Articles by Riley Overend

Uzbek Administrators Suspended 5 Years for Falsifying Olympic Qualifying Times

Uzbek administrators Javodilla Khasanov and Sherzod Inogamov were given 5-year suspensions last January for falsifying Olympic qualifying times.

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2023 Far Westerns: Shareef Elaydi Breaks Decade-Old Pacific LSC Record in 200 Fly

Now only Max Miranda (2:02.54), Dare Rose (2:01.89), and the legendary Michael Phelps (1:59.02) rank above Elaydi among 13- and 14-year-old Americans.

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LEN Extends Ban on Russian, Belarusian Athletes Ahead of U23 Euros

LEN’s ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its events was extended indefinitely during an LEN Bureau meeting in late June. 

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IOC Refuses to Recognize OCA Election Pending Review; India’s Singh Asked to Lead

Last week, the IOC issued a three-year ban to former OCA president Sheikh Ahmad, who traveled to Bangkok for the election despite being warned against it.

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NCAA Champion Claire Curzan Transferring from Stanford to Virginia

NCAA champion Claire Curzan is transferring to Virginia, where she’ll be eligible for the 3-time defending champs next fall after an Olympic redshirt year.

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2023 Para Worlds Day 1: China’s Guo Jincheng Crushes His Own WR in Men’s 50 Free S5

China’s Guo Jincheng kicked off the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships with two world records in a day in the men’s 50-meter freestyle S5 on Monday.

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Overwhelmed by Complaints, U.S. Center for SafeSport Faces Growing Criticism

Created to address abuse in Olympic sports, the U.S. Center for SafeSport is overwhelmed with 150 new complaints weekly piling on top of 1,000 open cases.

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After 2 Years Away From Diving, Tom Daley Announces Return With Paris 2024 in Sights

A recent trip to the Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs made the 29-year-old Olympic champion realize he’s not done with the sport just yet. 

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Bob Bowman Talks Balancing Time Between Team USA, International ASU Swimmers

“There’s a global community in swimming,” Bowman said. “Almost every one of the coaches on this deck is involved with more than one country’s swimmers.”

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Men’s Water Polo: Hungary Edges Greece in Shootout to Win First World Title in a Decade

Hungary captured its first men’s water polo world crown in a decade with its 14-13 penalty shootout victory over Greece on Saturday.

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2023 World Aquatics Champs: Final Medal Table, Awards, and Olympic Quotas for All Sports

The Aussies won the pool portion of the 2023 World Championships, but China actually came out as the overall champion when considering all aquatic sports.

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2023 U.S. Pro Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

The fourth day of the 2023 TYR Pro Championships in Irvine continue with prelims of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, and 200 butterfly.

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Tang Qianting Lowers Own Asian Record During Women’s 50 Breast Prelims with 30.08

The 19-year-old Chinese Olympian from Shanghai secured the fourth qualifying spot for tonight’s semifinals with a personal-best 30.08 in prelims.

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17-Year-Old Becomes First Kazakhstani Medalist at Worlds with Artistic Swimming Bronze

In the women’s duet free, sisters Anna-Maria and Eirini-Marina Alexandri, brought home the first artistic swimming world title in Austrian history.

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David Curtiss Training with Renewed Confidence After ‘Mental Health Reset’

Rising NC State junior David Curtiss offered an intimate glimpse into the “much-needed mental health reset” he took after the NCAA Championships in March. 

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