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Olympics: Aussie Kaylee McKeown Earns Top Seed in 200 Backstroke As Chase For Double Begins The gold medal from the 100-meter backstroke already owned, Australia's Kaylee McKeown set out on completing the backstroke double at the Olympic Games in Tokyo during Friday night's prelims. McKeown cruised ...

Olympics: Katie Ledecky Starts March Toward History in 800 Freestyle There is a special club in the sport, one of high exclusivity. Three members to be exact: Dawn Fraser. Krisztina Egerszegi. Michael Phelps. For a sport that has been part of the Olympic Games for more than a century, the limited me...

Olympics: China Snares Upset Gold in 800 Freestyle Relay As Entire Podium Goes Under World Record No matter the lens used, it was impossible to see Australia finish anywhere but on top in the women’s 800-meter freestyle relay. The Aussies had ridiculous firepower and figured to obliterate the world ...

Olympics: In Long-Awaited Showdown, Caeleb Dressel Seizes 100 Freestyle Crown From Kyle Chalmers The race has been hyped for several years. Before COVID-19 delayed the Olympic Games. During the pandemic – albeit with hope it would even take place. In the months leading up to the rescheduled Tokyo Ga...

Olympics: Australia Cruises to Top Seed in 800 Freestyle Relay; Ready To Take Down World Record When Australia captured gold earlier in the 400-meter freestyle relay at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, it accomplished the feat in style. The Aussies put together a world-record performance and easily dispa...

Olympics: South African Tatjana Schoenmaker Just Misses World Record in Prelims of 200 Breaststroke It is evident South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker is carrying significant confidence. Coming off a silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke earlier in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Schoenmaker just mis...

Olympics: Emma McKeon Pops Olympic Record in Prelims Of 100 Freestyle As Aussie Assault Continues The strength of the Australian women’s arsenal has been on full display through the first half of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. A world record from the Dolphins’ 400 freestyle relay. A pair of gold medals...

Olympics: Fittingly, Katie Ledecky Powers to Gold In Inaugural Women's 1500 Freestyle It was the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the women’s marathon was added to the track and field program for the first time. As Joan Benoit captured the gold medal in sweltering heat, the event’s inclusion ma...

Olympics: Hungary's Kristof Milak Blasts Field For Gold in 200 Butterfly Few Olympic finals – if any, some years – are already-know-the-outcome affairs. On the biggest stage in the sport, multiple athletes jockeying for the podium is the norm, a mistake here or an error there determining the height ...

Olympics: Great Britain On Verge of Ending 109-Year Gold Medal Drought in 800 Freestyle Relay Time for a little history lesson. Only twice during the Olympic Games has Great Britain claimed a gold medal in relay competition. The British men achieved the feat in 1908. Meanwhile, the British women cam...

Olympics: On Collision Course, Caeleb Dressel and Kyle Chalmers Handle Business in 100 Freestyle Prelims The most-anticipated duel of the men’s program at the Olympic Games in Tokyo has started to unfold, as the 100-meter freestyle jumpstarted competition on the fourth evening of action. The event h...

Olympics: Evgeny Rylov Headlines Russian Dominance in 100 Backstroke As U.S. Streak Snapped Consistent dominance on the world stage is hard to maintain. The cyclical nature of sports generally leads to a downturn or bump at varying points. More, premier nations and athletes are constantly targeted b...

Olympics: From COVID-19 to Gold, Tom Dean Celebrates Historic Effort For Great Britain in 200 Freestyle Much of the hype surrounding the final of the men's 200-meter freestyle at the Olympic Games centered on the presence of a pair of rising teenage stars. While Romanian 16-year-old David Popovici a...

Olympics: In Debut of Women's 1500 Freestyle, Katie Ledecky Goes No. 8 All-Time Performance History was made at 6:55 p.m. (Japanese time) when the first of five heats in the women's 1500-meter freestyle started at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Monday night. This Olympiad marks the first time in whic...

Olympics: Katie Ledecky Returns From Silver Medal Earlier in Day to Top Qualifying in 200 Freestyle The decision to hold morning finals at this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo translates to a unique scenario in which athletes who competed in a championship race in the morning often find themselves rac...

Olympics: Zach Apple Punctuates Title in 400 Freestyle Relay As American Dominance Grows (Updated) Remember that time when the United States struggled in the men's 400 freestyle relay? If not, here's a quick reminder. After mining gold in the first seven editions of the event at the Olympic Games, T...

Olympics: In Epic Showdown, Ariarne Titmus Dispatches Katie Ledecky To Become Aussie Golden Girl (Updated) Hype is - and always will be - a major element of the sports world. Rivalries are built up, with the media and fans alike eager to witness a moment in history. Frequently, these much-anticipate...

Olympics: Italy Nails Down Top Seed in 400 Freestyle Relay; USA Second With Caeleb Dressel To Come There will be a rash of lineup substitutions before the final of the 400-meter freestyle relay is called to the blocks at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. For now, Italy has established itself as the team t...

Olympics: Kliment Kolesnikov Maintains Season Momentum As Top Seed in 100 Backstroke It's been quite a year for Russian Kliment Kolesnikov. From setting a world record in the 50-meter backstroke to clocking the second-fastest time in the world in the 100 freestyle, the 21-year-old has long looked re...

Olympics: Sunwoo Hwang Sets WJR in 200 Freestyle At Front Of Youth Movement Over the past several weeks, and for good reason, much has been made about the talent of surging youth David Popovici. At the recent European Junior Championships, the 16-year-old Romanian was sensational en route to a trife...