Previews & Recaps

Kelsi Worrell Moves To #5 All-Time With 56.44 100 Fly Prelim

Kelsi Worrell moved to #5 all-time with her 56.44 prelim swim in the women’s 100 fly.

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Day 1 Relay Lineups: Comerford In, Ledecky Out On Prelim 4×100 Free

Mallory Comerford will contest the women’s 4×100 free relay prelims instead of Katie Ledecky.

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2017 Worlds Previews: Cseh, Kenderesi Battle for Home Gold in 200 Fly

Hungary’s defending World Champion Laszlo Cseh seeks to keep the host nation on top of the podium in front of the home crowd at the 2017 FINA World Championships, but we could see a new Hungarian with a gold medal around his neck.

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2017 Worlds Previews: Rylov to Challenge Murphy in M. 200 Back

While Murphy and Larkin are 2 of the big names that come to mind in the gold medal conversation, Russia’s Evgeny Rylov is definitely in the picture as well.

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Russians Win Mixed Duet Free, Close Synchro Worlds With Seven Golds

Synchro finished up on Sunday and Russia won yet another gold, with China also finishing on top of the podium.

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Tom Daley Wins 10m Platform In Epic Fashion Over Olympic Champion Chen

Tom Daley won gold in the men’s 10m platform to close out diving at the FINA World Championships.

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2017 Worlds Preview: Ledecky Begins The Road To Tokyo In 800 Free

Katie Ledecky’s quest to go sub-8 minutes in Tokyo begins in Budapest.

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South Aussie State Cships: Chalmers Eases Back Into More Robust Racing

Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers returned to a more robust racing schedule this week at South Australia States.

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The Official SwimSwam 2017 World Champs Preview/Predictions Tracker

Don’t want to miss a single one of our 2017 World Championship event-by-event previews or predictions? We’ve got you covered. Bookmark this page and come back daily for updated predictions and links out to each new event preview.

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From the Research Files: Trends in World Rankings, 2011-2016 – Men

As we get ready for the pool swimming events to begin at FINA World Championships in Budapest, we thought we’d take a look at trends in world rankings over the last six years, as researched by Robin Pla*.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Preview

Check out a preview of the first preliminary session of the 2017 FINA World Championships.

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2017 Worlds Preview: World Record Watch for Efimova

You can find links to all of our event-by-event previews and a compilation of our predicted medal-winners here. 2017 FINA…

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2017 Worlds Previews: USA vs. GBR in Men’s 800 Free Relay

We’re just one day away from the 2017 FINA World Championships, and the battle between the USA and Great Britain in the 800 free relay is one of the most anticipated relay races of the meet.

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2017 Worlds Preview: King, Efimova Eye 3rd Round Knockout In 50 Breast

Lilly King and Yuliya Efimova will go head-to-head three times in Budapest, with the 50 breast the third and final round.

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2017 Worlds Preview: Smith vs Europeans For Silver In Women’s 1500

Boglarka Kapas is the leading candidate for silver in the women’s 1500 behind Katie Ledecky.

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