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Lucy Hope’s Scottish Record Builds Case For British Women’s 400 Free Relay

Edinburgh athlete Lucy Hope produced the fastest 100 free of her life on night 4 of the British Olympic Selection Trials.

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Kathleen Dawson Cracks More than a Second off Scottish 200 Back Record

Kathleen Dawson (pictured above during ISL 2020) has now lowered the Scottish Record by more than four seconds in her career.

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2021 British Olympic Selection Trials – Day 4 Finals Live Recap

With only 2 more finals sessions to go, follow along here as racing gets underway on night 4 of the 2021 British Olympic Selection Trials.

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Ben Proud Nails 21.68 FR, Now World No. 3 at Day 4 British Trials Prelims

Ben Proud swam 21.68 in the 50 free, now No. 3 in the world this season behind Russian Vlad Morozov (21.41) and American Ryan Held (21.62).

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German Olympic Trials Day 2 finals live recap

2021 GERMAN OLYMPIC TRIALS – BERLIN Friday, April 16th – Sunday, April 18th Friday/Saturday: Prelims at 10am local/Finals at 5pm…

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Major 400 Free Showdowns Brewing After German Trials Day 2 Prelims

Florian Wellbrock is one of three men vying for a spot on the German Olympic team in the 400 free, while the women’s race is heating up, too.

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Velimir Stjepanovic on Swimming Without Pressure

One topic Velimir covered was swimming without pressure, which Velimir explained was the case as a member of the DC Trident.

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Sarah Sjostrom’s Elbow Rehab Progresses to ‘Pushups’ after 4cm Muscle Loss

Sarah Sjostrom says she lost 4 centimeters of mass on her injured right elbow while recovering from a fracture suffered in February.

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16-Year-Old Jacob Whittle Cranks Out 48.76 100 Meter Free in Long Course

16-year-old Jacob Whittle is now faster in the 100 freestyle than both Kyle Chalmers and Caeleb Dressel were at his age.

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Day 1 Berlin: Gose, Bruhn, Märtens, Matzerath cracked German Olympic standards

2021 GERMAN OLYMPIC TRIALS – BERLIN Friday, April 16th – Sunday, April 18th Friday/Saturday: Prelims at 10am local/Finals at 7pm…

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British Consideration Roster Hits 19 Through 3 Days of Trials

18-year-old Matt Richards placed 2nd in the men’s 100m free tonight in London, getting under the consideration standard in the process.

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2021 British Olympic Selection Trials Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Duncan Scott already got under the Olympic consideration standard in the 100 free prelims, but let’s see what he has in store for tonight.

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German Olympic Trials Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Ole Braunschweig (above) and Marek Ulrich are less than .20 off the Olympic qualifying cut in the 100 back. Ulrich, who had retired in 2018, is within .05.

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2021 British Trials: Max Litchfield Hits 4:14 IM, Thomas/Stephens Swim 2:09 FL

Loughborough’s Max Litchfield needs to drop 1.2s off Britain’s 400 IM OLY qualifying standard of 4:13.47 to join brother Joe on the Tokyo Olympic team.

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Matzerath Hits PR 59.63 in 100 BR, Goes Under OLY Cut at German Trials Heats

Matzerath sliced a tenth off of his old best, and went under the Olympic cut by over a tenth, as the men’s 100 breast final will be a major race tonight.

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