Luke Hobson

2024-25 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Post-Invites Edition

Rex Maurer and the Texas Longhorns take over the #1 spot in our NCAA Power Rankings after a dominant performance at their home invite.

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Luke Hobson Swims Season Best 1:31.63 200 Free Just Days After SCM WR, Maurer Posts 200 IM PB

Hobson set the World Record in the SCM 200 freestyle on Sunday at the World Championships in Hungary and has already returned to competition in the US.

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SwimSwam’s Official 2024 Swammy Awards Index

Summer McIntosh’s dominant swims at both the Olympics and SC Worlds were among the highlights of the year as we look back on 2024 in our annual Swammy Awards.

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La Duna Arena Seconda Solo Al Foro Italico Di Roma: 62 Record Del Mondo Totali

Dopo i Mondiali di vasca corta il conteggio dei record del mondo alla Duna Arena di Budapest è di 62, tra cui 28 sono ancora imbattuti.

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The Super-Suit World Record That Wasn’t: Men’s 4×50 Free

Fred Bousquet split a blistering 19.87 on the French 4×50 free relay in 2008 that owns the fastest time ever, with the U.S. owning the official WR.

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Duna Arena Is Now Home To 62 Swimming World Records, #2 All-Time

Coming out of Short Course Worlds, Budapest’s Duna Arena has now seen 62 world records broken in it, including 28 of the current marks.

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All 30 World Records Broken at Short Course Worlds

There were a staggering 30 World Records set at Short Course Champs, and Gretchen Walsh was solely responsible for 11 of them.

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SwimSwam Awards: 2024 Short Course World Championships (Men’s Edition)

Noe Ponti went undefeated during evening finals at Short Course Worlds, setting world records in the 50 and 100 fly and adding a meet record in the 100 IM.

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Luke Hobson on 1:38 200 Free: “I saw the world record and knew it was within reach”

Luke Hobson became the first man to ever breach the 1:38-second barrier in the 200 Free SCM this weekend, blasting a 1:38.91

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The Fastest Meet in History?! | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the 2024 Short Course World Championships, where we saw a whopping 30 WORLD RECORDS get broken

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Maximillian Giuliani Closes SC Worlds With New Australian Record in the 200 Free

Maximillian Giuliani wrapped up his meet at the 2024 Short Course World Championships on Sunday with a new Australian Record in the 200 free.

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U.S. Wins World Aquatics Trophy Again, Lifted by Huge Performance from Women’s Team

The United States women scored 579 points, which was 257 points ahead of the next-best women’s group, the team from Australia.

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Claire Weinstein Officially Ends the Era of America’s Weird “Suit Gap” Records.

When Claire Weinstein swam faster than Allison Schmitt’s best time in the women’s 200 free, she wrote one of the final chapters on one of the strangest eras in swimming history.

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Gretchen Walsh Finishes Short Course Worlds With $290K (Final Prize Money Update)

Walsh on her own outearned every single other country in prize money aside from the United States, accumulating a total of $290,416.67.

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Luke Hobson Lowers Own World Record With 1:38.61 200 Freestyle

Hobson set the World Record earlier this week leading off the US men’s 4×200 free relay but was even faster today in the individual final.

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