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2022 World Championships: Day 3 Finals Preview

After setting a world junior record in the semis, David Popovici enters the 200 free final as the slight favorite in a crowded field on Day 3 finals.

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2022 World Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Day 3 prelims of the 2022 World Champs will feature the men’s 50 breast, women’s 200 free, men’s 200 fly, and men’s 800 free.

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Campionati Mondiali 2022: Anteprima E Azzurri In Finale Day 3

Il programma del terzo giorno di semifinali e finali ai Campionati del Mondo di Budapest prevede 3 finali ed in tutte ci sarà un italiano

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Former Canadian Swimmer Chad Bobrosky Sentenced To 4 1/2-Year Prison Term For Rape

A successful Canadian swimmer has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for raping a woman in his Calgary apartment.

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2022 FINA World Swimming Championship: Night 2 Photo Vault

Day 2 of FINA World Championship ended in Budapest, Hungary. Let’s relive the excitement of day two with our usual photo album

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Monday Morning Updates: Lazor Appeal Rejected, Le Clos Withdraws from Worlds

After no-showing the 200 fly on Monday morning, South African superstar Chad Le Clos has withdrawn from the remainder of the World Championships.

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2022 FINA World Championships: Day 2 Photo Vault

Catch your favorite swimmers in action behind the blocks, diving in and splashing about in this day 2 photo vault from the 2022 World Championships.

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Budapest 2022, Day 2 Asia Recap: Ryosuke Irie Could Make History

32-year-old Ryosuke Irie of Japan is in the hunt for a medal in the men’s 100m backstroke, with the ace on the verge of potentially making Asian history.

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FINA Extends Partnership With International Testing Agency For Two More Years

FINA first partnered with the ITA in January 2019 as one of the first major Olympic Federations looking to further professionalize its anti-doping program.

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Daniel Wiffen Takes Over Four Seconds Off His 800 Free Irish Record In Prelims

Wiffen nearly even split his race in 3:53.37/3:53.48 to clock a time of 7:46.32, qualifying as the fifth seed for the 800 free finals.

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Record-Breaking Catalin Preda Powers To Cliff Diving Victory In Paris

A sensational display puts Romania’s Catalin Preda on top of the podium at the second stop of the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Paris.

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Eight DQs In Men’s 50 Breast Prelims At 2022 Worlds Compared To One In 2019

While DQs happen more often in the breaststrokes, the number of swimmers DQed in the men’s 50 breast prelims was much higher compared to 2019.

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Elijah Winnington and Felix Aubock Absent From 800 Free Prelims

Both Winnington and Aubock are set to swim in the 200 free finals later in the evening session today, which likely explains why they didn’t swim the 800 free.

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Noe Ponti Swims 1:54.75 200 Fly In Prelims, Breaks His Own Swiss Record

Now the first man from his country under the 1:55 barrier, Ponti takes down his old Swiss record time of 1:55.05 from the Tokyo Olympics.

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2012 Olympic Champion Chad Le Clos Not Present In 200 Fly Prelims

Despite the 200 fly being arguably his best event, Le Clos no-showed the prelims of the event after finishing 33rd in the 50 fly earlier in the meet.

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