Articles by Sam Blacker

Shin Ohashi Smashes SCM 200 Breast WJR in 2:02.03, Now Owns Three WJRs At Just 16

Shin Ohashi crushed a new World Junior Record in the 200 breast tonight to set his third Junior mark of the year, with two years still to go as a Junior

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Caspar Corbeau Shatters 2:00 Barrier In 200 Breast, Going 1:59.52 In Toronto

Caspar Corbeau became the first man to break two minutes in the 200 breast, shattering the Dutch Record and taking the World Cup Triple Crown in the event

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Hubert Kos Sets New 100 Back World Record in 48.16, His Second WR in Toronto

Hubert Kos set his second World Record of the week, taking down Coleman Stewart’s 2021 mark with a stunning swim tonight

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Lani Pallister Shatters Katie Ledecky’s 800 Free SCM World Record in A Phenomenal 7:54.00

Lani Pallister dominated the 800 free tonight to claim the Triple Crown as she took down the American legends World Standard

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Mona McSharry Sets 100 Breast Irish Record in 1:03.84, Her 5th Record Of The World Cup

McSharry set yet another Irish Record in North America, matching her teammate Ellen Walshe with five records through the tour so far

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Kaylee McKeown Lowers Australian Record, Notches 54.49 SCM 100 Back For #5 Swim All-Time

Kaylee McKeown set another Australian and Oceanian Record in the 100 back tonight, getting the edge over longtime rival Regan Smith in doing so

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Mollie O’Callaghan Scorches To New 200 Free SCM World Record In 1:49.36

Mollie O’Callaghan delivered a scintillating swim in tonight’s 200 free final to put herself nearly a second ahead of Siobhan Haughey, the #2 swimmer all-time

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Ellen Walshe Continues Irish Record Deluge In Toronto With A 4:22.97 400 IM

Ellen Walshe is on a roll in Toronto, and set her second Irish Record in less than 24 hours to take the win tonight and soar to #9 all-time

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Hubert Kos Shatters Mitch Larkin’s 200 SCM Back World Record, Goes 1:45.12

Hubert Kos broke the second-oldest male SCM World Record on the books, downing Mitch Larkin’s longstanding record with a scintillating swim tonight

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Taylor Ruck Sets First Individual Canadian Record Since 2018 with 23.49 50 Free

Taylor Ruck knocked two-tenths of a second off Kayla Sanchez’s record tonight for her first new individual Canadian Standard since 2018 Pan Pacs

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Thomas Ceccon Smashes Italian SCM 200 Back Record In 1:47.49, Now #9 All-TIme

Thomas Ceccon hacked nearly a second from Lorenzo Mora’s 2023 mark, setting his first short course Italian Record in the process.

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Caspar Corbeau Sets Dutch, World Cup Records With 55.55 100 Breast, Now #5 In History

Caspar Corbeau rocketed to his second Dutch Record of the day with a fantastic 100 breast tonight, dropping the 10th-fastest swim in history

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Liendo Shows Out On Return To Toronto, Resets 100 Fly World Record, 50 Free Canadian Record

Josh Liendo turned up in Toronto in red-hot form, setting a stunning world record in the 100 fly and adding a top-10 swim in the 50 free for a National Record

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Kaylee McKeown Resets The Record Books With A 25.35 50 Back In Toronto

Kaylee McKeown broke three of her own records as she took the win in the 50 back tonight, winning the Triple Crown in the event in style

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Lani Pallister Breaks Australian, Oceanian, World Cup 400 Free Records With A Stunning 3:51.87

Lani Pallister reset her newly-minted Australian Record in the 400 free, becoming just the third women to dip under the 3:52 mark tonight

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