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Mexico’s Osmar Olvera Snaps 18-Year Chinese Worlds Win Streak In Men’s 3m Springboard

Osmar Olvera brought home gold in the 3m springboard, the first time since 2005 that the medal didn’t go to a Chinese diver.

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15 Year Old Charlie Cancelmo Posts 53.20 100 Butterfly, #9 All-Time In 15-16 Age Group

Cancelmo dropped 0.58 seconds from his best time that he swam just two weeks ago. He moves up to #9 after sitting at #24.

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Mary T. Meagher Will Race Meters in a Masters Meet This Weekend

The races will be the first official long course races that Meagher has swum in more than 35 years, as far as we could find.

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2025 World Championships: Day 7 Prelims Preview

Gretchen Walsh will be taking the water on day seven as the top seed in the women’s 50 freestyle, her first freestyle event of the meet.

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2025 USA Swimming Summer Junior Nationals: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

15-year-old Gabi Brito of Beach Cities Swimming is expected to be one of the top contenders in the girls’ 100 butterfly final.

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2025 Worlds: Day 6 Pick’ems Update

Only nine people correctly predicted South Africa’s Pieter Coetze to finish 2nd in the men’s 200 backstroke including day 6 winner “Sports Lover”.

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Kade Snyder (Boys), Chloe Kim (Girls) Drop ‘B’ Finals In Favor Of Other Events On Night 3

Kim is the #3 seed in the girls 400 free tonight while Snyder is the ‘C’ final of the boys 100 fly in Irvine at Summer Juniors.

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2025 World Championships: Day 6 Swims You Might Have Missed

Rising LSU Junior Jere Hribar set a pair of best times in the 50 free today to add to his 100 free Croatian record from Day 1

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WATCH: Hubert Kos Blasts 1:53.19 200 Backstroke European Record (Day 6 Worlds Race Videos)

Didn’t catch the action from night six of the 2025 World Championships? No worries, SwimSwam has compiled a list of all available race videos.

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What Anthem Is Played when Neutral Athletes Win Gold at the World Championships?

The World Aquatics anthem (formerly known as the FINA anthem) is played when athletes from neutral countries win medals at the World Championships.

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“48 Hours of Hell”: After a Big Drop in the 200 IM, Tara Kinder Was Hit Hard by Food Poisoning

A big performance in prelims of the women’s 200 IM left Australia’s Tara Kinder confident heading into the 200 breaststroke. Then the symptoms began.

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2025 Worlds, Euro Recap: Scott Comes In Clutch Again, Team GB Extends Men’s 4×200 Free Reign

The British men’s 4×200 freestyle relay remains on top of the world and hands Team GB its first gold in the pool at the 2025 World Championships.

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Harper Rauch Swims To 38th-Fastest 800 Freestyle Time Ever In 11-12 Girls’ Age Group

In the 800 freestyle, Rauch swam a blistering time of 9:17.05, obliterating her previous personal best by more than 11 seconds.

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Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte Share Meme Criticizing Team USA’s Performance at Worlds

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, the two most name-brand American swimmers alive today, have both shared a picture of a tombstone with “United States Swimming” written on it.

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Lithuanian National Record Holder Dziugas Miskinis Headed to Kentucky (2025)

Miskinis will improve Kentucky’s already strong distance crew, as he joins the Wildcats with an NCAA score worthy time in the 1650 free

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