Nicholas Lia Hits 22.27 Norwegian Record In 50 Freestyle, Just Misses FINA A
Lia snagged the record from Niksja Stojkovski who was actually swimming in the same heat and hit a 22.64 to take the silver medal.
Top 4 Women At Aussie Trials Deliver Sub-WR Add-Up In 200 Free Final
The Australian women just keep getting faster in the 200 freestyle and have but their own 4×200 freestyle relay second in serious jeopardy.
Ariarne Titmus Scares Pellegrini’s 200 Free WR With 1:53.09 Aussie Record
Ariarne Titmus has qualified for a second Olympic event and got within inches of Federica Pellegrini’s 2009 200 freestyle world record of 1:53.98.
Nic Fink Hits 58.50 100 Breast: #2 All-Time American, 5th Worldwide This Season
Fink is now the second-ranked American man behind Michael Andrew in the event and the 5th fastest man in the world this season.
Kaylee McKeown Drops 57.45 to Break Regan Smith’s World Record in the 100 Back
19-year-old Kaylee McKeown went 57.45 to break the 100m backstroke World Record of 57.57 set by Regan Smith in 2019.
Titmus’ 3:56.90 Nearly Takes Down Ledecky’s 400 Free World Record
The women’s 400m free for Tokyo is anything but a done deal with Aussie Ariarne Titmus nearly breaking Katie Ledecky’s world record here at Trials.
Anastasia Gorbenko Sinks 3 Israel Records, Hits Another Olympic “A” Cut
17-year old Anastasia Gorbenko now has 5 Olympic “A” standards and 4 Olympic “B” standards after crushing the Israel Record in the 200 breast on Friday.
Brendon Smith Hits 4:10.04 400 IM Australian Record To Qualify For Tokyo
Smith has booked his ticket to Tokyo by taking out Thomas Fraser-Holmes’ 2013 400 IM Australian record by just 0.10 seconds.
Emma McKeon Qualifies For Tokyo, Lowers Aussie Record With 55.93 100 Butterfly
The swim for McKeon marks a new Australian record and makes her the 4th fastest swimmer globally in the history of the event.
Jungblut Cuts 8 Seconds off of Brazilian 1500 Free Record to Qualify for Tokyo
After testing positive for coronavirus on the eve of the Brazilian Olympic team trials, Viviane Jungblut swam to a new national record in the 1500 free.
Jonny Kulow Posts 23.06 50 Free to Move to 16th All-Time for 15-16 Age Group
16-year-old Jonny Kulow threw down a time of 23.06 in the heats of the 50m freestyle, moving himself up to a tie for 16th in the all-time 15-16 age group.
16-Year-Old Mitchell Ledford Drops 53.58 to Win 100 Butterfly B-Final
16-year-old Mitchell Ledford established himself as one of the top 15-16 100 butterfly performers of all-time with his winning performance at Olympic Trials.
Efimova Hits 2:21.86 200 Breast Season-Best, #6 In The World This Season
This 2:21.86 may be the last 200 breast we see from Efimova this season as she has not qualified to race the event in Tokyo.
16-Yr-Old Jacob Whittle Lowers 100 Free British Age Record – 48.55
16-year-old British freestyle ace Jacob Whittle is already Tokyo-bound and is still swimming like he means it, earning a 100 free personal best.
Anna Elendt Lowers German 50 Breaststroke Record, Second NR This Week
Adding to her 100 breast record from earlier this week, Anna Elendt delivered a 30.67 to become Germany’s fastest-ever 50 breaststroker.