Ian Thorpe

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"For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in."

Do Host Countries Do Well At The Olympics? Not So Much

While history shows that host nations typically do well at the Games, their performance in the swimming pool does not follow suit.

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Australian Chris Fydler Breaks Rowdy Gaines’ 50-54 Masters World Record In 50 Free

Fydler, a member of the Aussie men’s gold-medal winning 400 free relay in 2000, clocked 23.36 (SCM) to lower Gaines’ record from back in 2009.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 37.7% Think We’ll See A 1:43 200 Free In 2022

While the majority think it won’t happen, there’s a sizeable number of fans optimistic we’ll see a swimmer break 1:44 in the 200 free this year.

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Is David Popovici The Fastest 50/100/200 Freestyler Ever?

Despite being just 17 years of age, Popovici has already cemented himself as one of the world’s fastest freestyle swimmers across the three distances.

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Watch Michael Phelps’ 7 Gold Medal Races from the 2007 FINA World Championships

Phelps set a total of 4 individual and 1 relay World Records at the 2007 FINA World Championships, providing somewhat of a preview of the Beijing Olympics.

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WATCH: Flyin’ Flynn Southam’s 48.60 100 Free, 1:46.77 200 Free Race Videos

Check out the 100m and 200m freestyle races that Aussie 16-year-old Flynn Southam put up at his nation’s age championships this week.

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arena Swim of the Week: Lukas Märtens Drops Fastest 400 Free Time In Five Years

Märtens’ time of 3:41.60 is the third-fastest we’ve seen in a decade and is nearly two seconds quicker than what it took to win Olympic gold last summer.

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Campionati Junior Australia: Tre 15enni Sub 55″ Nei 100 Stile Libero

Ai campionati giovanili in Australia tre quindicenni sono scese sotto la soglia dei 55″ nei 100 metri stile libero nel secondo giorno di gare

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Il 16enne Australiano Flynn Southam 1:46.77 Nei 200 Stile Libero

Il 16enne australiano Flynn Southam ha nuotato il suo nuovo personal best nei 200 metri stile libero maschili, fermando il crono a 1:46.77.

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16-Yr-Old Flynn Southam Unleashes 1:46.77 200 Free At Aussie Age Championships

16-year-old Australian ace Flynn Southam just crushed a time of 1:46.77 in the men’s 200m free at the 2022 Australian Age Championships.

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Ian Thorpe Produced Swimming Movie ‘Streamline’ Set For April 11 Release

The raw and masterful coming-of-age drama sees a gifted swimmer contend with trauma and toxic masculinity – can he stay in his lane?

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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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