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Italy Makes A Move On Day 3, But The U.S. Still Owns the Budapest Medal Table

17-year-old Benedetta Pilato was one of two gold medalists for Italy tonight, bringing the nation up two spots in the medal table.

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2022 FINA World Championships: Day 2 Photo Vault

Catch your favorite swimmers in action behind the blocks, diving in and splashing about in this day 2 photo vault from the 2022 World Championships.

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Elijah Winnington and Felix Aubock Absent From 800 Free Prelims

Both Winnington and Aubock are set to swim in the 200 free finals later in the evening session today, which likely explains why they didn’t swim the 800 free.

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Limited Scratches on Day 3 Prelims of World Championships

Three out of the five scratches this session are from swimmers who withdrew from the meet due to either COVID-19 diagnoses before the meet began or injury.

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The United States Wreaks Havoc On Worlds Day 2 Medal Table

America’s Caeleb Dressel did his thing in the men’s 50m fly, wreaking further havoc on the overall swimming medal table through two days of competition.

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Budapest 2022, Oceania Day 2: So…Was McKeown’s Decision Worth It?

McKeown dropped the 100 back to avoid a finals session double and focus on the 200 IM finals, where she ended up taking silver in a time of 2:08.57.

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SwimSwam’s 2022 World Championships Fantasy Draft: Day 2 Points Check-In

Take a look at how the points are stacking up so far for the SwimSwam 2022 World Championships Fantasy Draft after 2 days of racing.

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2022 World Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Check in here to follow along with all the action in Budapest as we get into the second night of racing at the 2022 World Championships.

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2022 World Championships Night 1 Photo Vault

Leon Marchand of France clocked the second fastest men’s 400m IM time in history. See how he and other top performers celebrated on night 1 in Budapest.

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Australian Head Coach Rohan Taylor: McKeown Will Race 100 Back at Commonwealths

McKeown’s coach, Michael Bohl, wants the 20-year-old to gain international experience in the 200 IM to build confidence racing the event at this level. 

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2022 World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

The 100 back is the first event of day two, featuring world record holder Ryan Murphy, 2nd seed Hunter Armstrong, and defending World Champion Jiayu Xu.

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Wang Shun and Kregor Zirk Scratch 200 Free on Day Two Prelims of Worlds

China’s Wang Shun has scratched the 200 free, likely to focus on the 200 IM on Tuesday where he is the top seed. He placed 14th in the 400 IM on day one.

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Watch: Leon Marchand Blasts 4:04 400 IM at Worlds (Day 1 Finals Race Videos)

Watch all of the finals race videos from the first finals session of the 2022 World Championships, including Leon Marchand’s 400 IM European Record.

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Budapest 2022, Oceania Day 1: Aussie Men Stepping Up When Unexpected

After failing to medal at the Olympics despite having the top time in the world, Elijah Winnington roared back this year to take Oceania’s first Worlds medal.

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2022 World Championships: Night 1 Men’s Relay Analysis

Kyle Chalmers is now in a three way tie for the #7 fastest relay split after swimming a 46.60 tonight as Australia’s anchor.

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