Articles by Will Baxley

Four Water Polo Players Received Temporary Suspensions During Worlds Tournament

Water polo athletes from Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, and France were hit with temporary suspensions that will last beyond the tournament

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2025 Worlds, South America Day 2 Recap: Kristel Kobrich Makes Mile Top 16 At (Almost) 40

Chilean Kristel Kobrich placed in the top 16 of the women’s 1500 at 39 years and 353 days old. She’s the oldest swimmer at the 2025 Worlds.

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2025 Worlds, Day 1 South America Recap: Brazilian 400 Freestylers Fail To Final

Brazil’s biggest mid-d stars, Guilherme Costa and Maria Fernanda Costa, both failed to make the 400 freestyle finals after strong final showings in Paris

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James Lichtenstein Wins USA’s First 2025 World Championships Gold In High Diving

James Lichtenstein climbed to the top of the high dive competition on the final dive, bringing Team USA its first gold medal in Singapore

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Major 50 Back Performances From Alyssa Sagle, Julia Bak Highlight Greensboro Futures Night 3

Alyssa Sagle and Julia Bak led a charge of fast swims by age group girls on Night 3 of Greensboro’s Futures Championships

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Felipe Perrone Scores Gold Medal Winning Goal For Spain In His 14th & Final World Champs

Spain came out on top of the men’s water polo tournament, with their captain Felipe Perrone scoring the country’s winning goal

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Audrey Derivaux Clears 1:00 100 Back Barrier On Day 2 Of Greensboro Futures

Audrey Derivaux went a 59.83 to get under 1:00 in the 100 back for the first time at the U.S. Futures Championship in Greensboro

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13-Year-Old Finola Whelehan Logs 2:02.0 200 Free On Day 1 Of Greensboro Futures

Finola Whelehan, Audrey Derivaux, and many other age group and college stars helped to make day one of Greensboro Futures a fast one

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Greece Wins Women’s Water Polo Worlds Tournament

The gold and bronze medal matches took place in Singapore today. Greece notched gold, Hungary earned silver, and Spain beat the U.S. for bronze

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2025 Worlds Previews: G. Walsh In Driver’s Seat For 50 Fly Gold After Joining Sub-25 Club

One pool length sits between Gretchen Walsh and the 50 fly crown. The rest of the field is getting faster as the event got added to the Olympics.

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Spain and Hungary On To The Men’s Water Polo Worlds Gold Medal Match

In the men’s water polo world semifinal, Spain downed Greece and Hungary defeated Serbia to make it to the gold medal match on the 24th

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Hungary and Greece To Play In Women’s Water Polo Gold Medal Match

Hungary downed Spain and Greece defeated the United States en route to a final that will mirror the 2025 World Cup. Spain and the U.S. will battle for bronze

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Greece, Serbia, Hungary, Spain On To Men’s Water Polo Worlds Semifinal

Hungary upset the #1-ranked Croatian team to advance to the tournament’s semifinals alongside Spain, Serbia, and Greece.

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U.S., Greece, Hungary, Spain Set To Compete In Women’s Water Polo Worlds Semifinal

The defending Olympic Champions, defending World Champions, and defending World Cup Champions all made it to the semifinal.

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Men’s Water Polo World Championships Quarterfinal Set With 7/8 European Teams

Seven European countries and the U.S. will compete in the quarterfinal after four teams scooped up the last spots in crossover games today.

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