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Maggie MacNeil Continues Pan Am Gold Rush With 100 Free Games Record In 53.64

In winning her third gold medal in as many nights, MacNeil breaks Chantal van Landeghem’s Games Record from 2015 while lowering her own personal best time.

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Gold Coast Mayor Attempting To Save 2026 Commonwealth Games

Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate envisions a scaled down” version of the Games that would make it financially viable after Victoria withdrew as hosts.

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Kaylee McKeown Blasts New World Record In Women’s 50 Backstroke – 26.86

McKeown now owns the world records in all three women’s backstroke (LCM) events, with her 26.86 swim on Friday chopping .12 off the previous mark from 2018.

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Siobhan Haughey Fires Off 24.30 50 Free To Reset Hong Kong National Record

Haughey rocketed to a time of 24.30, knocking coff her newly-minted mark of 24.34 set at last month’s Asian Games where she was the silver medalist.

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Zhang Yufei Completes Women’s 200 Fly Sweep With 2:05.65 World Cup Record

Zhang extinguished Cammile Adam’s eight-year-old World Cup Record en route to completing the Triple Crown in the women’s 200 fly in Budapest.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 45.4% Think Men’s 100 Breast Is Most Wide Open NCAA Event

Cal’s Liam Bell is among the title contenders in the men’s 100 breast following the graduation of three-time champion Max McHugh.

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arena Swim of the Week: Matt Sates Closes Impressive Double With Fractured Wrist

Sates won the 200 fly in a lifetime best of 1:55.44 less than 40 minutes after he topped the field in the 200 IM, doing so with a fractured wrist no less.

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Tes Schouten Slices Tenth Off Dutch Record In Women’s 200 Breast To Complete Triple Crown

Schouten’s time of 2:21.52 dipped under her Dutch Record of 2:21.63 from the World Championships and also dismantled her World Cup Record from Berlin.

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2023 World Cup – Budapest: Noe Ponti Arrives With 51.34 100 Fly Prelim

Ponti’s time is less than three-tenths shy of his season-best, and is also quicker than what was required to win the first two legs in Berlin and Athens.

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Why Was Flag Football Added To The Olympics? It’s The Future, Says LA28 Sports Director

The sport, although not as wildly-popular as the full-contact version, opens the door for mass participation without the same risk of serious injury.

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WADA Says Russian Anti-Doping Agency Still Not Compliant

RUSADA disputes the new sanctions and the matter will now be taken up with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

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2023 U.S. Open In Greensboro Reaches Entry Cap In Under Three Hours

The U.S. Open’s entry cap of “approximately” 800 swimmers was reached within two and a half hours, leaving club coaches searching for a new year-end meet.

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Leaked Report Shows Swimming Australia Covered Up Investigation’s Misogynistic Findings

The full investigation conducted nearly two years ago into Swimming Australia’s treatment of women and girls has been revealed and the findings are harrowing.

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Single-Day Tickets Now On Sale For 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials

Single-day seats are now available for USA Swimming members and will open to the public next week.

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Purdue Women Power Past Notre Dame; Fighting Irish Top Boilermakers In Men’s Meet

Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano won the 50 (19.64) and 100 freestyle (42.86) to lead the Irish men to a decisive 177-123 victory.

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