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Just Like Post-Tokyo, Olympic Champion Ariarne Titmus To Take Break From Swimming

23-year-old Ariarne Titmus of Australia took a break after becoming Olympic champion in Tokyo and plans to do the same this time around.

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At Least 7 Australian Swimmers Tested Positive for COVID-19 at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Zac Stubblety-Cook tested positive for COVID-19 four days before winning silver in the men’s 200 breaststroke at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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SwimSwam Awards: 2024 Paris Olympic Games (Women’s Swimming Edition)

Summer McIntosh’s Olympic performance in Paris was the best by a junior swimmer since at least Missy Franklin at the 2012 Olympics in London.

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Paris 2024: What’s Old Is New Again In Terms of Swimmers’ Ages

Australian Olympic medalist Kyle Chalmers and head coach Rohan Taylor point to swimmers’ ages in Paris as evidence careers can go on.

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Australia’s Most Decorated Olympian Emma McKeon Announces Retirement

Australia’s most decorated Olympian, 30-year-old Emma McKeon, has decided to hang up her goggles and enter the new chapter of life.

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Underwater Video & Analysis of Olympic Champion Cam McEvoy’s 50 FR from Australian Trials

Below, you’ll find an underwater video of the first roughly 18 seconds of McEvoy’s race.

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125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

China’s Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals.

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Paris 2024, Oceania Recap: Has There Been A Shuffle Among The Greatest Australian Olympians?

McKeown, Titmus, O’Callaghan, and McKeon all had strong 2024 Olympics, which has us wondering where they rank among the greatest Australian Olympians.

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2024 Paris Olympics Day 9 Finals: Fun Facts

The United States closed out the meet with a new world record in the women’s 4×100 medley relay tonight. What else stood out from the last day of finals?

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My Top 17 Favorite Moments From Swimming at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

15 years after her international breakthrough, Sarah Sjostrom is STILL one of the best swimmers in the world. Paris was for her legacy.

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Paris 2024, Oceania Recap: Ariarne Titmus Closes Out Olympics With Her Best Swim Of The Games

Ariarne Titmus took silver in the women’s 800 freestyle in a new Oceanian record (8:12.29), earning her fourth medal of the 2024 Olympics.

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2024 Paris Olympics Day 8 Finals: Fun Facts

Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden won gold and bronze for the United States in the women’s 800 freestyle, a historic swim for the United States.

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Ariarne Titmus Clocks New Aussie, Oceanian Records For 800 Free Silver

Ariarne Titmus of Australia earned the silver in the women’s 800m free to go with her 400m free gold and 200m free silver here in Paris.

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Update: Empty Lane In Olympic Final As Aussie Ella Ramsay Out Of 200 IM Final Due To Illness

Ella Ramsay of Australia is reportedly out of tonight’s women’s 200m IM final due to illness, which most likely bumps Anastasia Gorbenko into the race.

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2024 Paris Olympics Data Dive: Day 8 Prelims

Sarah Sjöström has the chance to win her first Olympic gold medal in the 50 freestyle. What else stands out from the last day of prelims?

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