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Tomac Brings French OLY Roster To 10, Gastaldello And Muller Just Miss Cuts

Mewen Tomac delivered a national title-winning 100 backstroke swim to get under the qualifying standard, booking his ticket to Tokyo.

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‘Weird’ U.S. Olympic Trials Highlight Lasting Impacts of Pandemic Delay

The one-year pandemic delay put established swimmers on the defense. For rising swimmers, they had nothing to lose – and a bonus year to gain it all.

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Latest Spike of Coronavirus Cases Appears to be Subsiding in Japan

The latest wave of coronavirus cases in Japan is subsiding, data shows. The country’s 7 day average for daily new…

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Tokyo 2020 Round-Up: Blaming Burritos And Doping Bans

American record-holder Shelby Houlihan has been dealt a 4-year doping ban, citing a pork burrito as the reason behind her positive result.

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2021 SwimSwam Olympic Trials Wave II Pick ‘Em Contest – Day 3 Results

Zero people picked Hunter Armstrong to place second in the men’s 100 back final, yet nearly 100 pick ’ems called Rhyan White’s runner-up finish.

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Race Videos: Kyle Chalmers Wins Two Events at Australian Olympic Trials

The Australian Olympic Team roster continues to grow through Day 5 of the 2021 Australian Olympic Trials. One day of racing remains.

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Why 2nd-Placers Aren’t Officially U.S. Olympians Yet (But Why They Will Be)

Many fans are asking why second-place finishers aren’t being officially announced as Olympians yet. We dig into the selection criteria to explain why.

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Katie Ledecky Previews 200/1500 Free Double

At the 2016 Trials, when Ledecky didn’t have to swim the 1500 free heats on the same day, she was 1:55.10 in the semi-finals

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Looking Back: SwimSwam’s First Interview With Torri Huske

SwimSwam first interviewed Torri Huske in 2019 after the North Virginia 6A Regional Championships when she was a high school sophomore.

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2021 French Olympic Trials: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Follow along here for live coverage during the second night of racing during the 2021 French Elite Swimming Championships.

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James Plage Passes Fran Crippen For #11 All-Time In 17-18 US 800 Free History

18-year-old James Plage dropped seven seconds to go 7:56.87 in the 800 free at this morning’s Olympic Trials prelims, #11 all-time for U.S. 17-18s.

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No Scratches For Day 4 Finals In Omaha; Prenot Withdraws As First Alternate

Josh Prenot has withdrawn his position as the first alternate in the men’s 200 breaststroke semi-finals.

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SwimSwam’s Top Ten Comments Through Olympic Trials Day 4 Prelims

We’ve pulled some of our favorite comments from the live recaps of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II so far, through the day four prelims session.

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Lilly King, Regan Smith y Ryan Murphy se clasifican para los JJOO de Tokio

La tercera jornada de Trials USA nos ha dejado a las grandes estrellas clasificadas para Tokio, con Lilly King, Ryan Murphy y Regan Smith ya en el Team USA.

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