The Powerlist

NCSA Summer Champs, Day 1: 14-Year-Old Brayden Capen Hits Olympic Trials Cut in 200 Back

Lakeside 15-year-old Charlotte Crush catapulted from No. 60 to 16th in the U.S. girls’ 15-16 NAG rankings with her huge new lifetime best in the 200 back.

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2023 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

100 breast champion Qin Haiyang aims to double up on breaststroke golds in Fukuoka with the men’s 50 breast final on Day 4 at 2023 Worlds.

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Fukuoka 2023, Day 4 Asia Recap: Zhang’s Bypassing 200 Fly Pays Mixed Medley Dividends

Olympic champion Zhang Yufei opted out of the women’s 200m fly event to instead focus on China’s mixed medley relay. The squad ultimately won gold.

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Nic Fink Gives Veteran Perspective: “I feel as accomplished as I ever have”

Fink came out with a silver medal as well as a silver medal (3-way tie) in the 100 breast and a bronze in the mixed 400 medley relay

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2023 TYR Pro Championships: Sullivan and McKenna Scratch Out Of 800 Free On Night 1

Top seed in the women’s 800 free Erica Sullivan has scratched on night 1 of the TYR Pro Championships. She was not the only big name to scratch.

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Nathan Townsend Announced As Little Rock’s Next Head Coach

Townsend arrives at Little Rock after spending the past four years as an assistant coach at Division II McKendree University.

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2023 World Champs Day 5 Prelims Preview: Haiyang Hunting Men’s Breaststroke Sweep

Having already won the men’s 50 breast and 100 breast, Haiyang will be looking to complete the sweep of the men’s breaststroke events.

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Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov Drops 51.82 100 Back For #2 Performance of All-Time

Kolesnikov’s swim is four-tenths of a second faster than what Ryan Murphy clocked to win gold at the World Championships in Fukuoka.

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LIVEBARN Race of the Week: Marchand Erases Phelps’ Last World Record in 400 IM (4:02.50)

Leon Marchand took down a record that was considered untouchable just a few years ago — and Michael Phelps was in attendance for commentary and support. 

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Ilya Borodin Sets 200 IM National Record On Day 2 of Russian Swimming Cup

The 20-year-old Borodin clocked 1:57.30 in the 200 IM to take down Andrey Zhilkin’s Russian Record of 1:57.50 from 2021.

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This 16 Year Old is Faster Than Michael Phelps was at Age 18 (Video Analysis)

In the men’s 200 fly final at the 2023 World Championships, Thomas Heilman swam an incredibly paced race and touched at 1:53.82, a big personal best

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Worlds 2023 Euro Recap Day 4: Chmielewski Among Euro Jrs Finding Success at Senior Level

With his 200 fly silver medal, Krzysztof Chmielewski joins a growing list of European juniors successfully transitioning to the senior international stage.

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Mollie O’Callaghan Outsplit David Popovici on the Last 50 of the 200 Free in Fukuoka

Mollie O’Callaghan split 28.11 in the last 50 of her 200 free while David Popovici, the defending world champ coming into the meet, was 28.12 on his final 50

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Mollie O’Callaghan Knocks Down Pellegrini’s Legendary 200 Free World Record With 1:52.85

The world record that Federica Pellegrini swam in 2009 stands no more as Australia’s O’Callaghan unleashed a massive swim of 1:52.85.

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Men’s Water Polo: U.S. Falls To Hungary In Quarters, Defending Champ Spain Moves On

The Hungarians ousted the United States by a final score of 13-12 to advance to the semi-finals of the men’s water polo tournament in Fukuoka.

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