National Age Group Record.

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2022 World Champion, Current Florida Senior Trey Freeman Announces Retirement

Freeman, 22, announced his retirement on Thursday in the midst of his senior season at the University of Florida.

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