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#Tokyo2020 Top 5: Titmus Wins, Peaty Defends, Russia Flops in Relay on Day 2

We saw a slue of historic races, highlighted by Peaty’s title defense, MacNeil’s #2 all-time, and Titmus vs. Ledecky round 1

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Regan Smith Hits The 4th 100 Back Olympic Record Of The Games With 57.86 Semi

Smith will advance as top seed into the finals after swimming a 57.86 Olympic record during semis. That was the 4th time the mark has fallen this year.

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Tokyo 2020, Oceania Day 2: Titmus Topples Ledecky, McKeon Picks Up Medal #2

It was another big day for the Australians as Ariarne Titmus did what many have deemed impossible by defeating Katie Ledecky in an individual Olympic final.

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Ariarne Titmus Breaks Aussie Record To Give Ledecky First Individual OLY Loss

Ariarne Titmus torches the Aussie and Oceanic women’s 400m freestyle record and hands American Katie Ledecky her first Olympic loss.

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Emma McKeon Rips 55.72 100 Fly Aussie & Oceanic Record For Bronze

27-year-old Renaissance woman Emma McKeon has surged to the wall here in Tokyo for 100m fly bronze, hitting a national record again.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 Finals Preview

Zhang Yufei has remained cool, calm, and collected throughout the prelims and semis of the 100 butterfly. Will she be able to hold off the field in the final?

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Confident American Lilly King will open her 2020 Olympic campaign on Sunday in women’s 100 breaststroke, beginning her quest to defend 2016 gold.

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#Tokyo2020 Cheat Sheet For Non Swimmers Day One Recap

In the first finals session, this 18-year old kid from Tunisia that nobody has heard of won the 400 free and everyone lost their minds.

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Tokyo 2020 Day 2 Prelims All-Star: Tamsin Cook Completes Impressive Comeback

2016 Olympic finalist Tamsin Cook retired from the sport back in 2018 but made a 2020 comeback and has since swum 2 of her top 3 400 freestyles.

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Overreacting: Brits Whiff In 400 Free Relay, Popovici Looking Dangerous

Romanian David Popovici (pictured) had a strong start to his Olympic career in the men’s 200 freestyle preliminaries on Sunday night in Tokyo.

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Men’s 400 Free Relay: US Has an Easy Choice, What’s Russia to Do?

After the women’s 400 free relay left the U.S. coaching staff with a deep calculus to make, the men’s 400 free relay will be straight-forward on Monday.

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Trio Of Olympic Records Fall In Women’s 100 Backstroke Heats

Scary swimming already in this women’s 100 backstroke already with a trio of Olympic Records biting the dust in Tokyo heats.

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SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the 2020 Olympic Games: Day 1

SwimSwam brings you the Top 5 races from Day 1 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, plus the Belly Flop of the Day and the Hot Topic of the Finals

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Aussies Include Chalmers, Apple In For USA’s Men’s 400 Free Relay Heats

Lineups are out for the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay, one of the most anticipated events on the Olympic swimming schedule.

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Tokyo 2020, Oceania Day 1: Aussies Begin With 3 Medals And A World Record

Australia did well for themselves during day 1 of the Tokyo 2020 Games, collecting a gold, silver, and bronze medal along with a new relay world record.

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