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Alberto Razzetti Snares Italian Record In 200 Fly At ISL Match 7

Razzetti blasted a time of 1:51.20 to chop nearly eight-tenths off the previous Italian mark set by Federico Burdisso in March.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Fans Have Appetite For Phelps In 200 Back, Dressel In 200 Free

31 percent selected a Michael Phelps 200 back as the hypothetical race they wanted to see, though there’s also an appetite for a Caeleb Dressel 200 free.

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Swim of the Week: Louise Hansson Takes Game To Next Level With 55.2 SCM 100 Fly

Hansson has been a star for the Toronto Titans this season, and her 55.26 swim in the 100 fly made her the seventh-fastest performer in history.

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Etiene Medeiros Undergoes ACL Surgery After Racing Olympics Injured

Medeiros tore her ACL while in Rome prior to the Olympics, and received medical clearance to compete in Tokyo despite the injury.

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Ranking The 2021 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #13-16

UNC recruit Katie Rauch (pictured) headlines the Tar Heel class with her outstanding versatility on backstroke and freestyle.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 9/17/2021

15-year-old Tawannah McLemore engineered a half-second drop in the women’s 50-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 23.72 in Coral Springs, Florida.

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Ghana Swimming Federation’s Farida Iddriss Appointed To FINA Reform Committee

Iddriss is a member of the African Swimming Confederation (CANA) board and was named the administrative manager of the Ghana Olympic Committee in May.

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SIU Swim & Dive Head Coach Geoff Hanson Under Investigation For Alleged Abuse

Hanson is under investigation and Athletic Director Liz Jarnigan was fired after two athletes alleged that Hanson had emotionally and sexually abused them.

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Ranking The 2021 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: Honorable Mentions

Northwestern’s Ashley Strouse is capable of coming in and scoring at the NCAA level right away with elite best times in the freestyle events.

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WADA Advisory Group To Review Cannabis’ Status As A Banned Substance

The question of whether or not cannabis belongs on the banned substance list will be reviewed next year by an advisory group to the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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WADA Declares Eight Anti-Doping Organizations Non-Compliant

The national agencies from Montenegro, Romania, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia and the German Community of Belgium were among those declared non-compliant.

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Caeleb Dressel To Sit Out Remainder of ISL Regular Season

After pulling out of the second day of competition during Match 6, Dressel will sit out for the rest of the regular season and gear up for the playoffs.

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World Championship Finalist Alexander Norgaard To Join NC State In January 2022

Norgaard was a 2019 World Championship finalist in the men’s 1500 freestyle, setting a Danish Record in the prelims in a time of 14:47.75.

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Darian Townsend Named New Head Coach & CEO of Phoenix Swim Club

The 2004 Olympic gold medalist will take over at PSC after longtime head coach Garrett McCaffrey stepped down in April.

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Ranking The 2021 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4

David Curtiss is one of a handful of high-impact recruits set to join the NC State Wolfpack in the 2021-22 season.

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