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Danielle Hill Breaks Irish Record En Route To Qualifying For Tokyo

Just a handful of top Irish swimmers are competing in Dublin this week for a last-chance Olympic qualifying opportunity, including Danielle Hill.

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Watch Dressel Critique Famous Movie Swimming Scenes

Take a listen to how world record holder Caeleb Dressel critiques famous movie swimming scenes while also spreading some technique wisdom.

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Olympic Champion Paltrinieri Has Mono, Bows Out Of Sette Colli

Reigning 1500m freestyle Olympic champion Gregorio Paltrinieri is suffering from mononucleosis just one month out from this year’s Games in Tokyo.

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Sun Yang’s Ban Reduced To Four Years & 3 Months, Still Out Of Tokyo Olympics

Chinese Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang will not be in Tokyo to defend his 200m free title despite his ban having been reduced from eight to four years.

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Le Clos Posts Season-Best 100 Fly At Budapest Open

Chad Le Clos of South Africa joined his pal Katinka Hosszu in her native Hungary, competing at the Budapest Open over the weekend.

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Cseh Named To Hungary’s Roster For 5th Olympic Games

Laszlo Cseh is giving it one more go, as the 35-year-old Hungarian swimming icon has qualified for his 5th Olympic Games.

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16-Yr-Old David Popovici Rips 1:46.15 200 Free At Romanian Nats

Romania’s David Popovici impressed in yet another swim, this time firing off a monster personal best of 1:46.15 in the 200m freestyle.

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GBR’s Pardoe Snags Olympic Open Water Spot, Mellouli Qualifies For 6th Games

With his 10th place 10k open water finish in Portugal tonight, 37-year-old Ous Mellouli of Tunisia qualified for his 6th Olympic Games.

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Chantal Liew Becomes Singapore’s First Open Water Olympic Swimmer

In Setubal, Portugal yesterday, Chantal Liew became the first Singaporean Open Water swimmer ever to qualify for the Olympic Games.

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Watch Hong Kong’s Ian Ho Crack 21.97 50 Free For OLY Qualification

24-year-old Ian Ho became the first man from his nation of Hong Kong to ever get under the 22-second threshold in the 50m freestyle.

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Hello Tokyo: Siobhan Haughey Clocks 52.92 100 Free HK Record

23-year-old Siobhan Haughey brought down the house with a super quick new national record in the women’s 100m free, hitting 52.92.

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Alice Dearing Becomes Britain’s First Black Female Olympic Swimmer

Alice Dearing of Great Britain finished 4th in the Open Water Olympic qualifier today becoming her nation’s first-ever black female Olympic swimmer.

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European Champion Seemanova Cracks Czech 400 Free Record

A national record bit the dust on day 2 of the 2021 Czech Republic Open, courtesy of European champion Barbora Seemanova.

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400 IM Threat Lewis Clareburt Among 7 NZL Swimmers Heading To Tokyo

The man currently ranked 3rd in the world in the 400m IM, Lewis Clareburt, leads a 7-strong New Zealand Olympic Roster for Tokyo.

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The Unofficial 2021 Australian Trials Awards

Let’s reflect back on the just-concluded Olympic Trials from down under with our totally unofficial Aussie Trials awards.

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