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Campionati Europei Juniores Day 3 – Risultati Live e Recap Batterie

Proseguono le gare ai Campionati Europei Juniores di nuoto, presso il nuovo Otopeni Olympic Swimming Complex a Bucarest, in Romania.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 58% Believe Women’s 200 Fly World Record Will Stand Longest

China’s Liu Zige set the seemingly unreachable world record of 2:01.81 in the women’s 200 butterfly back in 2009.

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Has American Age Group Swimming Power Shifted East?

TAC Titans’ star Claire Curzan is one of a slew of USA Swimming stars that developed on the eastern seaboard and should make noise in Budapest next month.

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2022 U.S. Trials Previews: Andrew, Casas Take Aim At Dressel In 100 Fly

Caeleb Dressel is the favorite in the men’s 100 fly, though he has been beaten twice this year in the race: once by Michael Andrew and once by Shaine Casas.

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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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