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Cosa Sarebbe Accaduto Se Il Gommato Non Fosse Stato Vietato?

cosa sarebbe successo se i costumi in poliuretano non fossero stati vietati dal 2010? Abbiamo adeguato i nuovi WR con dati statistici

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What If The Super Suits Had Not Been Banned In 2010?

How fast would Katie Ledecky be in a super suit? We try to answer that question.

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2022 World Champs Previews: Tokyo Podium Ready To Run It Back In Women’s 200 Fly

Zhang Yufei, Regan Smith, and Hali Flickinger are all returning to the pool this summer after landing on the 200 butterfly podium at Tokyo 2020.

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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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The Lowest Seeds To Win Olympic Swimming Gold Since 2000

Ahmed Hafnaoui won Olympic gold in Tokyo as the 16th seed in the men’s 400 freestyle—the second-lowest to reach the top of the podium since Sydney.

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Zhang Yufei gana el 200 mariposa con 2:03.86, récord olímpico y 3ª histórica

La china Zhang Yufei ha ganado el oro olímpico en 200 mariposa con el mejor tiempo en 12 años, batiendo el récord olímpico con 2:03.86.

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Zhang Yufei Delivers World’s Fastest 200 Fly In 12 Years To Earn Olympic Gold

The women’s 200 butterfly world record has been absolutely untouchable since 2009 but Zhang Yufei has just come closer than anyone else has in over a decade.

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

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus has a legitimate shot to be apart of three world records in Tokyo.

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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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Swim of the Week: Zhang Yufei’s 2:05.49 In 200 Fly

22-year-old Zhang Yufei hit the world’s best 200 fly time for the season with a 2:05.49 at China’s Long Course Invitational last week.

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Zhang Yufei, #2 all-time en 100 mariposa tras sus 55.62

En los Campeonatos del Mundo del año pasado, Zhang se perdió la final, conformándose con un 13º puesto tras nadar en 57,93.

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Katinka Hosszu Releases Trailer on Instagram for Her Upcoming Movie

The trailer for ‘KATINKA’, which follows the life and preparation of 3x Olympic Champion Katinka Hosszu ahead of the Games next year, was released yesterday

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SwimSwam Pulse: 50% Pick Women’s 200 Free WR To Fall Over IMs, 200 Fly

About half of voters picked the women’s 200 free as the next world record to fall from our list, which also included the IMs and the ridiculous 200 fly.

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The Oldest (And Most Underrated) World Record: Grant Hackett’s SCM 800 Free

Hackett’s 7:23.42 world record set in July of 2008 is almost six seconds faster than anyone else in history.

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Kansas City Chiefs Win First Super Bowl in 50 Years: a Swimming Retrospective

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years. We use that as a measuring stick to mark the passage of time in our own sport of…

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