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Around 10 Team USA Swimmers “Too Sick To Travel” To Singapore With The Rest Of The Team

Sources close to Team USA have confirmed to SwimSwam that about 10 U.S. athletes had to stay behind in Phuket because they were too sick to travel.

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2025 World Championships Preview: Qin The Heavy Favorite Amid Field Loaded With Absences

World record holder Qin Haiyang is the clear frontrunner to win the 200 breaststroke world title in a field riddled with absences.

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2025 Finnish National Championships Features Clash of Generations

Olympic bronze medalist Matti Mattsson and other Finnish veterans swam against a pool of young talent at the 2025 Finnish National Championships.

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How to Update Your SwimSwam Pick ‘Em Entries in Light of Recent News Developments

If Leon Marchand’s event choices have left your pick ’em brackets in a lurch, you can still edit your choices before the meet begins!

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Greece Wins Women’s Water Polo Worlds Tournament

The gold and bronze medal matches took place in Singapore today. Greece notched gold, Hungary earned silver, and Spain beat the U.S. for bronze

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2025 World Championship Previews: Once More Unto the Breach for the US & China in Mixed Medley

With the front half of the USA WR breaking relay from Paris missing, and the back half of the Chinese relay looking shaking, the Mixed Medley is bound to be chaotic.

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2025 World University Games: Day 7 Finals Preview

Julia Dennis leads the women’s 50 freestyle field by almost half-a-second and is the clear favorite to walk home with the gold tonight.

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Italian Men Help Propel Nation To Runner-Up Status So Far In WUGS Medal Table

On day six of WUGS, Italy saw its men’s contingent help propel results, with Gianmarco Sansone leading off with a gold in the men’s 100m butterfly.

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Relays Over The Last 10 Years: Men’s 4×100 Free

We take a look back at the last decade of relay swims at Worlds & the Olympics, starting off with one of the first relays on the docket – the men’s 4×100 free

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Japan’s 16-Yr-Old Shin Ohashi Does It Again, Blasts 58.94 WJR

16-year-old Shin Ohashi broke another World Junior Record, this time blasting a new 100m breaststroke mark of 58.94 to rank #2 in the world on the season.

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2025 World University Games: Day 7 Prelims Preview

Cavan Gormsen stormed home in the 200 free final last night to win gold, and will go in the 400 free heats this morning aiming for lane 4 in tonight’s final

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2025 Worlds Previews: G. Walsh In Driver’s Seat For 50 Fly Gold After Joining Sub-25 Club

One pool length sits between Gretchen Walsh and the 50 fly crown. The rest of the field is getting faster as the event got added to the Olympics.

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14-Yr-Old Alessandra Mao Of Italy Puts Up 54.98 100 Free At EYOF

14-year-old Alessandro Mao busted out a personal best of 54.98 to win the 100m free on day two of the European Youth Olympic Festival.

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16-Yr-Old Theodora Taylor Clocks 24.98 50 Free British Age Record

European Junior Championships multi-medalist Theodora Taylor ripped a time of 24.98 to establish a new 50m free British Age Record.

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U.S. Men Wrap Up Day 6 of WUGs with New Meet Record in 4×200 Free Relay

The United States’ men’s 4×200 free relay mirrored the success of their female counterparts from day four with a new WUGs record. (Above: Mitchell Schott)

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