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Swimmers With The Most World Records Set This Century

Michael Phelps has set an astounding 29 world records over the last 20 years, all coming in the long course, while Ryan Lochte has 14 of his own.

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I Nuotatori Con Più Record Del Mondo Stabiliti In Questo Secolo

Chi sono i nuotatori con più record mondiali negli ultimi 20 anni? Nella classifica maschile il primo è Phelps con 29 record del mondo

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Ledecky E’ La Nuotatrice Con Più Anni Al Numero 1 Del Ranking Mondiale

Vi mostriamo chi sono i nuotatori e le nuotatrice con il maggior numero di anni consecutivi al numero uno del ranking mondiale

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Swimmers That Ended 2021 With The Most Consecutive Years As World #1

Katie Ledecky has ranked first in the women’s 800 freestyle worldwide for 10 straight years.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: McKeon Puts Campbell’s World Record On Red Alert

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Fans Have Appetite For Phelps In 200 Back, Dressel In 200 Free

31 percent selected a Michael Phelps 200 back as the hypothetical race they wanted to see, though there’s also an appetite for a Caeleb Dressel 200 free.

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The Golden States: Which U.S. States Are Home to the Most Olympic Medalists?

Since the 1896 Olympics, athletes born in California have won 491 Olympic gold medals for Team USA. New York has the 2nd-most Olympic gold medals with 246.

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Swim of the Week: U.S. Medley Breaks First Men’s Relay WR Since Super-suit Ban

Since the supersuit ban in 2010, no men’s relay had broken a long course world record in swimming… until last week’s Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Tokyo 2020, North America Day 6: Two More U.S. Men’s Streaks Come To An End

Ryan Murphy’s silver medal in the men’s 200 backstroke marked the end of a legendary run that saw the American men win six consecutive titles.

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Olympic Star Aaron Peirsol Talks Ryan Murphy and The Elite U.S. Backstroke Club

Peirsol allows us inside the intimate inner-circle of U.S. backstroke champions, going back to John Naber from the 1976 Olympic Games.

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Maximus Williamson Swims No. 5 All-Time 13-14 100 BK To Close 2021 LC TAGS

North Texas Nadadores’ 14-yo Maximus Williamson picked up his 6th and 7th TAGS titles in the 50 free (23.87) and 100 back (57.19), which ranks 5th all-time.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: US Seeks 7th-Straight Men’s 100 Back Gold

If World Record holder Ryan Murphy (above) wins gold in the 100 backstroke in Tokyo, this will be America’s 7th consecutive gold medal in this event.

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Ranking The World Records Most Likely To Go Down In Tokyo: Men’s Edition

Already the world record holder in the 100 fly, Caeleb Dressel has eyes on the super-suited records in the men’s 50 and 100 freestyle in Tokyo.

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Watson Smashes 26.98 Fly, 16-Yr-Old Marshall Goes 55.58 Back in Geneva

Akron and Canadian native Sarah Watson smashed her 50 fly personal best to swim 26.98 while 16-year-old Jonathan Marshall of FAST hit 55.58 in the 100 back.

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Breaking The Super-Suited Records: A 2021 Redux

Having taken out the men’s 100 fly world record in 2019, Caeleb Dressel is now eyeing Cesar Cielo’s super-suited world records in the 50 and 100 freestyle.

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