The Powerlist

100 Years Ago Today: Johnny Weissmuller Makes His Competitive Swimming Debut

On August 6, 1921, Johnny Weissmuller began what would be seven years of dominance in the pool at the AAU Championships in Duluth, Minnesota.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 8/4/2021

In Texas, 16-year-old Cooper Lucas swam to personal-bests in five different events, all ranking in the top 20 in 15-16 age group history.

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Coronavirus Pandemic Still Impacting Australian Swimming With NSW Cancellations

Areas such as Australia are still living in complete lockdown or at least some type of restrictions affecting their everyday lives due to coronavirus.

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Firestone Akron’s Jonny Marshall Clocks 55.30 100 Back, #9 All-Time 15-16 Boys

The swim for Marshall was a lifetime best, coming in under his previous best of 55.58, which was swum 3 weeks ago, at the LE Sectionals. 

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Reigning World Champ Yang Jian Leads Men’s 10m Platform Diving Prelims In Tokyo

Yang and Chinese teammate Cao Yuan comfortably qualified 1-2 out of the men’s 10m platform diving preliminaries in Tokyo.

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Visit From Penn State Highlights 2021-22 Liberty Swimming & Diving Schedule

The Lady Flames have won the CCSA championship each of the three seasons, and will host the CCSA Swimming & Diving Championships for the second year in a row.

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FINA Announces $2.8 Million USD Prize Money Pool for 2021 SC Worlds in December

The $2.8 million USD prize money pool will mark the largest prize pool of any FINA swimming event to date.

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Tokyo 2020 Men’s Water Polo Semifinals: Greece and Serbia Advance to Gold Match

Greece and Serbia will meet for the Gold medal match on Sunday, while losing teams Spain and Hungary will play in the Bronze medal match.

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Duke Adds Graduate Transfer Diver Justin Sodokoff for 2021-22 Season

After competing for Dartmouth for three seasons, Sodooff will be joining the Duke Blue Devils to compete on the diving boards this fall.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 59% Prefer Olympic Medley Relays To Free Relays

More than half of voters preferred the medley relay to either of the free relays at the Olympic Games, per our latest poll.

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Spanish Open Day 3: Alejandro Puebla Crack Championship Record in 1500 Free

Puebla clocked a 15:13.58, marking a personal best of 15:21.29, which he swam at the Spanish National Championships in March of this year.

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Cesar Cielo Analyses Olympic Schedules of Sprinters Caeleb Dressel, Emma McKeon

Cielo shares what he saw from the sprint sensations and why he thinks there was something left on the table for next year.

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Tyler Clary, Oro Olimpico 200 Dorso Nel 2012, Operato Al Cuore

La medaglia d’oro olimpica del 2012 nei 200 metri dorso maschili, Tyler Clary, si sottoporrà oggi ad intervento chirurgico al cuore

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Matt Brinton Named New Head Coach of King University Swimming & Diving Programs

King University director of athletics David Hicks announced the hire of Matt Brinton as the next head coach of men’s and women’s swimming programs.

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Carson Tyler Nabs Two Wins at 2021 USA Diving Junior National Championships

Incoming Indiana diving signee Carson Tyler won the men’s 1M and 3M Springboard events at the 2021 USA Diving Junior National Championships earlier this week.

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