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2023 World Championships: Day 8 Pick ‘Em Contest Scoring Update + Final Scores

After 8 days of all-time entertaining races, it’s time to do our final check-in with the SwimSwam Pick ‘Em Contest.

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Bob Bowman Talks Balancing Time Between Team USA, International ASU Swimmers

“There’s a global community in swimming,” Bowman said. “Almost every one of the coaches on this deck is involved with more than one country’s swimmers.”

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Fukuoka 2023, Day 8 Africa Recap – Hafnaoui Gracious in Victory, Credits Finke Post-Race

Ahmed Hafnaoui and Bobby Finke swam side by side for the entirety of the 1500, and both attributed their success to each other’s presence in the race.

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Chikunova, Kolesnikov Receive 1 Million Ruble Bonuses on Last Day of Russia Swimming Cup

Russia handed out two more 1 million ruble bonuses on Sunday to swimmers at the final of the All-Russia Swimming Cup who beat the World Championship time.

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2023 World Championships: Night 8 Relay Analysis (The Women)

The US swam a sneaky fast time in the 4×100 medley relay, leading start to finish by using an impressive front half highlighted by Lilly King’s 1:04.93 split.

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Australia Closes Out 2023 World Championships On Top Of Swimming Medal Table

The nation of Australia captured the top spot in the swimming medal table now that the 2023 World Championships have concluded.

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2023 World Championships: Night 8 Relay Analysis (The Men)

Ryan Murphy got the USA out to the start they needed, and they never looked back, swimming a new championship record of 3:27.20

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USA Men Win 4×100 Medley Relay in Championship Record 3:27.20 To Close Worlds

Nic Fink split a 58.03 on the breaststroke leg, about half a second faster than Eric Shanteau was on the old 2009 record breaststroke leg.

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Ahmed Hafnaoui And Bobby Finke Become Second And Third-Fastest 1500 Freestylers Ever

Hafnaoui ended up beating Finke by just 0.05 of a second, but the two swimmers stayed close for the entirety of the race and became two of the fastest ever.

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With 50 Free Victory, Sjostrom Overtakes Phelps For Most Individual Worlds Medals

With her 50m free victory, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom overtakes American Michael Phelps’ record for the most individual World Championships medals.

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2023 World Championships: Watch Ruta Meilutyte Break 50 Breast WR on Final Night

In case you didn’t want to pay for Peacock, watch all of the final night of racing in Fukuoka, Japan, including a World Record.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Leon Marchand Lands Louis Vuitton Sponsorship

Multi-2023 World Championships gold medalist Leon Marchand of France will be one of the faces of Louis Vuitton at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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Maxime Grousset Drops 49.27 Fly Split On Medley Relay, Second-Fastest Ever

Grousset clocked the eighth sub-50 butterfly split in history, and only Caeleb Dressel has swum faster than him on a relay.

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2023 SwimSwam World Champs Fantasy Draft: Live Scoring Updates (Yanyan Won)

Follow along on this article for live scoring updates on SwimSwam’s 2023 World Championships draft and to see who is leading.

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Fukuoka 2023, Day 8 North America: After Prelims Scare, King Gets The Job Done For USA

After a rough showing individually, King (pictured) stepped up on the medley relay to help Team USA beat Australia and win gold.

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