Articles by Yanyan Li

Danny Kovac Breaks Down His Journey Back To Swimming After Year-Long Break

Kovac took a break from swimming, but returned to the sport for the 2023-24 NCAA season and continued training to compete at Olympic trials.

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Diehl (1:46.83) and Mijatovic (1:48.98) Move Up Respective Age Group Rankings In 200 Free

Diehl now has a serious shot at making the Olympic team, while Mijatovic just became one of the fastest swimmers ever in his age group.

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Aaron Shackell On Making Olympics In Front Of Home Crowd: ‘It’s Everything To Me’

Not only did Aaron Shackell qualify for Paris in front of 20,689 people, but he also did it just 30 minutes away from his hometown.

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Gretchen Walsh Swims 55.18 100 Butterfly, Breaks World Record

Walsh, who went 55.18, took down Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjostrom’s previous world record time of 55.48 from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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Initial Impressions Of The Atmosphere At The 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials

The first session of the U.S. Olympic trials is underway. Has the environment inside Lucas Oil Stadium lived up to the hype or not?

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Carson Foster No-Shows 400 Free Prelims At U.S. Olympic Trials

Foster scratching is no suprise, as he also scratched the event at both the 2022 and 2023 U.S. World Championship trials.

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Gemmell, Grimes Scratch Women’s 400 Free Final, Han and Smith Get Bumped Up (UPDATED)

Although Gemmell’s best time would have finished third at 2021 trials, she will not be racing the finals of the event at the 2024 Olympic trials.

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Gretchen Walsh Clocks 55.94 100 Fly, Becomes Sixth-Fastest Performer Of All-Time

Walsh is now the second-fastest American of all-time, and the seven woman to break the 56 second barrier in the 100 butterfly.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 1 Prelims Preview

Heats of the women’s 100 fly, women’s 400 free, men’s 100 breast and men’s 400 free will be contested on day one of the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials.

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Doping, The NCAA, And King’s Last Olympics: Everything From Pre-U.S. Trials Press Conference

Doping, the state of swimming, and Australian trials were some of the most widely asked-about subjects at a pre-Olympic trials press conference Friday.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Examining The Trends From The Pick’Em Contest

Caeleb Dressel (pictured) was favored by Pick’em participants to win two different events, despite not being the top seed in either of those races.

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NBC Swimming and Diving Announcing Teams Revealed For U.S. Olympic Trials

There will be several familiar faces in the announcers’ booth and on the sidelines at the U.S. Olympic trials for both swimming and diving.

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NBC Swimming And Diving Broadcast Teams Revealed For Paris Olympics

The NBC Sports commentary teams for swimming, artistic swimming, and diving have been revealed for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

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Santo Condorelli Is Appealing Eligibility Decision for US Olympic Swimming Trials

Condorelli was allegedly denied eligibility to swim at trials, but intends to challenge that decision and race the 50/100 free and 100 fly.

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2024 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

World record holder Mollie O’Callaghan comes in as the top seed in a highly competitive women’s 200 freestyle race at these trials.

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