Articles by Sophie Kaufman

Sarah Sjostrom Solidifies Her Legacy As The Sprint Queen With A Third Individual Gold

Sarah Sjostrom’s gold medal in the 50 freestyle–the third of her career and second of the meet–cements her legacy as one of swimming’s greatest sprinters.

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Paris 2024, Euro Recap: Kristof Milak Snaps Hungary’s Streak of Near Misses For 100 Fly Gold

A Hungarian swimmer has earned a silver medal in the last two Olympic editions of the men’s 100 fly. Kristof Milak ended that streak, winning gold in 49.90.

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Paris 2024, Oceania Recap: Ariarne Titmus Closes Out Olympics With Her Best Swim Of The Games

Ariarne Titmus took silver in the women’s 800 freestyle in a new Oceanian record (8:12.29), earning her fourth medal of the 2024 Olympics.

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Paris 2024, Euro Recap Day 7: Ben Proud Finally Captures His First Olympic Medal

Tonight, Ben Proud ticked off one of the things he had yet to do in his impressive career by winning Olympic silver in the men’s 50 freestyle.

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Paris 2024 Oceania Recap: McKeown The First Female Backstroker To Defend 100/200 Olympic Gold

Kaylee McKeown won gold in the 200 backstroke with another Olympic record, making her the first backstroker to win the 100/200 at back-to-back Olympics.

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2024 Paris, Oceania Recap: New Zealand Women Makes Their First Olympic Relay Final

Fairweather, Thomas, Deans, and Transom qualified 8th for the women’s 4×200 free relay, marking the Kiwi women’s first appearance in an Olympic relay final.

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Paris 2024, Euro Recap: Apostolos Christou Wins Greece’s First Medal In The Pool Since 1896

Apostolos Christou soared to the front of the men’s 200 back final. He held on for the silver medal, earning Greece’s first medal in the pool since 1896.

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2024 Paris, Euro Recap: Out Of The Spotlight, Josha Salchow Is Having The Meet Of His Life

Josha Salchow has made an individual Olympic final, two relay finals, and set two German records through the first five days of his debut Olympics.

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2024 Paris, Oceania Recap: Chalmers Joins Rare Air By Medalling In 3rd Straight Olympic 100 FR

Kyle Chalmers is just the third man to medal in three consecutive Olympic 100 freestyle finals and the first since 2000.

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Pan Zhanle Unleashes 46.40 100 Freestyle for Olympic Gold, Obliterates World Record

Pan Zhanle obliterated the men’s 100 freestyle world record in the Olympic final, winning gold in 46.40 and breaking the first WR of these Games.

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Isabel Gose Breaks 1500 Freestyle German Record For Her First Olympic Medal

Isabel Gose shook off Simona Quadarella at the end of the women’s 1500 freestyle to win bronze in a German record of 15:41.16.

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2024 Paris, Euro Recap Day 4: GB’s 4×200 Free Relay The First To Defend Gold With Same Lineup

Guy, Dean, Richards, and Scott are the first quartet to defend Olympic gold with the same lineup, winning 4×200 free relay gold together in Tokyo and Paris.

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2024 Paris, Oceania Recap Day 4: Kaylee McKeown Becomes Second Woman To Defend 100 Back Gold

Kaylee McKeown tied her lifetime best and set an Olympic record (57.33) en route to successfully defending gold in the women’s 100 backstroke.

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2024 Paris, Euro Recap: European Men Have Won Every Individual Event Through Three Days

Through three days, a European has won every men’s individual event as swimmers from Romania, Italy, and Ireland made history for their countries on day 3.

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2024 Paris, Oceania Recap: O’Callaghan Goes From Relay Swimmer to Olympic Champ In 3 Years

Three years after being a prelims relay-only swimmer in Tokyo, Mollie O’Callaghan earned her first individual Olympic gold with an Olympic record (1:53.27).

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