Articles by Yanyan Li

2023 SwimSwam World Champs Fantasy Draft: Live Scoring Updates (Yanyan Won)

Follow along on this article for live scoring updates on SwimSwam’s 2023 World Championships draft and to see who is leading.

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Fukuoka 2023, Day 8 North America: After Prelims Scare, King Gets The Job Done For USA

After a rough showing individually, King (pictured) stepped up on the medley relay to help Team USA beat Australia and win gold.

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Summer McIntosh Swims 4:27.11 400 IM To Break World Championships Record

McIntosh was over two seconds faster than Katinka Hosszu’s old championship record time of 4:29.33 that was set back in 2017.

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Dakota Luther Posts 2:06.79 200 Fly At Pro Champs, Over A Second Faster Than Trials Time

Luther’s time would have qualified her for the World Championships, and also would have finished fourth in the Worlds final.

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Huske, Harkin, and M. King Amongst Those Put On Medley Relay Heats Teams (FULL LINEUPS)

Despite being America’s best 100 butterflyer, Torri Huske (pictured) will be racing the heats of the women’s medley relay.

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Fukuoka 2023, Day 7 North America Recap: Jersey Boys Impress, Liendo Rebounds For Silver

Jack Alexy and Dare Rose continue to impress at their first senior international meet, while Josh Liendo took down a Canadian record.

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Sarah Sjostrom Breaks 50 Free World Record (23.61) 17 Minutes After Winning 50 Fly Gold

Just minutes after swimming the sixth-fastest 50 fly ever, Sjostrom swam her fastest 50 free time ever in the semi-finals of the event.

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Ledecky Wins Sixth-Straight 800 FR, Breaks Phelps’ Individual World Champs Golds Record

Ledecky is now the first swimmer to win six straight World titles an event, and passes Phelps as the winningest swimmer in Worlds history (in individuals).

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Cameron McEvoy Swims 21.06 50 Free To Win First World Title, Is #4 Performer All-Time

McEvoy is now only 0.02 seconds off of Caeleb Dressel’s textile world record time of 21.04, and is the fourth-fastest swimmer in history.

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Australia Breaks Their Own 4×100 Mixed Free Relay World Record In A Time Of 3:18.83

The squad of Jack Cartwright, Kyle Chalmers, Shayna Jack, and Mollie O’Callaghan got the job done to win this relay by 1.99 seconds.

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Maxime Grousset Breaks 100 Fly French Record (50.14), Becomes #5 Performer All-Time

Grousset’s decision to scratch the 50 free in order to focus on the 100 fly paid off, as it resulted in his first-ever World Championships title.

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Tatjana Schoenmaker Scratches 50 Breast Semis, Her Teammate Lara Van Niekerk Is In

Schoenmaker makes way for her South African teammate and defending bronze medalist Van Niekerk to qualify for her first semi-finals of these Worlds.

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2023 World Championships: Day 7 Prelims Live Recap

Defending 50 back world champ Justin Ress will be making his individual event debut on Saturday morning at the 2023 World Championships.

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#LetBellaSprint: Sims To Anchor USA’s Mixed Free Relay Prelims Squad (FULL LINEUPS)

Although Sims did not qualify for the 4×100 free relay at U.S. Nationals, she still holds a respectable 100 free best time of 53.75.

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Fukuoka 2023, North America Day 6 Recap: Kate Douglass And Her Wacky Event Lineup

On Friday night, Kate Douglass took on one of the unique doubles in swimming history, and still managed to finish no worse than fourth in either of her races.

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