Tokyo 2020

Men’s 800 Freestyle Sees Podium All Faster Than Winning Time In Tokyo (Day 4 Analysis)

The men’s 800 freestyle overall was faster this year than it was in Tokyo. The women’s 100 back podium was also faster this year.

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Olympic Odds To Defend: Revisiting The Tokyo Olympics

We had Lilly King down as a big favorite to defend her Olympic title in the women’s 100 breast in Tokyo, but she ended up settling for bronze.

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Goal Times: Revisiting Gold, Podium & Final Time Cut-Offs In Tokyo

Caeleb Dressel was one of two swimmers to break an individual world record in a final at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

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3-Time Canadian Olympian Javier Acevedo Responds to Criticism of HPC-Ontario

In response to some criticisms of Canada’s High Performance Centre Ontario, Javier Acevedo speaks out on his experience training with coach Ryan Mallette

Canadian Olympian Ruslan Gaziev Suspended 18 Months for Whereabouts Failure

Canadian anti-doping authorities have suspended Tokyo Olympic swimmer Ruslan Gaziev for 18 months after he committed three “whereabouts failures” last year.

Poland’s Chmielewski Brothers Tune-Up for Paris in Poland (International Meet Round-Up)

2023 World Championship silver medalist Krzysztof Chmielewski (above) raced at a meet in Warsaw, Poland last weekend as a tuneup for Paris.

¿Dopaje en la natación china? La Cancillería calificó de “información falsa”

El portavoz señaló en una rueda de prensa que el caso ya fue investigado “de forma exhaustiva, profunda y detallada”. Detalles.

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¿Dopaje en la natación china? La Agencia Mundial Antidopaje estudia acciones legales

La AMA se reserva ese derecho contra quienes han difundido “noticias engañosas” sobre su posible permisividad ante 23 casos de supuesto doping en 2021.

La natación china y el génesis del escándalo

Según New York Times, 23 deportistas de elite dieron positivo con trimetazidina, sustancia prohibida porque favorece la mejor circulación sanguínea.

WADA and USADA Spar Over Handling Of Chinese Swimmers’ Positive TMZ Tests In Press Releases

WADA threated legal action based on Travis Tygart, CEO of USADA’s comments to the NY Times; USADA hit back with a statement of their own.

Reports from NYT & ARD Reveal New Info About 23 TMZ-Positive Tests From Chinese Swimmers

The NYT and ARD shared materials but reached their findings on 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive for TMZ in 2021 due to contamination indepently.

{UPDATE} World Aquatics Denies That Chinese 800 Free Relay Has Been DQ’ed

The US 800 free relay that won silver at the 2020 Olympic Games has been notified they will receive gold medals after China was retroactively DQ’ed.

France & Turkey Bump Austria & South Korea from Olympics in Women’s 800 Free Relay

The French women didn’t make the final, but they did lock in another Olympic qualification spot in the women’s 800 free relay.

ITA Will Start Re-Testing Samples from Rio 2016 for Doping Violations

The International Testing Agency (ITA) recently announced that it will begin re-analyzing samples from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games for doping violations.

Olympic Roundup: Putin Wary of Russia’s Neutral Status, Queensland Gets New Premier

“At the moment we need to thoroughly analyze conditions on behalf of the International Olympic Committee,” Russian president Vladimir Putin said.