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Canada’s Summer McIntosh Rips 2:01.99 200 Fly Championship Record

18-year-old Olympic gold medalist Summer McIntosh ripped a new Canadian record and Championship record of 2:01.99 in the women’s 200m butterfly.

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Sara Curtis Is Redefining Consistency — And Leading Italy’s Sprint Revolution

Italian sprinter Sara Curtis is moving the Italian women’s sprint group forward, and she’s only 18 years old.

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Blake Tierney Smashes 200 Back Canadian Record In 1:55.17

Blake Tierney took over a second off the Canadian 200 back record to top the Worlds heats, reclaiming the record from Ethan Ekk

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2025 World Championships | Day 5 Finals LIVE Watch Party

Watch along with SwimSwam as we livestream Day 5 finals of the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.

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Australia’s Olivia Wunsch Scratches Women’s 100 Free Semifinals With Undisclosed Illness

Wunsch, 19, was the 7th-fastest swimmer in prelims of the women’s 100 free. Her scratch pulls in Britain’s Freya Anderson.

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World Aquatics Selects 3 New Hosts for “Silk Road” Swimming World Cup in 2026

An influx of foreign oil development over the last 30 years has seen a towering skyline spring up in Baku, Azerbaijan as part of the country’s image-building efforts.

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Singapur 2025: Carles Coll, a las semifinales de los 200 braza

El vigente campeón de mundo en piscina corta cerró este jueves la ronda preliminar en quinta posición con un tiempo de 2:10.30 minutos.

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2025 World Championships Day 5: Relay Speculation

Anna Peplowski had the fastest split of the 4×200 freestyle relay prelims at 1:55.16 to earn her spot the United States relay tonight.

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2025 World Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Hungarian Olympic Champion Hubert Kos will be taking the water this morning in heat four of the men’s 200 backstroke as the 2nd seed.

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Italian Olympic Champion Nicolo Martinenghi DNS Prelims of the 200 Breaststroke in Singapore

Martinenghi won a silver medal in the 100 breast earlier this week in a season-best time of 58.58, and he finished 13th in the 50 breast.

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Jack Aikins, Thomas Ceccon Out of Semifinals in the 200 Back After Trailing in Prelims

Two of the big names in this event, Aikins was the top seed coming into the competition while Ceccon was the #9 seed.

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#5 Seed Mona McSharry Of Ireland DNS Prelims Of The 200 Breaststroke

McSharry already raced in the 100 breast this week in Singapore and is entered in the 50 breast later this week.

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Contextualizing Leon Marchand’s 1:52.69 200 IM (Or Trying To)

Leon Marchand does not really do normal, and he showed that once again in the 200 IM semi-finals. Here’s to (hopefully) helping you wrap your head around it

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2025 World Championships: Day 5 Prelims – Relay Lineups (Women’s 4×200 Free)

The USA coaching staff have had to play with the expected relay line-up and have called upon Anna Moesch to swim a leg, despite not making the final in the event at US Nationals.

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WATCH: Marchand Rips 1:52.69 To Obliterate Lochte’s 200 IM World Record (Day 4 Race Videos)

Didn’t catch the action from night four of the 2025 World Championships? No worries, SwimSwam has compiled a list of all available race videos.

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