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200 Fly Olympic Champion Zhang Yufei Drops Event At 2023 World Championships

Now, Zhang will have an opportunity to fully focus on the mixed medley relay, where China has a strong chance of winning gold.

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2023 World Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

This morning’s prelims session will feature heats of the women’s 50 back, men’s 100 free, men’s 200 IM, women’s 200 fly, and mixed 4×100 medley relay. 

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Matt Richards Posts 47.59 100 Free To Break The British Record

Richards only got to race the 100 free at Worlds because Duncan Scott scratched, but he made the most out of his opportunity to break the British record.

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Jordan Crooks Drops Over A Second In Long Course Breakthrough, Clocks 47.77 100 Free

After being one of the best short course swimmers in the World over the last two years, Crooks has translated his success over to long course.

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Seventh Seed Mollie O’Callaghan No-Shows Women’s 50 Back Prelims

For the second year in a row, O’Callaghan has entered in backstroke events at Worlds just to end up not swimming them during the actual competition.

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USA Opts For Berkoff-Matheny-Rose-Weitzeil In Mixed Medley Relay Prelims (ALL LINEUPS)

The U.S. have opted to use a female/male/male/female prelims relays, which raises questions about what kind of order they want to use for finals.

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2023 World Champs: Entering Day 4, have the Projected Medley Relays Changed? I’d Say Yes

Nic Fink’s breaststroke leg will be paramount for the US to repeat as champions in the mixed 400 medley as the US attempts to hold off a resurgent China.

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2023 World Champs, Day 4 Prelims Preview: Katharine Berkoff Set for Success in the 50 BK

Day 4 of the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka is set to kick off in a few hours.

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2023 World Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Today’s finals session features the first meet’s first showdown between Regan Smith (pictured) and Kaylee McKeown as they fight for gold in the 100 back.

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Malyutin Wins 200 Free, Rogozhinova Tops 400 IM On Day 1 of Russian Swimming Cup

Martin Malyutin used his patented back-half speed to book a win in the men’s 200 free on the opening day of the Russian Swimming Cup in Kazan.

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Hungary Tentatively On Top Of Medal Table At European Youth Olympic Festival

Viven Jackl claimed gold in the girls’ 400m IM to help Hungary top the overall swimming medal table thus far at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival.

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Nikoletta Padar Hits 1:56.55 200 Free To Down European Junior Record Target Time

Padar fired off a time of 1:56.55 in the semi-finals of the women’s 200 free to break the “Target Time” for the European Junior Record of 1:56.78.

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World Aquatics To Include Transgender Swimmers In Trial of “Open” Category

President Husain Al-Musallam said the first event with an open category would take place in the future but didn’t provide additional details.

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Fukuoka 2023, Day 3 Africa Recap – Africa Shines in Men’s 800 Free

While finishing less than a second outside of qualifying for the men’s 800m free, Egypt’s Marwan Elkamash erased an eight-year-old record off the books.

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Fukuoka 2023, Euro Recap Day 3: Matt Richards Has Arrived

Matt Richards has announced himself on the world stage, leading Great Britain to a 1-2 in the men’s 200 freestyle with a new personal best time.

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