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2021 Pro Swim Series-San Antonio (#2): Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

American Record-holder Caeleb Dressel is the top seed in the men’s 100 freestyle on Thursday in San Antonio.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

After a 44.8 fly leg on Indiana’s winning 400 medley relay last night, Brendan Burns will try to snag the top seed in the 100 fly A-final.

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Katie Ledecky Recalls Test Set of 24×100 Best Average in Recent Training

Ledecky references a best average test set that started one week with 24×100, then 18, 12, and 6, with a goal of having a faster average each week

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Anthony Grimm Breaks Down 19.6 50 free, 19.2 Relay Split at VHSL 6A Meet

Oakton senior Anthony Grimm was in excellent form last week, picking up another 2 individual VHSL titles to cap off his career

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Swim of the Week: Ramadan’s Junior-Best 100 Fly of 44.32

Virginia Tech freshman Youssef Ramadan swam to the #5 spot all-time in the men’s 100-yard fly. He did it before even turning 19.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 64% Predicted Slower NCAA Invite Times In 2021

Almost two-thirds of voters accurately predicted that NCAA invite times would get slower amid the pandemic in the year 2021.

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New Olympic Boss Says Tokyo Olympics Still Planning On Fans In The Stands

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto says that as of now, the organizing committee is not considering a plan that would completely bar spectators.

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British Olympic Head To Speak To Government About Vaccinating Olympians Early

British Olympic Association chairman Hugh Robertson will speak to the British government about the possibility of fully vaccinating Olympic athletes early.

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A Wave of Collegiate Scratches at San Antonio PSS Thursday Prelims Session

Stanford’s Brooke Forde, Cal’s Jason Louser and VTech’s Youssef Ramadan have all scratched their Thursday events following recent college championship meets.

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Reona Aoki Logs 1:06.71 100 Breast Season-Best In Tokyo

Japan’s Reona Aoki put up a season-best 100m breaststroke performance while competing on day 1 of the Tokyo SEnior Spring Meet.

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Kosuke Hagino Hits 1:55.84 200 Back; Best Time In 6+ Years

Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino just threw down a statement swim in the 200 back while competing in his native Japan tonight.

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Indiana’s Tomer Frankel Will Try Tough Day 3 Double at Big Tens (HEAT SHEETS)

Indiana’s Tomer Frankel has two high seed swims on Wednesday at the Big Ten Swimming & Diving Championships in Columbus.

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Swarthmore Adds Iowa HS A-Finalist Mats McGrath for Fall 2021

McGrath was an A-finalist in both the 200 free (1:41.56) and 100 fly (50.54) at the 2021 Iowa HS Boys State Championships, taking sixth in both.

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With Diving Concluded, Texas Officially Defends Big 12 Championship Titles

Longhorns’ Jordan Windle and Paola Pineda were awarded Diver of the Meet honors.

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