Articles by Jared Anderson

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

World record-holders Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel lead events into today’s prelims session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, while Kaylee McKeown chases at WR.

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#Tokyo2020 Mixed Medley Relay: Brutal Lineup Decisions Loom For USA, Australia

Does Caeleb Dressel swim a 100 fly/50 free/mixed medley relay triple? Which of Kaylee McKeown, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell double up for Australia?

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Regan Smith Leads Off Mixed Medley Heat in 57.64, Unofficially #5 Swim All-Time

Regan Smith put up the fifth-fastest 100 backstroke swim of all-time with a 57.64, though it won’t official count for records or rankings.

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Relay Lineups: China & Britain Go All-In, Italy/Canada Gamble on Mixed Medley

Canada left both Maggie MacNeil and Penny Oleksiak off of the mixed medley relay prelims, gambling on the team making the final without them.

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Relay Lineups: Braving Doubles, China Loads Up For Women’s 4×200 Free Relay

Australia will swap out all four legs from prelims, including replacing Mollie O’Callaghan after she set a world junior record leading off the prelims relay.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 5 Finals Preview

Perhaps the race of the Olympics: 2016 Olympic champ Kyle Chalmers takes on 2017/2019 World champ Caeleb Dressel with gold and the world record on the line.

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Why Was Australia’s -0.03 Relay Start Not A DQ? A Rules Deep Dive

Zac Incerti’s relay start registered on official results as a -0.03. We dig into the rules on why that exchange didn’t call for an automatic disqualification.

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Yui Ohashi Reveals 2015 Anemia, 2019 Confidence Struggles Before Olympic Golds

In an interview, double Olympic gold medalist Yui Ohashi revealed two major health struggles that have impacted her career: one physical and one mental.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 4 Finals Preview

After a 1-2 sweep of the 200 free, the British men have a chance to break the first super-suited long course men’s relay world record in the 4×200 free relay.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Two-time defending world champ Caeleb Dressel will take on defending Olympic champ Kyle Chalmers across heats of the 100 free today.

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Tokyo 2020 Day 4 Prelims All-Star: Roman Mityukov, Switzerland

Switzerland’s Roman Mityukov opened up the session swimming 100 free heats and closed it with a leg on a national-record 4×200 free relay.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 3 Finals Preview

It’s a clash of titans in the women’s 100 back final, with former world record-holders Kylie Masse & Regan Smith taking on world record-holder Kaylee McKeown.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Tonight’s four prelims events will feature all four reigning world record-holders, and star Katie Ledecky will swim both the 200 free and 1500 free heats.

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Tokyo 2020 Day 3 Prelims All-Star: Tomoe Hvas Cuts 1.4s From Nat’l Record

Norway’s Tomoe Hvas started his swimming career in Japan, and he’s looking at home in Tokyo with a 1.4-second drop in tonight’s 200 fly.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Australia’s Emma McKeon should swim twice tonight, leading 100 fly semifinals and swimming a leg on Australia’s world-record-hopeful 4×100 free relay.

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