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Manaudou is Rested and Focused for a Repeat in the 50 Freestyle

After posting the fourth fastest prelims time of 21.72 in the 50 freestyle 2012 Olympic champion Florent Manaudou is heading into tonight’s semi-finals with a lot of confidence…

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Rio Rapid Fire: Day Six Prelims

. Although he wasn’t the leader, his 51.60 moves him through to the next round where he’ll attempt to qualify. If he does, it’ll be his fourth Olympic final in the event, and he’ll have the chance to win his fourth consecutive gold.

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Boglarka Kapas Breaks Hungarian Record in the 800 Free

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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Ledecky Cruises To Olympic Record 8:12 in 800 Free Heats

It wasn’t her best time – wasn’t even within 6 seconds, in fact – but Katie Ledecky still smashed the Olympic record in heats of the 800 free.

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100 Freestyle World Champion Ning Zetao Misses 50 Freestyle Semis

The 100 freestyle world champion Ning Zetao of China has missed the semi-finals in the 50 freestyle posting 22.38 in the prelims…

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Govorov Breaks Ukrainian Record In 50 Free, Sits 1st Heading To Semis

Andriy Govorov put up the top time of the prelims in the men’s 50 free, breaking his own Ukrainian record.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 55% Favor Ledecky Over Hosszu Through 2 Days

More than half of voters picked Katie Ledecky as the early female swimmer of the meet choice.

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NCAA Update: College Stars Play Key Roles, Earn 800 Free Relay Medals

Texas Longhorn Townley Haas was one of seven NCAA swimmers who earned medals in the 4×200 freestyle relays earlier this week in Rio.

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JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS RÍO 2016: FINALES DÍA 5

JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS RÍO 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Natación: Agosto6-13 Estadio Olímpico Acuático, Parque Olímpico de Barra, Río de Janeiro…

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Day 6 Prelims Preview: Manaudou’s Time To Shine In Men’s 50 Free

Florent Manaudou finally gets his opportunity to shine individually here in Rio with the men’s 50 free getting underway today.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Five Finals Live Recap

Swimming’s blue ribbon event will give way to a Aussie-American duel with a Canadian somewhere in the middle. Kyle Chalmers and Cameron McEvoy of Australia will be trying to take down both Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel of the United States.

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Shouts From the Stands: Nothing’s Changed

Jennie Mack explains how nothing has changed from Rio 1990, to Rio 2016 – as shown in the above picture of the diving competition pool that has turned green.

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Dwyer/Haas Full Press Conference post 800 Free Relay (Video)

The most dominant swim of Olympic night four was a classic.

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Relay Roundup: Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay Split Breakdown

The U.S. women reversed their fortunes to top Australia in the 4×200 freestyle relay last night.

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Men’s 100 Freestyle

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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