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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2: Roster Snags 2 400 Free Qualifiers

Find out who was added to Japan’s roster for a home-based Olympic Games as day 2 of the nation’s Trials wrapped up from Tokyo tonight.

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Watch Rikako Ikee’s Olympic-Qualifying 100 Fly & Emotional Interview

Re-live Rikako Ikee’s Olympic-qualifying 100m butterfly race, then hear the leukemia survivor’s emotional post-race interview.

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2021 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Live Recap

World Championships silver medalist Katsuo Matsumoto will try to conquer the 200m free podium while qualifying for the Olympic Games.

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Olympian Andi Murez on Balancing Pro Swimming and Medical School

Murez takes us through her swim journey, most recently recapping the 6-week ISL Budapest bubble as a member of the LA Current

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Kolesnikov Blasts 52.44 100 Back Best Time In Prelims At Russian Trials

Kliment Kolesnikov now ranks 13th all-time in the men’s 100 backstroke.

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Leukemia Survivor Rikako Ikee Qualifies For The Tokyo Olympic Games

20-year-old leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee qualified for the postponed Olympic Games by way of placing first in the women’s 100m fly.

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Satomi Suzuki Cracks World Top 20 with 1:07.26 in Japanese Trials Prelims

Satomi Suzuki was the top qualifier in the women’s 100 breaststroke at the Japanese Olympic Trials on Sunday morning.

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Fabian Schwingenschlogl Goes Sub-59, Breaks German 100 Breast Record

Three swimmers have been added today to Germany’s squad for Tokyo 2020 Games, bringing the team up to a total of eleven.

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German Olympic Gold Medalist Ursula Happe Dies at 94

German swimmer Ursula Happe, the 1956 Olympic gold medalist in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke, died on March 26 at the age of 94

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Alberto Razzetti Shatters Own Italian Record with 1:57.13 200 IM

Razzatti snapped his own Italian Record in the event, taking nearly a full second off the 1:58.09 that he swam to set the record back in August of 2020.

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Four Men Earn First Olympic Berth On Opening Day of Russian Trials

Maxim Stupin (center) was one of four Russian men to qualify for their first Olympic team on the opening day of the country’s Olympic Trials in Kazan.

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Kliment Kolesnikov Hits 24.08 To Tie Fourth-Fastest 50 Back In History

Kolesnikov is now one of two men with multiple swims under 24.1, joining Liam Tancock.

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2021 Russian Olympic Trials: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Aleksandr Krasnykh, who was ninth in the 400 free at the 2019 Worlds, will vie for a second consecutive Olympic berth in the event on Day 1 of Russian Trials.

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2021 Italian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The last night of the Italian Olympic Trials will feature two final Olympic events in the form of the 1500 free and 200 IM.

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Ilya Borodin Lowers Own Russian, World Junior Records In 400 IM – 4:11.17

The 18-year-old booked a spot on Russia’s Olympic team by breaking his National and World Junior Records of 4:11.50 in the men’s 400 IM.

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