Australia

Levelled Up: McKeon and Dressel Earn “Legend” Status After #Tokyo2020 Results

Emma McKeon now has more Olympic medals than Katie Ledecky or Ian Thorpe. That earns her standing in the “legends” club of swimming.

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Australia, Great Britain & Canada Benefit From Relay Initiatives In Tokyo

Swimming Australia’s “relay project” paid off in Tokyo, and the Brits and Canadians have benefitted from a similar strategy.

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Emma McKeon Leads All #Tokyo2020 Olympic Swimming Individual Medalists

Emma McKeon leads all Tokyo 2020 Olympic swimming medalists with 7 medals, 4 gold and 3 bronze. Caeleb Dressel had the most golds with five.

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Tokyo 2020, Oceania Day 8: Aussies Tie 08 Medal Haul, Match Single Games Record

Emma McKeon led the way for the Australians in Tokyo 2020, playing a part in 7 of their 20 podium finishes at the Games.

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SwimSwam’s Top 10 Races of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

For the last day of the 2020 Olympic Games, we brought you our Top 10 swims from Tokyo, Top 5 for men and Top 5 for women

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Tokyo Relay Splits: Chelsea Hodges Brings The Heat With 1:05.57 Breast Leg

The Australian breaststroker was on fire in the final and was a major player in the nation’s gold medal swim of 3:51.60.

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Emma McKeon’s 7 Medal Haul Ties Most Ever Won by a Woman in a Single Olympics

Australian Emma McKeon won 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games, making her just the second woman ever to win 7 medals of any color in a single Games.

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Emma McKeon Becomes Most Decorated Australian Olympian Ever

Australia’s Emma McKeon continues to have the meet of her life, as the 27-year-old busted out a gold medal-winning performance in the women’s 50m freestyle.

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Australia Continues Golden Siege With Women’s Medley Relay Olympic Record

Australia just wrapped up another impressive relay performance here at these Olympics, as the women’s 4x100m medley relay reaped gold in an Olympic Record.

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Women’s 400 Medley Relay Final: Big Changes and Momentum in Play on Sunday

Kylie Masse will join the top-seeded Canadian medley relay in finals, giving them a big backstroke boost as they try to hold off the U.S. and Australia.

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Kaylee McKeown Is Australia’s First Olympic Women’s Backstroke Gold Medalist

In Australia’s long Olympic history, they had never won an Olympic gold medal in a women’s backstroke vent – until this week in Tokyo.

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Seebohm & McKeown Bond In One-Of-A-Kind Olympic Podium Gesture

The Australian story in the women’s 200m backstroke did not end with Kaylee McKeown’s and Emily Seebohm’s performances in the pool.

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Tokyo 2020, Oceania Day 7: Titmus Collects Silver During Third Ledecky Matchup

While she didn’t make it to the top of the podium, Ariarne Titmus still pulled off an impressive Commonwealth record of 8:13.83.

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SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the #Tokyo2020 Olympic Games: Day 7

We saw two world records, an Olympic record, Katie Ledecky with the 3-peat, and a very questionable coaching decision for Team USA’s mixed relay on Day 7

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On-Fire McKeon Pops 24.00 Olympic Record In 50 Free

Australia’s Emma McKeon, already a multi-medalist here in Tokyo, has staked her claim on the women’s 50m freestyle individual gold.

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