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Assessing the Presence of E. Coli in the Seine River for the Olympic Triathlon

Though organizers still held the Olympic Triathlon events on Wednesday, there remains lingering concern about the E. coli levels in the Seine River.

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2024 Paris Olympics Data Dive: Day 7 Prelims

Katie Ledecky is the top seed going into tomorrow’s 800 freestyle final, after swimming an 8:16.62. What other swims stood out from Day 7’s prelims?

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2024 Paris Olympics: #8 Seed Thomas Heilman (USA) Misses 100 Fly Semifinals

Heilman was over a second back of his personal best to finish 18th overall, 0.2-seconds away from a semifinals berth.

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French Men Primed To Challenge For Medley Relay Medal As Questions Linger For Other Contenders

Yohann Ndoye-Brouard set a 100 back PB of 52.48 leading off the mixed medley relay prelims, further pushing France into medal contention in the men’s medley.

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South Africa’s Chad Le Clos Misses 100 Fly Semi But Doesn’t Rule Out LA 2028

32-year-old Chad Le Clos missed making the semi-finals of the men’s 100m butterfly today in Paris but isn’t giving up on his career.

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Lani Pallister Gets Redemption After COVID, Helps Australia’s 4×200 Free Relay To Gold

Pallister scratched the 1500 freestyle on Tuesday due to COVID-19 but made a quick recovery, helping the Australian women to gold in the 4×200 free relay.

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Slovakian Swimmer Tamara Potocka Collapses After 200 IM Prelims Amid Asthma Attack

Medical staff rushed to Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka’s side, giving her oxygen and taking her off the pool deck in a stretcher.

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SwimSwam Olympic Fantasy Draft: Day 6 Scoring Updates – Coleman’s Cowbell Carpool Rides Again

Coleman’s fantasy team had a huge day 6, amassing 21 points over the 4 finals and making things very interesting with Barry’s Chicago Current

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French Quartet Rewrite Record Books & Qualifies for the Final in Mixed Medley Relay

France’s Yohann Ndoye-Brouard posted a new personal best in the 100 back of 52.48 as he led his relay to a new national record of 3:43.99 to qualify in 7th for the final tomorrow.

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2024 Paris Olympics: Paige Madden Clocks PB in 800 Free Heats to Become #5 American All-Time

Madden clocked 8:18.48 to cut over two seconds from her previous best of 8:20.71, which she swam at Trials to qualify for this event.

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Dressel Pulls Double Duty with 100 Fly Prelims and Mixed Relay (Day 7 Prelims Relay Line-Ups)

Caeleb Dressel will dive into his 2nd 100 fly of the morning taking on double duty with the individual event and mixed relay.

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2024 Paris Olympics: 2x D3 NCAA Champion Jesse Ssengonzi Lowers Own Ugandan Record in 100 Fly

Ssengonzi just wrapped up his senior year at UChicago, capping off his NCAA season with an NCAA record in the 100-yard butterfly.

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2024 Paris Olympics: Day 7 Prelims Preview

Josh Liendo enters as the top seed in the 100 fly. This morning will feature the M100 fly, W200 IM, W800 free, and mixed 4×100 medley relay.

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Day 7 At The Paris Olympics: Non-Swimming Megathread

China looks to win another gold in diving. Wang Zongyuan won the 3 meter synchro springboard in 2020 and returns with a new partner here.

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