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Japan’s Kazushi Imafuku Breaks National Record With 7:48.34 To Win Silver At World Juniors

Imafuku’s time of 7:48.33 lowered the Japanese national record by just over a second and marked a new PB by nearly 2 seconds.

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Mizuki Hirai’s Tennessee Enrollment Delayed, Sets Focus on World Juniors and Beyond

Hirai is set to become the first Japanese swimmer to ever compete for the Volunteers’ program, and just the second student-athlete in Tennessee history.

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Olympic Champion Wang Shun Elected Member of AQUA Athletes’ Committee

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion in the 200 IM, China’s Wang Shun, has reportedly been elected to the AQUA Athletes’ Committee.

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High-Level International Meets For August 2025

Emerging British sprinter Jacob Mills is set to represent his nation at this month’s World Junior Championships taking place in Romania.

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Chen Yiwen & Chen Yuxi Score Each Score Three Golds, Four-Peats In Women’s Worlds Diving

Chen Yiwen and Chen Yuxi topped the individual medal table in women’s worlds diving with 3 wins each. They also each completed a 4-peat.

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Team USA Wins the World Aquatics Team Trophy in Swimming at the 2025 World Championships

Even an illness impacting most of the team couldn’t prevent Team USA from winning another Team Trophy at the World Aquatics Championships.

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SwimSwam Awards: 2025 World Championships (Women’s Edition)

In her first meet with the full weight of expectation, Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh stepped up and justified the hype in Singapore.

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Five New Names You Need to Know from the 2025 World Championships

Harrison Turner made the podium at his first attempt in the 200 fly, and was not alone in gate-crashing the top table in Singapore.

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China Leads World Championships Medal Counts for the 5th Straight Edition (All Sports Tables)

While only two of China’s gold medals at the 2025 World Championships came in swimming, both from Qin Haiyang, their progress in artistic…

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Summer McIntosh Earns an Estimated $90,000 in Prize Money at 2025 World Championships

Canada’s Summer McIntosh was the top prize money earner at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships thanks to 4 individual golds and 1 bronze, plus relay swims.

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2025 Worlds, Day 8 Asia Recap: 12-Yr-Old Yu Zidi Wrangles Up Another Fourth-Place Finish

12-year-old Yu Zidi impressed yet again, finishing only half a second off the podium in tonight’s women’s 400m IM final at the World Championships.

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USA’s Dare Rose: “It’s a Privilege To Train With Jack Alexy Every Day” (Flash Quotes)

On the final night of action in Singapore, Jack Alexy of the United States crushed a medley relay anchor of 45.95, the second-fastest split of all time.

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The U.S. Ekes Out Medal Table Victory After Women’s Medley Relay World Record

22-year-old Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske did her part to help win the women’s 4x100m medley relay in world record-setting style.

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Singapur 2025: récord del mundo para un cierre brillante de la natación

El equipo estadounidense femenino de relevos estableció un nuevo récord del mundo de los 4×100 estilos; Summer McIntosh, espectacular.

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2025 World Championships Day 8: Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay Speculation

Gretchen Walsh will aim for the first-ever 54-point 100 fly split in history tonight, with the U.S. the top seed and red-hot favorite for gold

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