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Prize Money & Performance Contracts Provide Huge Opportunities at 2024 World Championships

Many athletes’ endorsement contracts include performance clauses – clauses that might have felt unattainable in other years.

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Kitty Lynn Joustra Leads The Netherlands Water Polo Over China

Defending World Champs of the Netherlands competed in the round of 16 today after going 2-1 in group play with a loss against the USA.

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Douglass Drops 50 Fly, Curzan Out of 50 Free on Updated 2024 Worlds Start Lists

American Kate Douglass has scratched from the 50 fly while teammate Claire Curzan dropped the 50 free on the updated 2024 Worlds start lists.

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2024 Worlds Preview: Mixed Relays a Mixed Bag of Competiton or Scratches

Claire Curzan has a busy schedule of six individual events, but should the USA opt to swim mixed relays, will be a necessary piece for both relays.

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2024 Worlds Preview: Douglass Looks to Repeat in 2 IM; 4 IM Promises All New Medalists.

American Kate Douglass will look it make it two golds in a row in the 200 IM, while the 400 IM will crown all new medalists.

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China’s Banned Sun Yang Not Giving Up On Paris 2024 Participation

Despite apparently having been ruled out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Record holder Sun Yang continues to train.

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Doha 2024: otro podio mundialista para España y para México

La natación artística finalizó este sábado en el Aspire Dome de Qatar. Gran trabajo de Colombia. Los detalles de la última prueba.

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New Mom Seebohm Takes 50 Back Gold At Queensland Sprint Championships

Just a handful of months after giving birth to her first child, Olympic medalist Emily Seebohm of Australia was back in the water racing down under.

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2024 Worlds Previews: With 3x Champ Qin Out, Men’s Breast Field is Wide Open for Gold

With Qin Haiyang out of Doha, the men’s breaststroke field is wide open. Arno Kamminga is among both the vets, and those hungry for first-ever World titles.

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How and When to Watch/Stream the 2024 World Championships

Once again, swimming won’t be televised live on BBC, but we’ve still got info about how to watch the meet.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Opinions All Over The Map On Value of World Championship Medals In Doha

In Doha, 24 of the 34 individual events won’t have the defending gold medalist in the field.

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Win Prizes! Enter to Win the 2024 World Aquatics Championships Pick ‘Em Contest

With many top talents skipping out on this year’s World Championships, we could see some surprising finishers atop the podium next week in Doha, Qatar.

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2024 Worlds Previews: Fukuoka Medalists Armstrong, Mityukov Lead Men’s Backstroke

One of the few defending world champions in Doha, Hunter Armstrong is a big favorite to repeat in the men’s 50 back and is also the top contender in the 100.

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Should Summer McIntosh Swim the 800 Free at the 2024 Paris Olympics?

Summer now has 6 events that she could potentially vie for gold in Paris in: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 fly, 200 free, 400 free, and now 800 free.

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6-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Eyes More Gold In Paris

Murphy took a short break after 2023 World Champs to launch his Olympic grind. Now in his 11th season at Cal under Dave Durden, Ryan details…

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