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2024 Swammy Awards: Asian Male Swimmer Of The Year – Pan Zhanle

Our 2024 Swammy Award Asian Male Swimmer of the Year recipient is 20-year-old Pan Zhanle of China, the man who made 100m freestyle history.

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How To Get The 2024 Olympic Year In Review Magazine With The Katie Ledecky Cover

The Olympic Year in Review is close to selling out. Buy it now and get SwimSwam Magazine for your swimming fan to enjoy through 2025.

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World Aquatics Provisionally Suspends General Secretary of Lebanese Swimming Federation

Farid Abi Raad has been provisionally suspended over accusations that he has abused his power and made threats to influence decisions in the federation.

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Mollie O’Callaghan Takes 100 Back, Mitch Larkin’s Aussie Age Record Goes Down In QLD

Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan was one of the day two stars at the 2024 Queensland Championships while a Mitch Larkin record bit the dust.

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Top-Seeded Americans Bring in Two More Big Names for Men’s 4×200 Free Relay Final (LINEUPS)

The Americans could chase another World Record if leadoff leg Luke Hobson swims well – which he has been all week in Budapest.

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Italy Adds Alessandro Miressi to Top Seeded Mixed 200 Free Relay (RELAY LINEUPS)

There is hot competition behind Italy for gold, but adding Alessandro Miressi’s 20.2 split to the finals relay gives the top seeds a chance.

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Japan’s Daiya Seto Questionable For Men’s 400 IM In Budapest

The effects of 30-year-old Daiya Seto’s cracked rib may be catching up to him as the Japanese superstar is now questionable for the 400m IM.

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Qin Haiyang Breaks Championship, Asian Records In 100 Breast To Claim SC World Title

Qin clocked 55.47 to lower the World Championship Record of 55.70, set by Ilya Shymanovich in 2021, and broke his own Asian and Chinese Records of 55.61.

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U.S. Adds Paige Madden, Alex Walsh to Finals of 800 Free Relay at Short Course Worlds

The U.S. will turn to Alex Walsh to lead off its women’s 800 free relay at the Short Course World Championships for the second straight edition.

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Europe, Asia, Oceania, World Junior, Canada Records Fall In Mixed 4×50 medley relay

Russia’s 4×50 Mixed Medley Relay Victory was one of three new continental records. Russia’s lead-off leg, swum by Miron Lifinstev, was an unofficial WJR.

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Tang Qianting Lowers Asian Record, Misses 100 Breast WR By .01 In 1:02.37

Tang clocked 1:02.37 to fall just one one-hundredth shy of the world record, which was established by Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte in 2013.

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2024 SC Worlds Relay Lineups: No Walsh or Douglass for American 200 Mixed Medley in Finals

Regan Smith will swim the butterfly leg on the mixed 200 medley relay instead of the World Record holder in the 50 fly Gretchen Walsh.

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2024 SC Worlds Previews: Russian Athletes Join The Fight For Medals In Men’s Relays

Italy, USA and Australia dominated 2022 Melbourne worlds. In Budapest Russian neutral athletes will join them as a top contender in the men’s relays

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2024 SC Worlds Previews: Douglass and Tang Hold Strong in Women’s Breaststroke Events

After breaking the World Record in the 200 breaststroke earlier this season, American Kate Douglass is the heavy favorite to win the event at SC Worlds.

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Chinese, U.S., and Russian Teams for SC Worlds Have Seen Highest Testing Over Last 12 Months

Chinese breaststroker Tang Qianting leads all participants in next week’s Short COurse World Championships with 36 anti-doping tests over the last year, according to World Aquatics.

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