Previews & Recaps

16-year-old Camille Spink Launches Wave II Qualifications on Day 1 of Trials

16-year-olds Camille Spink and Hayden Miller are among the first to qualify for Wave II of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave I: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The men’s 200 fly final is one of the most highly anticipated races of the night. Mason Manta Rays’ Carl Bloebaum led prelims this morning with a 1:59.57.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave I: Day 1 Finals Preview

19-year-old Elle Braun dropped 21.5 seconds over the month of May in her 800 free, rising from 9:05 to 9:00 to a new Trials cut of 8:44.03 last month.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave I: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

U.S. Olympic Trials season officially opens today, with the opening prelims session of the Wave I Olympic Trial meet in Omaha.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Preview: Ranking Dressel’s Plus-1 in the Men’s 100 Fly

If you’re going to bet against Dressel in this race, those are some long odds. The question is: who can get 2nd to Dressel in Omaha?

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Previews: Can Curzan/Huske Topple Dahlia in the 1FL?

From June 2019 to November 2020, teens Claire Curzan and Torri Huske rocketed to the top of the women’s 100 fly US ranks, threatening veteran Kelsi Dahlia.

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Cameron Kurle Puts Up 200 Free Best Time At Glasgow

Rio Olympian Cameron Kurle produced the first sub-1:47 200m freestyle time of his career during Glasgow prelims tonight at Tollcross.

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GBR’s Laura Stephens Scorches 2:07.04 200 Fly Best Time In Tokyo Quest

Look out for Great Britain’s Laura Stephens, the Olympic hopeful who put her name in the ring with a 200m fly best time.

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Spink’s 55.63 Ties Woodhead & A.Walsh For #29 All-Time 100 FR For U.S. 15-16s

Camille Spink moved into the top 30 of all-time in USA Swimming’s 15-16 100 freestyle ranks, while Zoe Skirboll moved up to #68.

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Anna Elendt Fires Off German 100 Breaststroke Record

Representing her home nation of Germany, Texas swimmer Anna Elendt produced a new national record in the women’s 100m breaststroke.

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Anna Elendt sets German National Record 100 breastroke at German Nationals

Anna Elendt highlighted the second finals session in Berlin. The 19-year-old is the first German woman to crack the 1:07 barrier in the 100m breaststroke.

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Irie Hits 53.00 100 Back, Matsumoto 1:45-mid 200 Free At Japan Open

Seemingly ageless 31-year-old Ryosuke Irie clinched gold at the Japan Open, hitting 53.00 in the men’s 100m backstroke event.

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Guy & Wood Put On A Show During Glasgow Morning Finals

We just saw our first medal-contending races conclude here at the British Swimming Glasgow Meet with James Guy, Abbie Wood and more making their marks.

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Matt Richards Scores 50 Free Welsh Record In Glasgow

Matt Richards took bronze behind Ben Proud and Jacob Whittle this morning in Glasgow but scored a new Welsh record in the 50m free.

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2021 Chinese Summer Nats Day 4: He Junyi Just 0.02 Over 100 Free FINA A Cut

While Junyi got the closest, no new swimmers managed to qualify for the Olympics on Day 4 of 2021 Chinese Summer Nationals.

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