Articles by Yanyan Li

2022 European Junior Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Big names such as Lana Pudar, Ksawery Masiuk, and David Popovici are set to headline day three of the 2022 European Junior Championships.

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FINA Issues Statement Addressing Alleged World Championships Drugging Incident

FINA has responded to SwimSwam’s inquiries regarding the alleged drugging incident that occurred at a party on the last day of the World Championships.

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Canadian Swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey Says She Was Drugged At World Championships

Harvey said she was completely unconscious at the time of the drugging, and posted photos of bruises that she said she received when the incident occurred.

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Popovici On Racing At Home: “Now I Recognize What Milak Could Feel” (Flash Quotes)

Popovici compared his experiences racing in front of a home crowd in Bucharest, Romania, to those of Kristof Milak when he competed at Worlds in Hungary.

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2022 European Junior Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Worlds bronze medalist Ksawery Masiuk (pictured) is the heavy favorite to win the boys’ 50 back on day 2 of the 2022 European Junior Championships.

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Mary-Ambre Moluh Breaks European Juniors Championship Record With 27.75 50 Back

Moluh took 0.07 off Daria Vaskina’s championship record in the girls’ 50 back, and is the heavy favorite to take gold headed into the finals.

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Five Names To Watch At The 2022 European Junior Championships (Girls’ Edition)

In this article, SwimSwam highlights five big names to watch on the girls’ side of the European Junior Swimming Championships set to begin in July 5th.

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2022 Swammy Awards: World Championships — Women’s Edition

in this article, SwimSwam recognizes the best overall, breakout, relay, and junior female swimmers from this year’s world championship meet.

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Katie Grimes Breaks Elizabeth Beisel’s 15-16 NAG In 400 IM At World Championships

Grimes’s silver-medal winning time of 4:32.67 beat out Beisel’s 13-year-old mark of 4:32.87 from the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

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Dressel, Ledecky, Snyder, And Long Nominated For 2022 ESPY Awards

Ten-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky (pictured) has been nominated for both the Best Women’s Athlete and Best Women’s Olympian awards.

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Ranking The Top 15 Women Of The 2022 FINA World Championships

In this article, we rank who we thought were the top 15 women that competed at the 2022 FINA World Championships last week.

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With 3 46-Point Splits, Chalmers’ Heroics Boost Australia (Day 8 Oceania Recap)

Even though he didn’t medal individually here in Budapest, Chalmers helped Australia earn medals in two out of the three relays that he swam on.

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Womens Medley Relay Splits: King Back In 1:05-Point Territory To Help U.S. Win

Despite finishing seventh in prelims, the United States roared back to take the win in the finals of the women’s 4×100 medley relay.

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Mens Medley Relay Splits: Burdisso Steps Up With 50.63 Fly Leg For Italy Upset Win

Burdisso going half a second faster than he did on the medley relay in Tokyo was one of the big factors that decided the race between Italy and the U.S.

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Gregorio Paltrinieri Swims Second-Fastest 1500 Free Of All-Time

Paltrinieri broke both the European record and the championship record with his time of 14:32.80 to win the men’s 1500 free.

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