Mitch Larkin

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"All the water in the Pacific Ocean can’t sink a ship, its only the water that you let in!"

2025 Swimming World Cup – Toronto: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

The 2025 World Cup Series concludes in Toronto as today’s prelims end with the 100 IM where Shaine Casas will be in the hunt to earn his first…

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Hubert Kos crushes U.S. Open Record, Leon Marchand cracks French Record in 200 back

Hubert Kos and Leon Marchand showed some outstanding early season speed in the 200 back last night, with both swims among the 20 fastest in history

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WATCH: Regan Smith Swims 2:00.28 For 200 Fly World Cup & U.S. Open Records (Day 1 Race Videos)

SwimSwam News has compiled a list of all of the available race videos from night one of the 2025 Carmel World Cup stop.

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Swimming’s Greatest Record Years: The 2009 Super-Suit Era To The 2024 Short Course Worlds

2024 was the first year since 2009 in which at least 50 world records were set, largely due to the record-breaking frenzy at Short Course Worlds.

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WATCH: Hubert Kos Blasts 1:53.19 200 Backstroke European Record (Day 6 Worlds Race Videos)

Didn’t catch the action from night six of the 2025 World Championships? No worries, SwimSwam has compiled a list of all available race videos.

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2025 Australian Swimming Trials – Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Three of the legs from Australia’s gold medal winning 4×100 Free Relay from Fukuoka and Paris take to water, fighting for just two individual spots in the 100 free.

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2025 Australian Swimming Trials – Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

After securing a spot to Singapore with a second place finish in the 50 free last night, Kyle Chalmers returns to action in the 100 free prelims this morning.

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L’Eredità Del Gommato: Restano Solo Sette Record Del Mondo Della Super-Suit Era

la lista dei primati stabiliti con i costumi in poliuretano si è ulteriormente assottigliata dopo il WR di Märtens: oggi sopravvivono appena sette record

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Only Seven Super-Suited World Records Are Still On The Books

Since October, three more super-suited world records have fallen, leaving just seven records left standing from that era of professional swimming.

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Texas’ Hubert Kos Rockets To 1:34.21 200 Back, Smashes NCAA Record By More Than Full Second

Texas junior Hubert Kos absolutely obliterated the NCAA record in the 200-yard backstroke, swimming a time of 1:34.21 to secure the national title.

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: Is It Kos’ Time To Shine In The 200 Back, Or Will Lasco Four-Peat?

Will Texas’ Hubert Kos reclaim the 200 backstroke NCAA record, or will Cal’s Destin Lasco claim his fourth title in a row?

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2024 Swammy Awards: Oceanian Male Swimmer of the Year – Cameron McEvoy

Eight years after he was favored for gold in Rio and fell short, Cameron McEvoy had his Olympic moment in Paris in the men’s 50 freestyle.

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Campionati Del Queensland 2024: Un Weekend Di Record E Prestazioni Di Alto Livello

I Campionati del Queensland 2024 hanno regalato emozioni e prestazioni straordinarie durante i giorni due e tre della competizione, tenutasi a Brisbane

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Hubert Kos Narrowly Misses World Record, Breaks Lochte’s Champ Record With 1:45.65 200 Back

Hubert Kos won gold in front of the home crowd and had a huge back half to miss the World Record by 0.02 seconds.

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Mollie O’Callaghan Takes 100 Back, Mitch Larkin’s Aussie Age Record Goes Down In QLD

Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan was one of the day two stars at the 2024 Queensland Championships while a Mitch Larkin record bit the dust.

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