Articles by Yanyan Li

Swimming To Take Place in So-Fi Stadium At 2028 Olympics, Will Be Pushed To Week Two

After the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming trials in Lucas Oil Stadium broke a swimming attendance record, LA28 homes to do the same in four years.

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Kate Douglass Re-Breaks Her Own Championship Record In 200 Breast (2:19.46)

Douglass was just 0.30 seconds off her American record time, and beat out her old championship record time from the preliminary heats.

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Foster, Walsh, and Smith: A Story Of Confidence-Building And Redemption

Carson Foster, Regan Smith, and Gretchen Walsh all got over major mental blocks to achieve what they’ve accomplished at this Olympic trials.

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Alex Shackell Clocks 2:06.10 200 Fly, Breaks 17-18 National Age Group Record

Shackell broke Smith’s old NAG from 2020, and will be swimming right next to Smith in the 200 fly finals on Thursday night.

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How A Former DI Hockey Commit Became An Olympic Swimming Trials Finalist In Under Two Years

McKenzie Siroky gave up hockey to pursue swimming full-time — carrying her late mother’s legacy — and it resulted in an Olympic trials finals appearance.

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Kate Douglass Clocks 2:19.66 200 Breast In Olympic Trials Prelims, Breaks Meet Record

Douglass clocked her second-fastest performance of all time in prelims, being just 0.36 seconds off her American record time.

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Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever Attend Night Four Finals Of 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials

The Fever showed up and were honored inside Lucas Oil Stadium for USA Swimming’s women in sports night, and attended the finals session.

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Chris Guiliano Clocks 47.25 100 Free To Become Third-Fastest American Ever

Guiliano improved 0.14 seconds from his previous best time of 47.49, set right after the 2024 ACC Championships this February.

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Jack Alexy Breaks U.S. Open Record In 100 Free, Becomes #8 Performer All-Time

Alexy now ties Kyle Chalmers as the eight-fastest performer of all-time, and is just 0.12 seconds away from the American record in the event.

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Carson Foster No-Shows 200 Fly And 100 Free, His Third And Fourth No-Shows Of Olympic Trials

This is the third and fourth time this meet in which Foster no-showed an event, rather than scratching the night beforehand.

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Katharine Berkoff Clocks 57.83 100 Back, Becomes Fourth-Fastest Woman Ever

Berkoff is now the fifth woman in history to go under 58 seconds in the women’s 100 backstroke, as well as the second American woman to do so.

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How Paige Madden Climbed Back To The Top Of The USA Swimming Scene

In April 2022, Madden didn’t think she’d ever be able to compete again. Two years later, she made her second consecutive Olympic team.

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Emma Terebo Breaks French National Record In 100 Backstroke (58.79)

Three swimmers beat out Pauline Mahieu’s previous French record time of 59.30 in the 100 back final at French Olympic trials.

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Torri Huske and Regan Smith Become #3 and #5 100 Fly Performers Ever, But Smith Misses Paris

Huske and Smith both moved up the top five performers of all-time list, but Smith missed the Olympic team — showing just how deep the 100 fly is in the U.S.

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Column: Gretchen Walsh Proved She Was Worth All The Hype

After years upon years of debate about Walsh was capable of, she proved she was worth all the hype when she broke the world record in the 100 fly.

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