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Pan Zhanle On Historic Paris Performances: “I Finally Proved Myself”

19-year-old Pan Zhanle crushed a new world record time of 46.40 as he beat a world-class field by a body length and claimed 100m freestyle gold in Paris.

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Australia’s Most Decorated Olympian Emma McKeon Announces Retirement

Australia’s most decorated Olympian, 30-year-old Emma McKeon, has decided to hang up her goggles and enter the new chapter of life.

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A Final Look At Winning Russian Cup Times Against Those In Paris

With swimming action at the 2024 Olympic Games now finished let’s take a final comparison between Paris and last month’s Russian Cup.

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Paris 2024, Asia Recap Day 9: Zhang Yufei Finishes With 6 Medals For China

26-year-old Zhang Yufei captured her 5th and 6th medals of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games to finish off an impressive campaign.

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Ariarne Titmus Clocks New Aussie, Oceanian Records For 800 Free Silver

Ariarne Titmus of Australia earned the silver in the women’s 800m free to go with her 400m free gold and 200m free silver here in Paris.

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Update: Empty Lane In Olympic Final As Aussie Ella Ramsay Out Of 200 IM Final Due To Illness

Ella Ramsay of Australia is reportedly out of tonight’s women’s 200m IM final due to illness, which most likely bumps Anastasia Gorbenko into the race.

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Nyls Korstanje Hits Dutch 100 Fly Record En Route To Capturing Fourth Seed

Nyls Korstanje of the Netherlands notched a new national record en route to snagging the 4th seed in tonight’s men’s 100m butterfly.

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Frenchman Manaudou Becomes First Man Ever To Medal In 50 Free At Four Consecutive Olympics

33-year-old Florent Manaudou raced his way to bronze in the men’s 50m free in front of the French crowd, his 4th consecutive Olympic medal.

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South Africa’s Chad Le Clos Misses 100 Fly Semi But Doesn’t Rule Out LA 2028

32-year-old Chad Le Clos missed making the semi-finals of the men’s 100m butterfly today in Paris but isn’t giving up on his career.

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Aussie Multi-Medalist Kyle Chalmers Says His Olympic Career Not Yet Over

Olympic silver medalist from the 2024 Games, 26-year-old speedster Kyle Chalmers of Australia says his career is far from over.

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Paris 2024, Asia Recap Day 6: 33-Yr-Old Satomi Suzuki Makes Japanese History

Finalist in tonight’s women’s 200m breaststroke, 33-year-old Satomi Suzuki of Japan is the nation’s oldest Olympic swimmer.

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Olympic Medalist Zac Stubblety-Cook Of Australia Reveals COVID & Injury

Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia took silver in the men’s 200m breaststroke on night 5 of the Olympic Games but it wasn’t an easy path to get there.

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Paris, 2024 Asia Recap Day 5: Pan Zhanle Becomes China’s First-Ever 100 Free Olympic Champion

19-year-old Pan Zanle of China made history in more ways than one on night 5 of swimming action at the 2024 Olympic Games.

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Noe Ponti Matches 1:54.14 Swiss Record From Olympic 200 Fly Semi

23-year-old Noe Ponti of Switzerland rocked a new national record in last night’s semi-final of the men’s 200m fly and matched it again in the final.

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Comparing Winning Russian Times To Those Of Olympics With Cash At Stake

Russian swimmers who won domestic events last week have a chance at some cold hard cash if they wind up outperforming their Olympic counterparts.

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