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Kasia Wasick Becomes 1st Polish Woman to Make 50 Free Finals, Sets National Record

30-year-old Polish swimmer Kasia Wasick lowered her own national record in the 50 free with a top-seeded time of 24.11 in Friday’s semifinals.

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Polish, Greek, and Italian National Records go Down in Men’s 50 Backstroke Semis

Thomas Ceccon re-broke the Italian National Record in the men’s LCM 50 backstroke after originally breaking it in prelims.

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Liendo Takes 100 Butterfly Bronze, Hits 21.61 50 Freestyle NR During Day 7 Finals

Liendo swam 2 individual races on day 7 of the meet, cracking a Canadian record in the 50 free and collecting bronze in the 100 fly.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 40%* Correctly Predicted O’Callaghan To Win Women’s 100 Free

Mollie O’Callaghan was the top pick to win the women’s 100 free at Worlds, and she did just that by topping runner-up Sarah Sjostrom by 13 one-hundredths.

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Tang Qianting Puts Up 30.10 50 Breast To Break Asian Record

In the semis of the 50 breast, China’s Tang Qianting broke her own Asian record in a time of 30.10 to take the fourth seed headed into the finals.

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Zhang Yufei Hits 25.32 50 Fly Chinese Record To Collect 3rd Bronze Of The Meet

Zhang Yufei undercut the former Chinese record in the 50 butterfly with a 25.32 to collect her third bronze medal of the meet.

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Farida Osman Takes 0.01 Off Her African Record In 50 Fly Final

In the finals of the 50 fly, fourth-place finisher Farida Osman took 0.01 seconds off her previous African record time to set a new record of 25.38.

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U.S. Artistic Swimmer Who Fainted In Pool At World Championships Out Of Team Final

FINA released a statement saying that U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez would not be competing in the upcoming team finals on Friday.

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Mixed Free Relay Finals Lineups: U.S. Retain Held, China Missing Yang And Pan

The lineups have been released for the finals for the mixed free relay, with the majority of top countries using very different teams compared to prelims.

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2022 World Championships: Day 7 Prelims Live Recap

In the morning session of Day 7, the womens 50 free, mens 50 back, womens 50 breast, mens 1500 free, and the mixed free relay prelims will all be contested.

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2022 World Championships: Day 7 Finals Preview

Katie Ledecky has a chance to become the first swimmer to win the same event five straight times at the World Championships in the women’s 800 free.

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2022 World Championships: Day 7 Finals SwimSwam Watch Party

Grab a snack, grab a drink, and come watch finals of the 2022 World Championships every day with SwimSwam and some of swimming’s top stars.

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Daniel Wiffen Becomes First Irish Swimmer Under 15 Minutes in the 1500 Free

Daniel Wiffen has now taken 22 seconds off the Irish Record in the 1500 free over the course of 18 months, with his latest swim being 14:57.

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2022 FINA World Swimming Championship Night 6 Photo Vault

The best photos from day 6 of swimming at the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Thursday, June 23.

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Air Force Women’s Swim & Dive Announces Class of 2026

Falcon women’s swimming has announced the addition of 14 swimmers and two divers to the 2022-23 roster.

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