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Irish Medley Relay Blows Away National Record In Unofficial Trial

Get hyped on this Monday by watching a speedy foursome of Irish swimmers throw down their nation’s fastest 200m medley relay.

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Tokyo Sees Record Coronavirus Cases 1 Year Out from Rescheduled Olympics

Tokyo, and the whole country of Japan, is seeing a rise in new coronavirus cases a year out from the rescheduled Olympic Games.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Felix Aubock on 4-Nations Meet, Training Better Than Ever

Aubock mentions that he’s training with their high-performance group, and he’s doing things in practice that he’s never done before.

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The First Olympic Pool in the Maldives Is Under Construction

By the end of this year, Maldives will have their first Olympic-sized swimming pool in Malé. Most of the country’s current training facilities are floating…

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Rio Shirai Makes Her Presence Known At Hyogo Prefectural C’ships

19-year-old Rio Shirai made some waves over the weekend, competing at the Hyogo Prefectural Championships, one of several taking place in Japan.

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Pammer Nears Austrian 100 Free Record While Gigler Takes 2 In Graz

Heiko Gigler grabbed two golds so far at the Austrian National Championships over the weekend, with more swims to come from Graz.

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Watch Sun Jiajun Become China’s 3rd Fastest 100 Breast Swimmer Ever

Watch 2018 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist Sun Jiajun hit a lifetime best in the men’s 100m breast at this week’s Chinese national team test meet.

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Race Video: Yang Junxuan’s 1:55.53 200 Free Victory At Chinese Test Meet

The speedy outings at this week’s Chinese test mete may just be a preview of what’s to come from the likes of Yang Junxuan.

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Watch Zhang Yufei’s 56.47 100 Fly Lifetime Best

Check out what a 56.47 100m fly looks like, courtesy of 22-year-old Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei. She crushed that PB competing in time trials.

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The Olympics That Would Have Been: Campbell, U.S. Relays Finish Strong On Day 8

Cate Campbell and the American medley relays were among the highlights on the final day of swimming at the parallel universe 2020 Olympic Games.

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Not To Be Missed, Zhang Yufei Crushes 55.81 Fly For 8th Fastest Medley Split

Zhang Yufei threw down several statement swims this week at her national team time trials, including as a member of the mixed medley relay.

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The Olympics That Would Have Been: Dressel’s Triple Triumph On Day 7

Just as he has done at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships, Caeleb Dressel is slated for three finals swims on Day 7 in Tokyo.

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Spain Update: More LSC’s Bring Season To A Close; Others Create Meet Protocols

Catalonia, among the different regional governing bodies for the sport, has established a special protocol that would allow for a safe return to competition.

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In a Supersuit, Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Goes Under Finnish 50 Fly Record

While his 23.44 was well under his lifetime best of 24.02 from 2017, it won’t count as an official time or record due to his wearing a banned suit.

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Zhang Yufei Clocks Monster 56.47 100 Fly For Unofficial Lifetime Best

Zhang Yufei put up stellar 56.11 fly split on the mixed medley relay and followed up with another super strong 56.68 individual performance.

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