Asia

China Leads All-Sports Medals Table at 2024 World Aquatics Championships

China took first in the overall medal rankings at the World Championships with the most golds while the U.S. and Australia trailed behind in 2nd and 3rd.

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Aussie Emma McKeon Logs 50 Fly Personal Best Plus 53.00 100 Free Post-Injury

29-year-old Emma McKeon returns to form while competing in two events on opening night of the 2024 Victorian Open Championships.

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Key Swimmer Entries For March’s Japanese Olympic Trials

Reigning 2024 world champion Tomoru Honda is among the big hitters heading to the all-important Japanese Olympic Trials slated for March.

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Mike Unger Of WA:”You Have To Convince People To Follow Your Sport One Person At The Time”

Mike Unger, Senior Advisor for World Aquatics and former COO of US Swimming speaks about the challenges of organizing the 2024 World Championships in Doha

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Gold Medalist Hwang Sunwoo Reflects On Korea’s Historic World Championships

20-year-old world champion Hwang Sunwoo reflects on his 200m freestyle gold medal, as well as his nation’s 800m free relay victory.

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Top 10 Swimming Performances at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Only one World Record fell at the 2024 World Championships – but it was a big one. Teenager Pan Zhanle took down the men’s 100 free record…

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Israeli Swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko Boo’ed by Crowd in Qatar on World Championships Podium

Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko was boo’ed by the crowd in Doha, Qatar after winning a silver medal at the World Championships.

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Claire Curzan Leads All Swimmers With $78,750 in Earnings at 2024 World Championships

After missing the US team for Worlds in 2023, Claire Curzan led all money-earners at the 2024 World Championships in a huge bounceback meet.

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Japan’s Yui Ohashi Hits 200 IM Marker At Konami Open Ahead Of March Olympic Trials

Reigning Olympic gold medalist in the women’s 200m IM, Yui Ohashi competed at this weekend’s Konami Open ahead of next month’s Japanese Olympic Trials.

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2024 Doha, Final Day Asian Recap: Seto Earns 7th Consecutive Worlds Medal

Japan’s Daiya Seto earned bronze in the men’s 400m IM in Doha, marking his 7th consecutive World Championships with a piece of hardware.

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Singapore, Hong Kong Secure Spots in Olympic Women’s Medley Relay

The Sim sisters and Quah sisters combined to lift Singapore to an Olympic relay qualification in the women’s 400 medley on Sunday.

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Isaac Cooper: “I Whacked My Finger On The Lane Rope Twice” (Quotes Day 8)

Six World Champions have been crowned in the last session of day of races in Doha, the show has been opened by Isaac Cooper in the 50 back

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Kuwait, Qatar Allowed to Send Extra Un-Qualified Swimmers to 2024 World Championships

Kuwait and Qatar each sent four male swimmers to the World Championships without qualifying times, which is more than the two usually allotted by the rules.

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Tang Qianting Breaks Own 50 Breast Asian Record With 29.51 To Win Silver

China’s Tang Qianting dropped almost half of a second while in Doha as her previous best time and Asian Record stood at a 29.92.

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Top 3 Relays (Canada, Sweden, Australia) Make Big Changes in Women’s Medley Relay Final

Sarah Sjostrom doesn’t swim the 100 fly at World and Olympic Championships anymore individually – but she will on the medley relay.

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