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2024 Olympic Water Polo: Women’s Group Play Round-Up (Through Day 9)

With the group-play finished in the women’s tournament, Spain and Australia hold the top seeds heading into the quarterfinals on Tuesday, August 6.

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Belgian Triathlete Falls Ill With Virus After Individual Race In Seine, Scratches Mixed Relay

Claire Michel has reportedly become ill due to E. Coli. She swam in the women’s triathlon race on Wednesday and was hospitalized today.

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Kuzey Tuncelli Breaks Own World Junior Record With 14:41.22 1500 Freestyle

Tuncelli broke his record of a 14:41.89 from early July. He now has dropped almost 13 seconds in the event over the last year.

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2024 Paris Olympics: Day 9 Finals Live Recap

Folks, this is it. The end is near. We kick-off the very last session of swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Its been a fun and exciting…

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4 WR-Holders Dive into a Pool – Walk Away with Another (Women’s Medley Relay Analysis)

Led off by three individual World Record Holders, the USA’s Medley Relay was always going to be fast, but won by a huge margin thanks to the opening three legs.

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2024 Paris Olympics Day 9 Finals: Fun Facts

The United States closed out the meet with a new world record in the women’s 4×100 medley relay tonight. What else stood out from the last day of finals?

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Kentucky Hit With 2 Years of Probation for Level II Training Violations Under Lars Jorgensen

The NCAA said Jorgensen “did not participate in the agreement,” and that his portion of the case will be handled separately by the Committee on Infractions.

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Qin’s 57.98 Set the Stage for Pan’s 45.92 to Win Gold (Day 9 – Men’s Medley Relay Analysis)

China posted the fastest splits in the back, breast and free legs of the Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay as they became the first to beat the US in the event.

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A Final Look At Winning Russian Cup Times Against Those In Paris

With swimming action at the 2024 Olympic Games now finished let’s take a final comparison between Paris and last month’s Russian Cup.

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SwimSwam Olympic Fantasy Draft: Day 9 Scoring Updates – Barry Runs Away with Olympic Draft

Barry dominated the last 2 days of competition behind USA’s double relay world records and ran away with the 2024 Olympic fantasy draft

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Paris 2024, Asia Recap Day 9: Zhang Yufei Finishes With 6 Medals For China

26-year-old Zhang Yufei captured her 5th and 6th medals of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games to finish off an impressive campaign.

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Paris 2024, Euro Recap: French Medley Relays Give Home Crowd Parting Gift Of National Records

The French medley relays both set national records on the last night of swimming at the Paris Games, a fitting parting gift for a passionate home crowd.

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Adam Peaty Stepping Away From Swimming, “Because It’s Just Hurt Too Much This Time.”

“But I think I’ve got to step away from the sport, really, because it’s just hurt too much this time.. It really has,” Peaty said after the men’s relay.

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Sarah Sjostrom Solidifies Her Legacy As The Sprint Queen With A Third Individual Gold

Sarah Sjostrom’s gold medal in the 50 freestyle–the third of her career and second of the meet–cements her legacy as one of swimming’s greatest sprinters.

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Oliver Zeidler Continues Swimming-to-Rowing Pipeline With Men’s Single Sculls Gold

Eight years after he stopped swimming competitively to try out rowing, Germany’s Oliver Zeidler won Olympic gold in the men’s single sculls on Saturday.

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