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Swimmers Belmonte, Torres to Serve as Flagbearers for Their Countries in Tokyo

Both Mireia Belmonte and Karren Torrez will carry their country’s flags during the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Bella Sims Becomes Lowest Seed Since At Least 2000 to Make Olympic Team

Making the team after entering the meet seeded 39th, Sims is one of this years youngest Olympians that will represent the United States in Tokyo.

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Princeton Secures Verbal from Brazilian NAG Record-holder Lucas Tudoras (2022)

Brazilian national age group record-holder and polyglot Lucas Tudoras has verbally committed to the Princeton men’s swimming and diving class of 2026.

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Todd DeSorbo Reflects on Trials That Saw 4 UVA Swimmers Make 2021 Olympic Team

No matter how you look at it, UVA swimmers were on a roll at the 2021 Olympic Trials as 4 athletes that train in Charlottesville made the US Olympic team

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Lindsey Wilson Adds Freestyler Avery Herring for 2021-22

Distance freestyler Avery Herring has announced her intention to swim for NAIA’s Lindsey Wilson College beginning in the fall of 2021.

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2021 NJCAA 50/100/200 Back Champion Alejandro Robles Ruiz Transfers to SVSU

Alejandro Robles Ruiz, the Southwestern Oregon Community College record-holder in 4 individual events, will join SVSU’s men’s team in the fall.

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Breast/IM Specialist Zach Toothman (2021) Commits to Case Western Reserve

Zach Toothman will join CWRU in the fall with times that would have scored in both the breaststroke and IM events at 2020 UAA Championships.

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Cal Volunteer Assistant Roman Willets Will Join Alabama Swimming Staff

Roman Willets, a 2014 graduate of the University of Michigan, spent last season as a volunteer assistant with the NCAA runners-up at Cal.

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Alex Walsh on the Lessons She Learned in Omaha and Hopes to Take to Tokyo

Alex Walsh qualified for her first U.S. Olympic Team in Omaha by winning the women’s 200 IM. Watch her discuss what lessons she learned.

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Tokyo 2020 Qualification Period Is Officially Closed

The qualification period for the Tokyo Olympics began on March 1, 2019. For individual events it closed June 27, 2021 and for relays it closed May 31, 2021.

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Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry Sparks Activism At U.S. Olympic Trials

Gwen Berry turned away from the flag while the national anthem played during the U.S. Olympic Trials medal ceremony. This falls within USOPC guidelines.

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Pernille Blume Swims 24.17 in 50 Free While Dealing with “Back Problems”

Pernille Blume says she had to skip the 100 free on Saturday at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome because of some back pain.

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Swim of the Week: Penny Oleksiak’s 52.89 In 100 Free

This week at Canadian Olympic Trials, Oleksiak crushed a 52.89 100 free, setting up for an Olympic gold defense with the #4 time in the world this year.

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Trials Mixed Zone: Rhyan White “Keep the highs low and the lows high”

In undoubtedly the biggest upset of the meet, Rhyan White is the 2021 Olympic Trials winner in the women’s 200 backstroke

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