Articles by Yanyan Li

Kate Douglass Entered In Six Events In Three Different Strokes at U.S. Trials

University of Virginia swimmer Kate Douglass is entered in the 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 IM, and 200 breast at the U.S. Worlds trials.

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2022 U.S. Trials Previews: The Men’s 400 Free And The Elusive FINA ‘A’ Cut

With Jake Mitchell out of the meet, Carson Foster, who confirmed he would swim the event, could be the second ‘A’ cut that Team USA is looking for.

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2022 U.S. Trials Previews: Walsh-Douglass Duo Primed To Prevail Again In 200 IM

Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass, the Tokyo Olympic silver and bronze medalists, are the favorites to make the 2022 Worlds team in the 200 IM.

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2016 Olympic Trials Finalist Cassidy Bayer Announces Retirement

Bayer, who had struggled with eating disorders throughout her career, will be retiring after brief stints with Cal and Tennessee in her time in the NCAA.

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Three-Time Olympic Bronze Medalist Diver Meaghan Benfeito Retires

Benfeito, who is an Olympic, Commonwealth, and worlds medalist, has announced her retirement after a 17-year-long career that began in 2005.

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Olympian Jake Mitchell Announces Transfer From Michigan To Florida

Mitchell will join a star-studded men’s mid-distance and distance group at Florida that includes Kieran Smith and Bobby Finke.

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Swimming Canada Releases Roster for 2022 Worlds and Commonwealth Games

A total of 32 swimmers were selected to represent Team Canada at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest this summer.

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Canadian Roster Update: Sanchez and Cieplucha Make Worlds Team With 1 Day Left

With four more individual individual events to be swum, the majority of the Canada’s roster spots for worlds and Commonwealth games have been decided.

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2022 Canadian Swimming Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Tonight at Canadian Trials, we will see the finals of the men’s and women’s 400 IM, 200 back, as well as the para 150 IM and 200 IM.

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German Lukas Martens Swims A 3:41.60 400 Free, #8 Performer Of All Time

With this swim, Martens becomes the eighth fastest man of all time in the event, and also the first man to break 3:42 since Sun Yang did in 2017.

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NCAA Finalist Tara Vovk To Use Fifth Year of Eligibility at University of Miami

Vovk, who swam her first four seasons at Northwestern which culminated in an NCAAs berth her senior year, will be using her fifth year at Miami.

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Gretchen Walsh’s 24.70 50 Free Highlights Day Two of UVA LCM Time Trial

Gretchen Walsh went a 24.70 in the 50 free and a 1:01.89 in the 100 back on day two of a UVA LCM time trial meet to prepare for international trials.

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Chinese Olympic Champion Divers Shi Tingmao and Wang Han Retire

Shi Tingmao and Wang Han, both gold medalists from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, have ended their competitive careers to become diving coaches.

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Kate Douglass Swims 2:24.02 200 Breast, 54.58 100 Free at UVA LCM Time Trials

Douglass, who is the short course yards American record holder in the 200 breast, swam a long course time that unofficially ranks her fifth in the world.

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Lewis Burras Soars To The Top Of The World Rankings With 47.88 100 Free

After swimming a 48.15 in prelims, Great Britain’s Lewis Burras swam a 47.88 to become the first man to break 48 seconds in the 100 free this year.

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