Articles by Yanyan Li

Matt Richards Posts 47.59 100 Free To Break The British Record

Richards only got to race the 100 free at Worlds because Duncan Scott scratched, but he made the most out of his opportunity to break the British record.

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Jordan Crooks Drops Over A Second In Long Course Breakthrough, Clocks 47.77 100 Free

After being one of the best short course swimmers in the World over the last two years, Crooks has translated his success over to long course.

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Seventh Seed Mollie O’Callaghan No-Shows Women’s 50 Back Prelims

For the second year in a row, O’Callaghan has entered in backstroke events at Worlds just to end up not swimming them during the actual competition.

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USA Opts For Berkoff-Matheny-Rose-Weitzeil In Mixed Medley Relay Prelims (ALL LINEUPS)

The U.S. have opted to use a female/male/male/female prelims relays, which raises questions about what kind of order they want to use for finals.

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Fukuoka 2023, North America Day 3: Two Veterans Win Gold, But Teenagers Also Shine

Although Ledecky and Murphy were responsible for North America’s two golds on day 3, it was the teenagers who put up the most impressive swims.

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Ledecky Swims #3 1500 FR Performance Ever, Ties Phelps With Most Individual Worlds Golds

Ledecky won her 15th individual World Championships gold medal, which ties her with Michael Phelps as the swimmer with the most individual Worlds golds.

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Kaylee McKeown Swims 57.53 100 Back To Break World Championships Record

McKeown won her first-ever Worlds title in the 100 back, and was just 0.09 seconds off of her World Record time of 57.45 from 2021.

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Arbidel Gonzalez Clocks 1:54.99 200 Fly, Crushes Spanish Record By Nearly 2 Seconds

Gonzalez destroyed Carlos Peralta’s record time of 1:56.42 from 2016, as well as his own personal best time of 1:56.75 from May 2023.

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Qin Haiyang Breaks 50 Breast Asian Record With A 26.34, Becomes #5 Performer Of All-Time

After breaking the Asian record twice in the 100 breast, Qin did so in the 50 breast preliminary heats in a time of 26.34.

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All The Links You Need For 2023 USA Swimming Futures Championships

Click here to find all the links you need for the 2023 USA Swimming Futures Championships that run from July 26 to 29, 2023.

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Zhang Yufei Says She Is In 90% Of Her Tokyo Olympic Form At Best (Chinese Interview)

Although Zhang believes she is not in top form, she is happy that she was able to claim her first-ever long course World Championships gold.

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Fukuoka 2023, Day 2 North America Recap: USA Wins First Gold, Hobson Breaks 1:45 In 2FR

After a gold medal-less day one, Kate Douglass (picutred) pulled through for Team USA on day two with her come-from-behind win in the 200 IM.

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Qin Haiyang Re-Breaks 100 Breast Asian Record, Becomes #2 Performer Of All-Time

Now, Great Britain’s Adam Peaty is the only swimmer to ever have been faster than Qin in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke race.

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Thomas Ceccon Clocks 22.68 50 Fly To Become #7 Performer All-Time, Breaks Italian Record

After finishing in fifth last year, Ceccon is now a World Champion in the 50 fly, as well as the seventh-fastest in history.

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Meilutyte Swims #8 100 BR Performance Ever, McSharry Becomes First Irishwoman Under 1:06

Meilutyte clocked a world-leading 1:04.67, while McSharry dropped nearly half a second to go 1:05.55 in the 100 breast prelims.

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