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Italian C’Ships Kick Off With Near-National Record By Castiglioni

The Italian Championships are now in progress, with several Olympians moving right on from Tokyo to compete here in Rome.

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Hector Pardoe Withdraws from Men’s OW 10k in Tokyo Following Eye Injury

Great Britain’s Hector Pardoe was forced to withdraw from the men’s open water 10k at the Olympics due to an injury to his eye.

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Stanford’s Minakov At Peace With Fourth Place Olympic Finish In 100 Fly

19-year-old Andrei Minakov said of Tokyo, “I did everything I could, and because of this feeling it doesn’t hurt as bad to take fourth place.”

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Great Britain’s Alice Dearing Already Eyeing Paris 2024

24-year-old Alice Dearing of Great Britain is taking her 19th place finish in the women’s open water race in Tokyo as a learning experience for Paris 2024.

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Tokyo Silver Medalist Lorenzo Zazzeri Has Olympic Memorabilia Stolen From Car

Zazzeri’s car was broken into while he was at a local pool in Florence celebrating his Olympic performance with the community.

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Hugo Gonzalez Among Spanish Olympians Racing at Spanish Open This Week

Almost half of Spain’s Olympic swimming team returned home in time to race at the first two days of competition at the Spanish Open & Junior Championships

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Olympic Results Digest: All The Medalists & Records Set In The Pool In Tokyo

Everything you need for a quick refresher on what went down over eight days of swimming in Tokyo’s Olympic Aquatics Centre.

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Jack’s Back On Olympic Podium With Brilliant Bronze

Jack Laugher earned the third Olympic medal of his glittering career to complete the set by diving to a brilliant bronze in the Men’s 3m Springboard final.

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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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Olympic Champion Adam Peaty To Take Break, ISL Participation In Doubt

British powerhouse Adam Peaty has revealed he will be taking an extended break from the pool now that his job in Tokyo is done.

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Florent Manaudou Says He Hopes to Race Until Home-Nation Paris 2024 Olympics

Florent Manaudou, a three-time Olympic medalist in the 50 free, says that he will give Paris 2024 a shot with the desire to swim in his home nation.

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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 2020, Europe Day 8: Sjostrom Matches Pre-Injury 50 Free Speed For Silver

In February, Sarah Sjostrom swam a 24.07 50 free (her fastest time in 2021) before breaking her elbow that same month. She just swam a 24.07 to win silver.

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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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