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Pan Zhanle Prepares For 200 Free Final With 1:45.70 Semi Swim At Chinese Nationals

19-year-old world record holder Pan Zhanle has staked his claim in the men’s 200m free for tomorrow night’s final at the 2024 Chinese Nationals.

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World Champion Tang Qianting Fires Off 1:04.68 100 Breast Asian Record

World Champion Tang Qianting posted a new Asian Record of 1:04.68 to take the top seed in the semifinals of the 100m breaststroke at China’s Olympic Trials.

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WADA Says That Chinese Positive Doping Tests Were Reported Via the Normal Channels

The World Anti-Doping Association has responded to reporting by the New York Times, ARD, Herald Sun, and others, saying that…

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{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.

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Pan Zhanle Produces 3:45.58 400 Free Personal Best On Day 1 Of Chinese Trials

19-year-old Pan Zhanle of China proved his freestyle range, taking the men’s 400m freestyle gold on day one of the nation’s Olympic Trials.

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World Aquatics’ Universality Quota: Globalization At The Expense of Athletic Performance?

An in-depth look at the former universality selection procedure along with updates on the recent changes made by World Aquatics.

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2024 Chinese Nationals (Olympic Trials) Begin on Friday, April 19th

We’ll see what 19-year-old Pan Zhanle has in store across the freestyle events at the 2024 Chinese Nationals/Olympic Trials.

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París 2024: delegación de natación de Japón confirmada para los Juegos Olímpicos

Un total de 27 nadadores han sido nombrados tras los últimos trials en Tokio. Los nombres para destacar, en este repaso.

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How To Get The 2024 Swimsuit Issue with the Bella Sims Cover

In this 172 page magazine we dive deep on data-features, breakdown the top-100 performances in history, and we tease our upcoming Olympic stars…

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Hwang Sunwoo & Kim Woomin Headline Korean Olympic Swimming Roster

20-year-old Hwang Sunwoo is headed to his second Olympic Games, building off his success at this year’s World Championships.

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The End Of An Era: Japan’s Ryosuke Irie Announces Retirement

34-year-old Olympic medalist Ryosuke Irie has decided to hang up his goggles after a stellar career which spanned nearly 20 years.

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Cambodia Anti-Doping Agency Labeled Non-Compliant with WADA

The Cambodian Anti-Doping Agency was declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency for failing to rectify an outstanding non-conformity.

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Joseph Schooling, el único que venció a Michael Phelps en Río 2016, anunció su retiro

Termina su carrera con un oro olímpico, dos bronces en Mundiales, siete medallas en los Juegos Asiáticos, incluidas tres de oro, entre otros logros.

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Singaporean Olympic Champion Joseph Schooling Retires From Swimming

Olympic champion from the Rio Olympics, Singapore’s Joseph Schooling has announced his retirement from competitive swimming.

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Asian Games Finalist Arsen Kozhakhmetov Commits to NC State for 2024

Last September, Arsen Kozhakhmetov made World Junior finals in the 50/100 breast before placing 7th in the 50 breast at the Asian Games later that month.

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