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2017 Worlds Previews: Brits Hoping Peaty Can Power Past USA for Gold

You can find links to all of our event-by-event previews and a compilation of our predicted medal-winners here. 2017 FINA…

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2017 Worlds Previews: Rylov to Challenge Murphy in M. 200 Back

While Murphy and Larkin are 2 of the big names that come to mind in the gold medal conversation, Russia’s Evgeny Rylov is definitely in the picture as well.

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Russians Win Mixed Duet Free, Close Synchro Worlds With Seven Golds

Synchro finished up on Sunday and Russia won yet another gold, with China also finishing on top of the podium.

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The World Games: Finswimming, Russia Strikes Back

With 5 golds in the second and last day of competition, Russian
dominates water and medal table: 15 years old Mikhaylushkina shines again with Zhurman, Kabanov and Arbuzov. Double for Hungarian Senanszky

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Tom Daley Wins 10m Platform In Epic Fashion Over Olympic Champion Chen

Tom Daley won gold in the men’s 10m platform to close out diving at the FINA World Championships.

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2017 Worlds Preview: Ledecky Begins The Road To Tokyo In 800 Free

Katie Ledecky’s quest to go sub-8 minutes in Tokyo begins in Budapest.

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South Aussie State Cships: Chalmers Eases Back Into More Robust Racing

Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers returned to a more robust racing schedule this week at South Australia States.

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The Official SwimSwam 2017 World Champs Preview/Predictions Tracker

Don’t want to miss a single one of our 2017 World Championship event-by-event previews or predictions? We’ve got you covered. Bookmark this page and come back daily for updated predictions and links out to each new event preview.

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From the Research Files: Trends in World Rankings, 2011-2016 – Men

As we get ready for the pool swimming events to begin at FINA World Championships in Budapest, we thought we’d take a look at trends in world rankings over the last six years, as researched by Robin Pla*.

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2017 World Champs: Italy Pulls 3 Swimmers on Day 1 (Scratch Report)

Silvia di Pietro (above) is one of three Italian swimmers scratching out of day 1 prelims. Other scratches include Louise Hansson of Sweden, Manuella Lyrio of Brazil, and Matias Koski of Finland.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Preview

Check out a preview of the first preliminary session of the 2017 FINA World Championships.

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2017 Worlds Preview: World Record Watch for Efimova

You can find links to all of our event-by-event previews and a compilation of our predicted medal-winners here. 2017 FINA…

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2017 Worlds Previews: Big Fins to Be Filled in Men’s 200 IM

Established IM stars like Kosuke Hagino and Chase Kalisz will be among those vying to fill the void left by the absence of the two men who have won the last seven world championships in the 200 IM.

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2017 World Championships Pick ‘Em Contest, Presented by TYR

Matt Grevers can’t contain the excitement for our Pick ‘Em prizes (and Worlds), and neither can we. Enter your picks now.

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2017 Worlds Previews: USA vs. GBR in Men’s 800 Free Relay

We’re just one day away from the 2017 FINA World Championships, and the battle between the USA and Great Britain in the 800 free relay is one of the most anticipated relay races of the meet.

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