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Ariarne Titmus Breaks Aussie Record To Give Ledecky First Individual OLY Loss

Ariarne Titmus torches the Aussie and Oceanic women’s 400m freestyle record and hands American Katie Ledecky her first Olympic loss.

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Maggie MacNeil Wins Olympic Gold, Lowers Americas Record With 55.59 100 Fly

Maggie MacNeil has collected her first-ever Olympic gold medal in the 100 butterfly in Canadian and Americas record fashion.

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Emma McKeon Rips 55.72 100 Fly Aussie & Oceanic Record For Bronze

27-year-old Renaissance woman Emma McKeon has surged to the wall here in Tokyo for 100m fly bronze, hitting a national record again.

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Dressel, Kolesnikov In for 400 Freestyle Relay Final (Relay Lineups)

Caeleb Dressel is set to join the American men in the 4×100 freestyle relay, leading-off for the team, which will be chased by the Italians.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 Finals Preview

Zhang Yufei has remained cool, calm, and collected throughout the prelims and semis of the 100 butterfly. Will she be able to hold off the field in the final?

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Schoenmaker: “I thought I was dying because I was going way too fast”

Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa took down the Olympic and African Records in the 100m breaststroke in prelims on Sunday.

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200 Freestyle Top Seed Hwang Sunwoo: “I’m Surprised At My Time”

During day 2 prelims of these Olympic Games, we saw a World Junior Record go down in the form of Hwang Sunwoo in the men’s 200m freestyle.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Confident American Lilly King will open her 2020 Olympic campaign on Sunday in women’s 100 breaststroke, beginning her quest to defend 2016 gold.

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Day 2 Prelims: Watch W 1BK OLY Record Get Broken Thrice and Ledecky’s 4FR Debut

Watch the women’s 100 back Olympic record get broken three times and Katie Ledecky’s Tokyo 2020 debut in the 400 free from day two prelims.

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Watch Aussies Smash 4×100 World Record, Other Olympic Final 1 Race Vieos

Watch the Australia women smash the 4×100 free relay record, and other race videos from the first finals sessions of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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#Tokyo2020 Cheat Sheet For Non Swimmers Day One Recap

In the first finals session, this 18-year old kid from Tunisia that nobody has heard of won the 400 free and everyone lost their minds.

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Tokyo 2020 Day 2 Prelims All-Star: Tamsin Cook Completes Impressive Comeback

2016 Olympic finalist Tamsin Cook retired from the sport back in 2018 but made a 2020 comeback and has since swum 2 of her top 3 400 freestyles.

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Isabel Gose Breaks German Record in 400 Free After 2 Second Time Drop

Teenager Isabel Gose qualified for the Olympic final and cracked more than half-a-second off the German Record in the women’s 400 free prelims.

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Overreacting: Brits Whiff In 400 Free Relay, Popovici Looking Dangerous

Romanian David Popovici (pictured) had a strong start to his Olympic career in the men’s 200 freestyle preliminaries on Sunday night in Tokyo.

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Men’s 400 Free Relay: US Has an Easy Choice, What’s Russia to Do?

After the women’s 400 free relay left the U.S. coaching staff with a deep calculus to make, the men’s 400 free relay will be straight-forward on Monday.

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