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Tokyo 2020, Europe Day 4: Great Britain Comes Within .03 of 4×200 Free WR

Great Britain’s 4×200 free relay broke the European Record set by Russia at the 2009 World Championship. Hungary and Germany joined the European medal table.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Day 4 Medal Table: USA and Australia Remain at the Top

Katie Ledecky (right) and Erica Sullivan (left) added a gold and a silver to Team USA’s medal count on Day 4 of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.

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Schoenmaker Hits 2:19.16 200 Breast Olympic Record, 2nd Fastest Swim In History

South African all-star Tatjana Schoenmaker now holds the Olympic record in both the women’s 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes.

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Anna Hopkin Takes Down British Record in Prelims of 100 Free with 52.75

Anna Hopkin took down Francesca Halsall’s 100 free British Record Day 5 Prelims. Hopkin touched third in her heat with a time of 52.79.

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Siobhan Haughey Breaks Asian Records; 52.70 in Prelims of 100 Free

Siobhan Haughey broke the Asian Records in the women’s 100 free on Day 5 Prelims of the Tokyo Olympics. This come hours after she won silver in the 200 free.

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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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Tokyo 2020, South America Recap Day 4: Costa Shatters S.A. Record in Men’s 800

Brazilian 22-year-old Guilherme Costa had his best swim of the meet so far in the men’s 800 free prelims.

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Tokyo Day 5 Prelims Preview: Breaststroke and Backstroke Rematches

King and Schoenmaker will battle in the 200 breast after Schoenmaker beat King in the 100 breast. Murphy and Rylov have a similar story in the 200 back.

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2020 Tokyo Olympics Pick’Em Contest – Day 4 Results

Only one Pick’Em voter correctly predicted the top 4 finishers of the men’s 200 fly final in the right order: Milak, Honda, Burdisso, and Kenderesi

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Tokyo Relay Splits: GBR Dominates Men’s 4×200 Free with 3 of the 6 Fastest Legs

Great Britain registered the #1, #2, #6, and #16 splits of the morning, securing the gold medal by a margin of 3.23 seconds.

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Phelps: “Shocking” That Caeleb Dressel Left Off 4×200 Freestyle Relay

Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympic champion in history, weighed in on Team USA’s decision to leave Caeleb Dressel off tonight’s 4×200 freestyle relay

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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 Olympics: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

USA’s Katie Ledecky will compete in the finals of both the 200 free and a new Olympic event, the women’s 1500 free, on Wednesday morning in Tokyo.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Poland Scratches Women’s 4×200 Free Relay on Day 5 Prelims

Day 5 heat sheets show no event scratches except for Poland dropping the women’s 4×200 free relay. They were seeded 17th out of 17 entries.

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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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