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#Tokyo2020 Cheat Sheet Day 4: Katie Ledecky Gets Her 1st Gold in Her 3rd Event

Katie Ledecky still didn’t have a day to dream of in Tokyo, but she got her first gold medal of these Olympic Games out of the way.

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Patrick Callan: “Don’t Single One Man Out from the Team”

Patrick Callan came to the defense of his 800 free relay teammate Zach Apple on Twitter after the relay finished in 4th place on Wednesday.

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#Tokyo2020 Women’s 800 Free Relay: Splits, Subs, and Australia’s Tough Choice

Emma McKeon will definitely be on Australia’s 800 ree relay in the final. But coaches still have one very tough choice to make.

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SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the #Tokyo2020 Olympic Games: Day 4

It was a perfectly executed race for Great Britain, who had 3 of the 6 fastest splits of the field to win their first gold in this event since 1904

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Kayla Sanchez Scratches 100 Free; American Erika Brown into Semis

American swimmer Erika Brown won a swim-off for 2nd alternate on Wednesday evening in Tokyo, but a pair of scratches have bumped her into the semifinals.

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Kromowidjojo Withdraws From 100 Free, Brown Claims First Alternate In Swim-Off

Erika Brown won a swim-off over China’s Wu Qingfeng to claim first alternate status in the women’s 100 free semi-finals.

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Olympic Star Aaron Peirsol Talks Ryan Murphy and The Elite U.S. Backstroke Club

Peirsol allows us inside the intimate inner-circle of U.S. backstroke champions, going back to John Naber from the 1976 Olympic Games.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Gunnar Bentz Announces Retirement After 200 Fly Final

2016 Olympic gold medalist Gunnar Bentz announced Tuesday that the men’s 200 butterfly final at the Tokyo Olympics would be the final race of his career.

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Tokyo 2020, NA Day 4: US Men Off Relay Podium For First Time In Olympic History

The American men finished fourth in the 4×200 free relay, marking the first time the country has failed to reach the podium in a men’s relay event.

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Ledecky, Sullivan Top Podium in First Olympic Women’s 1500 Freestyle

The Olympics have officially seen their first podium in the women’s 1500 freestyle, with American Katie Ledecky un-surprisingly on top.

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What Are Fans Talking About? See The Top Posts From Day 4 of the Olympic Games

We took to social media on Day 3 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to see what the world had to say about the swimming action of the day.

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Visualizing The Splits In The Epic Women’s 200 Freestyle Final

Despite finding herself in an early deficit, Ariarne Titmus was the only swimmer to split sub-29 on the last two 50s en route to winning the women’s 200 free.

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Siobhan Haughey Wins Hong Kong’s First-Ever Olympic Swimming Medal in 200 Free

Siobhan Haughey won Hong Kong’s first-ever Olympic medal in swimming Wednesday morning in Tokyo, touching the wall 2nd in 1:53.92, a new Asian Record.

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Who Was Officially the First Olympic Record Holder in the Women’s 1500 Free?

By the rules, did heat 1 winner Katrina Bellio or Heat 5 winner Katie Ledecky officially set the first Olympic Record? The answer is within.

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Michael Phelps Teases 2028 Olympic Comeback on Today Show

In an interview with the Today Show, 28-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps hinted that he may not be done with his swimming career.

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