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Opinion: Bruno’s 100th 21-Second 50 Free Was Poetically Imperfect

Andy Hardt, better known as Livestream Andy, was moved by the grind it took for Bruno Fratus to go sub-22 in the 50 free in 100 different races.

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Katie Ledecky Becomes First Swimmer To Win Five Straight World Titles In An Event

Ledecky obliterated the field in this event at the 2022 World Championships, putting up a time of 8:08.04 to win by 10.73 seconds.

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Olympic Roundup: Official Tokyo Financials Released; ‘No Money’ for 2026 Games

The final meeting of the Tokyo Organizing Committee on Tuesday officially revealed the financial details of last summer’s competition.

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For Aussies, Disappointment Doesn’t Come Without Redemption (Day 7 Oceania Recap)

Two days ago, I posted an article about the struggles that the Aussies were facing at this worlds. I’m happy to say that the article did not age very well.

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Asia Recap, Day 7: Mizunuma Makes Japanese Butterfly Magic

25-year-old Naoki Mizunuma became Japan’s first-ever World Championships medalist in the mens’ 100m butterfly event with his silver here.

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Liendo Makes Canadian History With 3rd World Champs Medal (Day 7 N. America Recap)

After winning his 3rd medal on day 7, Josh Liendo has won the most medals of any Canadian man at a single World Championships.

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Budapest 2022: 4×100 Mixed Free Relay Analysis

A 52.03 anchor leg from Mollie O’Callaghan (pictured) helped the Australians break the world record in the mixed 4×100 freestyle relay.

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Michael Andrew Becomes First Swimmer to Medal in 3 50s at a Single World Champs

He pulled off the hat trick thanks to a phenomenal effort in the men’s 50 free final tonight, wherein he posted a new personal best of 21.41 for Silver.

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Australia Breaks Mixed 4×100 Freestyle World Record – 3:19.38

The Australian contingent of Cartwright, Chalmers, Wilson, and O’Callaghan won Australia’s first world title in this event in world record fashion.

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Kasia Wasick Becomes 1st Polish Woman to Make 50 Free Finals, Sets National Record

30-year-old Polish swimmer Kasia Wasick lowered her own national record in the 50 free with a top-seeded time of 24.11 in Friday’s semifinals.

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Polish, Greek, and Italian National Records go Down in Men’s 50 Backstroke Semis

Thomas Ceccon re-broke the Italian National Record in the men’s LCM 50 backstroke after originally breaking it in prelims.

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Liendo Takes 100 Butterfly Bronze, Hits 21.61 50 Freestyle NR During Day 7 Finals

Liendo swam 2 individual races on day 7 of the meet, cracking a Canadian record in the 50 free and collecting bronze in the 100 fly.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 40%* Correctly Predicted O’Callaghan To Win Women’s 100 Free

Mollie O’Callaghan was the top pick to win the women’s 100 free at Worlds, and she did just that by topping runner-up Sarah Sjostrom by 13 one-hundredths.

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Tang Qianting Puts Up 30.10 50 Breast To Break Asian Record

In the semis of the 50 breast, China’s Tang Qianting broke her own Asian record in a time of 30.10 to take the fourth seed headed into the finals.

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Zhang Yufei Hits 25.32 50 Fly Chinese Record To Collect 3rd Bronze Of The Meet

Zhang Yufei undercut the former Chinese record in the 50 butterfly with a 25.32 to collect her third bronze medal of the meet.

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