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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 2 Finals Preview

Katinka Hosszu will go for her first gold medal of these championships in the women’s 200 IM.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Preview

Defending 200 free world champ James Guy will be back in the pool in the heats of his best event on day 2.

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2017 Worlds Previews: Brits Hoping Peaty Can Power Past USA for Gold

You can find links to all of our event-by-event previews and a compilation of our predicted medal-winners here. 2017 FINA…

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2017 Worlds Previews: Rylov to Challenge Murphy in M. 200 Back

While Murphy and Larkin are 2 of the big names that come to mind in the gold medal conversation, Russia’s Evgeny Rylov is definitely in the picture as well.

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The Official SwimSwam 2017 World Champs Preview/Predictions Tracker

Don’t want to miss a single one of our 2017 World Championship event-by-event previews or predictions? We’ve got you covered. Bookmark this page and come back daily for updated predictions and links out to each new event preview.

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2017 Worlds Preview: Lacourt Hunts For Three-Peat In Men’s 50 Back

Camille Lacourt will look to three-peat in the men’s 50 back at the final meet of his career.

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2017 Worlds Previews: Murphy vs. Jiayu Showdown in M. 100 Back

Murphy set the World Record at 51.85 on the 4×100 medley relay leadoff at the Rio Olympics, but Jiayu nearly took it down with a 51.86 at 2017 Chinese Nationals.

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2017 World Championships: World Record Watch List

Sarah Sjöström has shimmied her way right up to world records in the 50 and 100 free this year, on top of already being a threat to her own 50 and 100 fly WRs.

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Peek Into Pre-Budapest Dryland Routine Of Chinese Team

Get a glimpse into the dryland efforts undertaken by the World Championships squad in this 3-minute video.

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2017 Worlds Preview: Chaos To Ensue In Mixed 400 Medley Relay

The Americans are the front-runners, but there is no margin for error in the mixed medley relay.

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2017 U.S. World Trials: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Chase Kalisz will contest his best event tonight, the 400 IM, and look to add his name to the U.S. World Championship roster.

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World Champion Ning Zetao Makes Brisbane Home Under Coach Matt Brown

Ning Zetao will now train under Aussie coach Matt Brown, the former coach of Emily Seebohm.

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Ning Zetao Absent From China’s Preliminary Worlds Roster

Ning Zetao has been left off China’s preliminary World Championship roster.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Xu Joins 51-Club, Can CHN Medley Upset?

Xu Jiayu went 51.86 to win the Chinese national 100 back title, coming within .01 of the world record.

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WATCH: Race Videos From Day 8 of the Chinese National Championships

On day 8, Wang Shun swept the IMs as he captured the 400 IM title.

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