The Powerlist

Yui Ohashi Reveals 2015 Anemia, 2019 Confidence Struggles Before Olympic Golds

In an interview, double Olympic gold medalist Yui Ohashi revealed two major health struggles that have impacted her career: one physical and one mental.

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Charlotte Hook, Gretchen Walsh Highlight Huntsville Futures Psych Sheet

Charlotte Hook is seeded first in the 200 fly, 400 free, and 200 IM at the 2021 USA Swimming Futures Championships in Huntsville, AL.

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Tokyo 2020 Round-Up: Simone Biles Withdraws From Individual All-Around Final

Four-time Olympic champion has this week pulled out of the team final and individual all-around final in order to ‘focus on her mental health’

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#Tokyo2020 Cheat Sheet Day 4: Katie Ledecky Gets Her 1st Gold in Her 3rd Event

Katie Ledecky still didn’t have a day to dream of in Tokyo, but she got her first gold medal of these Olympic Games out of the way.

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Gymnast Alvarado Skirts IOC Rules by Incorporating BLM into Tokyo Floor Routine

18-year-old Luciana Alvarado, Costa Rica’s first gymnast to qualify for the Olympic Games, skirted IOC protest rules by adding a BLM tribute to her routine.

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WATCH: Michael Andrew, Lilly King, US W 800 FR Relay Win Olympic Prelims Heats

During day 5 prelims, Lilly King (200 breast), Michael Andrew (200 IM), and the US women’s 800 free relay (Sims, Madden, McLaughlin, Forde) won their heats.

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13-Year-Old Maxine Clarke Throws Down 57.66 SCM 100 Freestyle In Calgary

Maxine Clarke looks to be one of Canada’s newest up-and-coming age group swimmers, having hit a 57.66 SCM and a 59.05 LCM 100 freestyle.

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WATCH: Tokyo 2020 Day 4 Finals Race Videos From NBC and Eurosport

Watch Ledecky and Sullivan go 1-2 for the USA in the women’s 1500 free final, Team GBR win their 1st men’s 800 free relay Olympic title, and more from day 5.

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Olimpiadi Tokyo Paltrinieri E Miressi I Due Italiani Nelle Finali Del Day5

Gregorio Paltrinieri e Alessandro Miressi sono i due italiani che questa notte disputeranno una finale all’Aquatics Centre di Tokyo

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Tokyo 2020 Day 5 Prelims All-Star: Lee Juho Goes From 21st-4th In 2 Back Heats

Lee Juho notched a band new Koren record of 1:56.77 in the 200 back prelims to qualify 4th overall into the semi-finals.

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Australia Will Swap All 4 Legs of Women’s 800 Free Relay for Finals

Australia will match 3 of the 4 legs of their World Record setting 800 free relay from 2019, swapping in Leah Neale for Brianna Throssell.

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Caeleb Dressel on Comparisons to Phelps: “I don’t think it’s fair to Michael”

Caeleb Dressel spoke to NBC’s TODAY in a pre-recorded interview aired on Wednesday morning about comparisons to Michael Phelps.

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Mona McSharry Sets New Irish Senior Record In 200m Breaststroke At Tokyo 2020

McSharry’s time of 2:25.08 knocked almost a full second off the previous record time she set in April of this year.

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Patrick Callan: “Don’t Single One Man Out from the Team”

Patrick Callan came to the defense of his 800 free relay teammate Zach Apple on Twitter after the relay finished in 4th place on Wednesday.

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Big Ten to Host 2022 Conference Meets at Purdue and Wisconsin

The Big Ten Conference Championships will take place on February 16-19 at Wisconsin for the women and on February 23-26 at Purdue for the men.

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