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WATCH: Fighter Jets Paint The Sky As Tokyo Passes Olympic Baton To Paris

Eight fighter jets flew over the Eiffel Tower in Paris, painting the sky red, white and blue to signify the colors of French flag.

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Watch All of the European Record Race Videos from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

GBR set a World, European, and Olympic Record in the mixed 4×100 medley relay. Watch this and other European Record race videos from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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German 200 Fly Record Holder Franziska Hentke Announces Retirement

“For 26 years, swimming taught me that will, passion, hard work and ambition pay off in order to be successful,” says Germany’s Franziska Hentke.

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Watch All of Great Britain’s Gold Medal Swims from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Great Britain won four gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Watch as Thomas Dean and Adam Peaty swim to individual victories.

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Spanish Open Day 4: Hugo Gonzalez Breaks Own Men’s 200 Back Championship Record

With the swim, Gonzalez broke his own Spanish Championship Record, which stood at 1:59.15 from July of 2018.

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Italian Championships Continue With 1:46.9 200 Free From Stefano Ballo

Stefano Ballo put up the winning 200m free time of 1:46.91 in Rome today, following up on competing at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Spanish Open Day 3: Alejandro Puebla Crack Championship Record in 1500 Free

Puebla clocked a 15:13.58, marking a personal best of 15:21.29, which he swam at the Spanish National Championships in March of this year.

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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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