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2022 Short Course Worlds Picks And Previews: Women’s Breaststroke

Showdowns consisting of swimmers like Ruta Meilutyte, Lilly King, and Kate Douglass are impending for the women’s breaststroke races at short course worlds.

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2022 Short Course World Championships: Official SwimSwam Preview Index

Australian Emma McKeon is part of a star-studded roster for the host Australians at the 2022 World Short Course Championships. How many medals will she win?

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Israel’s First Olympic Swimmer Nachum Buch Dies at 89

Israel’s first Olympian and pioneer in Jewish swimming, Nachum Buch, died on November 7th in Melbourne, Australia, at 89.

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Andreea Dragoi on Balancing Swimming & Beauty Pageants, Growing Up with David Popovici

Dragoi started modeling in Romania but it was only in the US, once she moved to San Jose to study and swim, that she took on beauty pageants.

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Which Female Swimmer Has the Fastest 4-Stroke 800 Meter IM Add-Up?

Canadian teen sensation Summer McIntosh sparked an interesting question after further-flexing her wide-ranging versatility at last weekend’s U.S. Open.

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Entry Lists For 2022 Short Course World Championships Released

Triple Olympic gold medalist and 2022 world champion Kaylee McKeown is set to race the women’s 50, 100 and 200 backstroke, plus the 200 IM, in Melbourne.

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Yusra Mardini Discusses #1 Netflix Movie “The Swimmers” About Her Life as a Refugee

Mardini and her sister, Sara, are the subjects of the #1 Netflix movie “The Swimmers”, which tells the story of the two crossing the Agean Sea

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Do You Love Swimming? See 4,006 Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming! Go here to see 4,006 Swim Jobs.

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Kamminga’s Back In Business With 58.90 100 Breaststroke

After having taken the bulk of the fall off due to dealing with a series of illnesses, Dutch breaststroking ace Arno Kamminga proved he is on the mend.

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Tes Schouten Adds 100 Breaststroke Dutch Record To Rotterdam Resumé

21-year-old Tes Schouten added another Dutch national record to her Rotterdam Qualification Meet resume, building on her 200m performance from earlier.

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Steenbergen Nears Lifetime Best In 100 Free At Rotterdam Qualification Meet

The Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen once again topped visiting British ace Freya Anderson at the 2022 Rotterdam Qualification Meet.

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Clark, Stephens & Gammon Highlight Day Two Of Swim England Winter Championships

Laura Stephens topped the women’s 100m butterfly podium on day two of the 2022 Swim England Winter Championships in Sheffield.

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Imogen Clark Clocks 29.35 British Record In SCM 50 Breast

Imogen Clark lowered her own British national record in the women’s 50m breaststroke on night two of the 2022 Swim England Winter Championships.

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Mizunuma Touches Out Honda For 100 Fly Gold At Japan Open

National record holder Naoki Mizunuma did his thing in the men’s 100m butterfly, claiming gold to close out the 2022 Japan Open.

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Watch: Ledecky Blasts a 15:44 1500 Free at U.S. Open (Day 4 Race Videos)

A 30-second lead was not enough for Katie Ledecky; she hit the wall first in the 1500 free at U.S. Open by 34 seconds (15:44.13)

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