Previews & Recaps

2019 Denmark LC Champs Day 1: 18 and Unders Claim Multiple Event Titles

Nicklas Pedersen and Lucas Strobek were among many junior swimmers that proved their worth during the Day 1 finals.

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2019 World Champs Preview: Teenagers Chasing for Women’s 200 Back Title

17-year-old Regan Smith is the youngest of four teenagers with viable chances for a podium finish in the women’s 200 back this summer.

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2019 Worlds Preview: Next Generation Closing In On Veterans In Women’s 200 Free

18-year-old Australian Ariarne Titmus currently leads the world rankings this year in the women’s 200 freestyle, clocking 1:54.30 back in April.

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2019 World Champs Previews: Australian Powerhouses Eying Mixed Free Relay Gold

Australia’s Campbell sisters combine for one of the scariest back-halves you’ll ever see – and fast women’s duos are a major theme of the mixed free relay.

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2019 World University Games: Day 7 Finals Live Recap

Finals include the women’s 50 free, 50 breast, 200 fly, and 400 free; the men’s 50 free and 400 IM; and the men’s and women’s 4 x 100 medley relays.

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2019 World Champs Previews: Strategic Decisions Highlight Mixed Medley Relay

World Champs gold could come down to strategic lineup decisions in the mixed medley relay, the newest event in the 2020 Olympic program.

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2019 World Champs Preview: The 50 Breast, Featuring Lilly King & Yulia Efimova

In the sport’s most infamous rivalry, Lilly King and Yulia Efimova will meet in the 50 breast, where both have held the world record and the world title.

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WUGs Medal Table Day 7: US Leads Final Tally With 19 Gold, 40 Total Medals

Team USA leads the final medal table with 40 total medals: 19 gold, 12 silver, and 9 bronze. Japan and Russia won 6 gold medals each, and South Africa 5.

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2019 Austin Sectionals Preview: Texas, Texas A&M Swimmers Headline Entries

Most interestingly for Texas, swimmers John Shebat, Tate Jackson, and Jeff Newkirk are entered in the meet.

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True Sweetser and Florida HS State Champions Grace Top of Gainesville Psychs

National champion True Sweetser will be competing at the Gainesville sectionals this weekend alongside an all-star group of Florida HS state champions.

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David Cumberlidge Becomes 4th British Man Under 22 in 50 Free

22-year-old British sprinter David Cumberlidge snuck under the barrier in finals, becoming just the 4th man in British swimming history to do so.

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No Finals Scratches, Only 1 Alternate Scratch For Final Session of Universiade

There are no scratches out of tonight’s finals session at the 2019 World University Games, except for one alternate: New Zealand’s Gabrielle Fa’amausili.

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Only Two Individual Prelims Scratches On Day 7 of World University Games

With just two individual events and two relay events on the final morning of the 2019 World University Games, there are only two scratches. 

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2019 World University Games: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

Finals on night 6 include the women’s 800 free, men’s 100 fly, women’s 200 free, women’s 50 back, men’s 200 back, men’s 50 breast, men’s 4 x 200 free relay.

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2019 World Champs Preview: Lima & Gomes Aim to Topple 50 BR King Peaty

Although Adam Peaty is the current 50 breast world record-holder, Brazilians Felipe Lima and Joao Gomes could threaten the sprint breast king.

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