International

Olympic Champion Zhang Yufei Injured Elbow Midway Through Short Course Worlds

Zhang, one of the medal favorites in the women’s 100 fly, injured her elbow midway through SC Worlds and was forced to withdraw.

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Swimming Australia Seeks to Build “World-Class Home of Swimming” For Brisbane 2032

SA Chief Executive Eugénie Buckley announces plan to build a world-class facility for elite swimmers, coaches, and officials to prepare for Brisbane 2032.

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SwimSwam’s Awards For The 2022 Short Course World Championships — Women’s Edition

In this article, SwimSwam gives out awards for the some of the best swimmers and performances on the women’s side of short course worlds.

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Kaylee McKeown Becomes 2nd Woman to Concurrently Own Olympic, World, CG, and SCW Titles

Kaylee McKeown became the second woman to concurrently hold Olympic, Commonwealth, world long course, and world short course titles in the same event. 

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Australia Sets 18 National Records At 2022 Short Course World Championships

The Australians reset 18 national records at Short Course Worlds, 11 of them coming on relays.

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Kamminga Takes Trio Of Breaststroke Events At Dutch SC Championships

Having opted out of this year’s Short Course World Championships, Dutchman Arno Kamminga got it done for gold three times in his native country.

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Jovan Lekic Takes 5+ Seconds Off Bosnian & Herzegovina Record in 400 Free

Jovan Lekic returned to racing two months ago after being found to have “no significant fault or negligence” in a 2021 doping case and has broken this record three times already.

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UCSC Boys Break Three Canadian 15-17 NAG Relay Records At OJI; ESWIM Girls Claim Two

The University of Calgary Swim Club broke three national relay age group records for 15-17 boys at the Ontario Junior International meet over the weekend.

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High-Level International Meets For January 2023

Newly-minted short course world champion Kyle Chalmers has historically competed at the South Australian State Championships slated for late January.

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Ella Jansen Wins Three Times, Laon Kim Adds Another 13-14 NAG Record To Close OJI

Ella Jansen won two more individual events and added a relay victory on Sunday to close out the 2022 Ontario Junior International meet in Toronto.

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Daiya Seto Becomes First Person to Six-Peat at Worlds With Gold In the 400 IM

Seto clocked 3:55.75 to win his sixth SC 400 IM gold, becoming the first swimmer to six-peat in an event at either short course or long course Worlds.

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Frederik Lentz Downs Danish Record In SCM 100 Freestyle

The Danish Short Course Championships wrapped up over the weekend but not before a national record fell at the hands of Frederik Lentz.

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Records Fall on Final Night of Ken Demchuk International Meet

Six swimmers produced eight records on the final night of the three-day meet held at the UBC Aquatic Centre on the University of British Columbia campus.

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Do You Love Swimming? See 4,020 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 4,020 Swim Jobs.

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The Wild Splitting That Led to the World Record Tie in the Men’s 400 Medley Relay

Kyle Chalmers had the fastest-ever relay split in a 100 freestyle on Sunday evening in Melbourne, securing a gold medal and co-World Record to end Worlds.

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