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Olympian Chiara Pellacani Joins LSU for Spring 2022

Italy’s Olympic Diver Chiara Pellacani will join Louisiana State University in Spring 2022, and brings international competition experience to the Tigers.

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Emre Sakci Breaks SCM 50 Breast World Record, First Person Under 25 Seconds

Emre Sakci set a new SCM 50 breaststroke world record at the Turkish National Championships on Monday with a time of 24.95.

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Kliment Kolesnikov Shares What he Gained from the 2021 ISL Season

Kolesnikov, coming off of a 6-medal performance in Abu Dhabi, reflects on his entire SCM fall and what he’s gained through so much racing

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Ilya Shymanovich Speaks on First Ever World Title

Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich, who set the World Record earlier this year, broke the SC Worlds meet record en route to the gold medal in 55.70

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Olympian Hannah Miley Wins Scotland’s Best Dog with Cocker Spaniel

Miley and Poppy won Scotland’s Best Dog on the popular BBC Scotland show. Miley finished fourth in the 400 IM at the 2016 Olympics.

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Anton Chupkov On Vladimir Salnikov Cup Start List

The Vladimir Salnikov Cup is bound for St. Petersburg, with many of Russia’s top athletes set to get one more short course competition under their belts.

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Lana Pudar Did Not Expect a 200 Fly Bronze Medal at Age 15

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Lana Pudar took home 200 fly bronze in 2:04.88, breaking her own national record by a full second

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Andrei Minakov on Training at Stanford: “Best place for me in world”

After coming off an electric performance at the NC State Invitational in November with his Stanford team, Minakov backed that up with 6 medals in Abu Dhabi

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Kamminga: “I do a lot of racing, and this was like extra a lot of racing”

The breaststroke machine, who won silver in the 200 in Abu Dhabi, raced nearly every weekend from September to December of this fall

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100 Fly World Champion Matteo Rivolta Full Press Conference

Italy’s Matteo Rivolta finished ahead of a strong field to take the gold in 48.87, a bit off of his Italian record, set while competing during ISL

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Kliment Kolesnikov Explains the Necklace he Wears During All His Races

Kolesnikov walked away from Abu Dhabi with 5 medals, 4 golds and a silver, even though he wore a necklace during every race (and has for his whole career)

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2021 Swammy Awards: British Coach of the Year, Dave McNulty

Dave McNulty coached 5 swimmers from Team Great Britain to Olympic medals, including Tom Dean’s win in the 200m freestyle.

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Were There More DNSes and DQs in the 2021 World SC Championships than Before?

Lydia Jacoby did not start (DNS) the 100 breaststroke due to close contact with a COIVD-19 positive individual at the 2021 World Championships.

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2021 World Swimming Championships: Final Results

The men’s 100 breaststroke podium featured Ilya Shymanovich, Nicolò Martinenghi, and Nic Fink. See the rest of the medalists here.

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Tomoe Hvas on What it Means to be a Professional Athlete

Tomoe Hvas clipped his own Norwegian Record of 51.39 from semifinals to take 2nd in the men’s final of the 100 IM, marking his first-ever world medal

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