Kate Douglass

2025 Eddie Reese Showdown: Session 2 (Friday Night) Live Recap

The inaugural Eddie Reese Showdown continues this evening with a bevy of events, including several that will feature the NCAA record-holders.

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Lithuanian Record Holder, Euro Junior Champion Smilte Plytnykaite Commits To Virginia For 2026

Plytnykaite is a two-time gold medalist at the European Junior Championships and fits right into UVA’s wheelhouse as an elite sprinter in free and breast.

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Canada E Stati Uniti In Trattative Con World Aquatics Per Ospitare La Coppa del Mondo 2025

Un ritorno della Coppa del Mondo di Nuoto in Nord America è in programma per il 2025 e gli anni successivi, con trattative in corso

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Canada, U.S. In Talks With World Aquatics About Hosting World Cup Events In 2025

USA Swimming and Swimming Canada have both confirmed they are currently in talks with World Aquatics to host at least one World Cup event in 2025.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024

Tomoyuki Matsushita (left) was unranked last year but won silver in the 400 IM in Paris, while Leon Marchand (center) backed up is #1 ranking with four golds.

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Is Swimming A Bad Product? Reddit Users Seem To Think So (Plus, My Response)

Many voices over the last 12 months have chimed in about why swimming is hard to follow as a fan. Now, the debate has gotten the Reddit treatment.

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World Aquatics Eliminates Men’s 200 IM Final/200 Breast Semifinal Back-to-Back For 2025 Worlds

The 2025 Worlds schedule makes it easier for Leon Marchand to pull the 200 IM/200 BR double and for Kate Douglass to do the 100 FR/200 BR finals double.

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Cambiamenti Al Programma Gare Dei Mondiali Di Singapore 2025

Introdotte modifiche nel programma dei Mondiali del 2025. Un impegno da parte di World Aquatics per migliorare la competitività degli atleti

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Three-Time Olympic Champion, Current WR Holder Katinka Hosszu Announces Retirement

The 35-year-old Hungarian calls it quits after a legendary career that included three Olympic gold medals and four straight IM sweeps at LC Worlds.

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Swammy Awards 2024: Nuotatrice Dell’ Anno: Summer McIntosh

Appena 18enne, McIntosh ha dominato l’intera stagione, attirando l’attenzione ogni volta che entrava in vasca. A lei va il titolo di Nuotatrice dell’Anno

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2024 Swammy Awards: Female Swimmer of the Year – Summer McIntosh

With three individual Olympic gold medals, a world record in the LC 400 IM, and three SC world titles and world records, McIntosh’s year was unparalleled.

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Swammy Awards: Le 10 Migliori Gare Del 2024

Nel corso dell’anno sono stati stabiliti 9 record mondiali in vasca lunga e 40 in vasca corta, segnando uno degli anni più veloci per questo sport

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SwimSwam Pulse: Crooks’ 50 Free, Walsh’s 100 Fly Voted Top Swims of SC Worlds

Jordan Crooks’ stunning 19.90 performance in the men’s 50 free was voted the best male swim of SC Worlds, topping Luke Hobson’s 200 free.

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2024 Swammy Awards: The Top 10 Races of 2024 (Meters Edition)

It was hard to narrow-down the top 10 races of the year with over 40 World Records broken. However, we did our best to pick out the most memorable ones.

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2024 Swammy Awards: African Coach of the Year – Rocco Meiring (RSA)

Meiring coached five of the eight members of the South African Olympic team, highlighted by double medalist Tatjana Smith.

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