Articles by Yanyan Li

David Popovici Goes 46.86, Breaks Cielo’s 13-Year Old 100 Free World Record

After thirteen years, Cesar Cielo’s 100 free world record has finally been taken down, and 17-year-old David Popovici was the swimmer that did the deed.

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Silvia Scalia Breaks Italian Record With 27.39 50 Back

Scalia’s time is the sixth-fastest in the world this year, and would have been fast enough to tie for silver at World Championships.

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Kristof Milak Swims 47.47 100 Free To Break Hungarian Record

Milak took second to David Popovici at Euros, but his 47.47 makes him the third-fastest 100 freestyler in the world this year.

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14 Y/Os Ammundsen And Trotter Move Up Aussie Age Group Rankings in 100 IM

Zoe Ammundsen and Ainsley Trotter both clocked a time of 1:03.05, which moves them up to #5 all-time amongst 14-year-old Australian girls.

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David Popovici Crushes European Record With 46.98 100 Free

Popovici is now the fourth-fastest performer of all time, the second-fastest performer in a textile suit, and just 0.07 seconds off the world record.

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Steenbergen Drops Clutch 52.33 Anchor To Help Dutch Win Mixed Medley Relay

A day after swimming the fastest split in the women’s 4×200 free relay, Steenbergen helped the Dutch the mixed medley relay.

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Ribeiro 0.02 Seconds Off World Junior Record, Bucher Breaks NR In 50 Fly

Portugal’s Diogo Matos Ribiero and Austria’s Simon Bucher both broke national records in the men’s 50 fly final at the European Championships.

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1:56-Point Splits From Steenbergen And Gose Highlight W. 4×200 FR (RELAY ANALYSIS)

Marrit Steenbergen and Isabel Gose clocked the only rolling splits in the 4×200 free relay field that were under the 1:57-point barrier.

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Milak’s 1:44.42 Anchor Drives Hungary’s 4×200 FR National Record (RELAY ANALYSIS)

Milak’s anchor was the fastest rolling split of the field, and propelled Hungary to their first 4×200 European title since 1954.

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Federico Burdisso On Euros: “We Don’t Feel Any Pressure Competing At Home”

Italy is coming off one of their strongest World Championships ever, and is set to back up that performance in front of a home crowd at Euros.

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Swimming Australia Reveals Second Half Of Duel In The Pool Roster

Cody Simpson, Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, and Shayna Jack are amongst some of the additions onto the second half of Australia’s duel in the pool team.

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Olympic Champ Chase Kalisz Will Leave Georgia, Set To Train At ASU With Bob Bowman

Kalisz’s move means he will reunite at Arizona State with Bob Bowman, who was his age group coach at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.

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2022 European Championships: Men’s Distance Freestyle Preview

Men’s distance swimming is one of Europe’s strongest disciplines, and the 400, 800, and 1500 free races are all going to be very competitive.

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World Championsips Medalist Carson Foster Gets Engaged To Longtime Girlfriend

Foster got engaged to Meredith Wolf, who he has been dating since August 2017. The two of them swam on the Mason Manta Rays swim club together.

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David Popovici To Swim 400 Free Over 50 Free At European Championships

Popovici’s Europeans lineup is a shift from his typical 50/100/200 free lineup that he swam at both the 2021 and 2022 European Championships.

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