Articles by Robert Gibbs

Dressel Wins National Championship, Lowers Own 50 Free NAG

Caeleb Dressel set a new National Age Group record tonight in the 50 free en route to winning his first senior national championship.

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2015 World Championships 100 Fly Final Fastest Textile Ever

Chad le Clos is on the leading edge of a wave of swimmers, both veterans and youngsters, who are bringing times in the 100 fly to where they haven’t been outside of the supersuit era.

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Schooling Breaks Asian Record in 100 Fly

Joseph Schooling broke the Asian Record in the 100 fly en route to a bronze medal at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Record in Kazan, Russia.

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Osman Re-Breaks African Record in 50 fly

Farida Osman of Egypt broke the African Record in the 50 fly for the second time this week in tonight’s…

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Sjostrom Re-Breaks Championship Record in 50 Fly

Sarah Sjostrom set a new championship record in winning the gold medal in the 50 fly at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championship in Kazan, Russia.

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Friday Factoid: US Olympic Trials Schedule Chart

With ten semi-finals and thirteen finals over the course of eight days at Trials, swimmers vying for a spot on the 2016 US Olympic Team have a year to decide which events to pursue in Omaha next summer.

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Sjostrom Sets Championship Record in 50 Fly

Sarah Sjostrom, who already holds the world record in the 50 fly, broke the championship record with her swim in the semi-finals this evening in Kazan.

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Men’s 4×200 Free Finals Start Lists Show Major Changes

Ryan Lochte will be joining the USA men’s 4×200 team for this evening’s finals, trying to preserve his team’s streak of gold medals in this event.

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Adrian Sets American Record in the 50 Free

Nathan Adrian set the American Record in the semi-finals of the 50 free this evening in Kazan. His time of 21.37 puts him as the top seed going into tomorrow evening’s final.

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Larkin Re-Breaks Own Oceanian, Australian Records in 200 Back

Australia’s Mitchell Larkin set Australian and Oceanian records en route to winning the gold medal in the finals of the 200 back at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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Osman Sets African Record in 50 Fly

Farina Osman, shown here at the 2015 LA Invite, set a new African Record in the semi-finals of the women’s 50 fly today.

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Yufei Zhang Re-Breaks Junior World Record in 200 Fly

Yufei Zhang’s bronze medal in the women’s 200 fly also broke her junior world record which she sat in yesterday’s semi-final.

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USA Swaps 3 of 4 Legs for Finals of Women’s 4×200 Free Relay

Teammates Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky will be looking to lead USA to its first relay gold medal of the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships this evening in Kazan, Russia.

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Luthersdottir, Shi To Swim-Off for 200 Breast Final

Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir and Jinglin Shi will compete in a swim-off to determine who will swim in tomorrow’s final of the women’s 200 breast at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships.

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Medeiros Breaks Multiple Records with 50 Back Silver

Etiene Medeiros won the silver medal in the women’s 50 back Thursday evening in Kazan, Russia, breaking three national or continental records in the process.

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