Articles by Sam Blacker

U.S. Men’s 200 Freestyle Depth Looking Formidable Ahead of Singapore Showdown With Team GB

Team GB have been the dominant force in the men’s 4×200 free relay over the last four years, but the U.S. now look the team to beat in 2025

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Lani Pallister Soars To #3 All-Time In The 1500 Free With A 15:39.14

Lani Pallister rounded off a scintillating meet for her with another Australian Record in the 1500 free, which makes her a podium favourite for Singapore.

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2025 Canadian Swimming Trials:World Medalist O’Croinin Out Of 100 Free(Day 4 Finals Scratches)

Emma O’Croinin, who won relay bronze in Gwangju with Canada’s 4×200 free relay team , withdrew from the 100 free ‘B’ final and will look ahead to Day 6’s 200

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2025 Canadian Swimming Trials: #1 Seed Finlay Knox Out Of 100 Breast (Day 3 Finals Scratches)

Knox will focus on the 200 IM tonight, where he stands a far better chance of Worlds qualification and was a Paris Olympic Finalist.

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2025 Canadian Swimming Trials: Oleksiak and Ruck Skip Finals Tonight (Day 2 Finals Scratches)

Taylor Ruck has scratched tonight’s 50 backstroke final after taking second in the 100 last night, with Penny Oleksiak dropping the 100 fly.

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The Relay Breakdown: Women’s 4×100 Medley

The U.S. returns a quite frankly ridiculous relay team in this event, and in contrast to the men Singapore will be a continuation of what’s gone before

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Summer McIntosh Swims 3:54.18 To Shatter 400 Freestyle World Record By 1.2 Seconds

Summer McIntosh demolished Ariarne Titmus’ two-year-old World Record on Night 1 of the Canadian Swimming Trials to reclaim the #1 spot all-time

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2025 U.S. Nationals: Day 5 Swims You Might Have Missed

Michael Hochwalt, on the cusp of breaking 2 minutes in the 200s of both backstroke and IM, has now done so in both after winning tonight’s 200 IM ‘B’ final

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2025 U.S. Nationals: Day Five Finals Live Recap

We have a bumper final session as the 2025 U.S. National Championships come to a close, with a trio of swim-offs to kick off tonight’s proceedings

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2025 U.S. Nationals: Day Five Finals Preview

Jonny Kulow will look to cement his qualification with a top-two spot in the 50 free, but it’s the women’s 50 free that is most stacked tonight

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2025 U.S. World Trials: No Sims or Heilman In Tonight’s Finals (Day 5 Finals Scratches)

Bella Sims has scratched the 200 IM ‘C’ final, with Thomas Heilman scratching the 50 free ‘D’ final on the final night of the 2025 U.S. National Championships

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Baylor Nelson And Jake Mitchell To Swim Off For WUG Place In Finals Session Tonight

There will now be three swim-offs tonight, with Baylor Nelson and Jake Mitchell going for an individual spot on the World University Games team.

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2025 U.S. Nationals: Day 4 Swims You Might Have Missed

Siblings Ryan and Rylee Erisman had some great swims tonight that may have passed you by, and there were some positive signs in the men’s 100 breast

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The Relay Breakdown: Men’s 4×100 Medley

The four stroke 100 winners varied from the expected to the ‘Shouldn’t he be in school?’, and it will be all change from last year this summer in Singapore.

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2025 U.S. World Trials: #3 Seed Gemmell, Aaron Shackell Drop 400 Free (Day 4 Finals Scratches)

A Pair of Olympians scratched out of the 400 freestyle tonight, as Erin Gemmell prioritises her impending 200 free swim-off with Anna Peplowski.

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