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The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

As the countdown continues to the Tokyo Olympics with 103 days remaining, Trials season has heated up in many parts of the world as Russia, Japan, South Africa and New Zealand selected their respective Olympic teams this week.\u00a0Shoma Sato\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Tatjana Schoenmaker\u00a0<\/strong>had some impressive 200 breaststrokes while\u00a0Lewis Clareburt\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Evgeny Rylov\u00a0<\/strong>broke their own national records in the 400 IM and 200 back.<\/p>\n

Read the five biggest stories of the week in The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #1: Shoma Sato Moves to #2 All-Time in 200 Breast<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: MIKE LEWIS\/ISL<\/p><\/div>\n

By John Lohn<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Shoma Sato<\/strong>\u00a0made a run at the world record in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Japanese Olympic Trials on Wednesday night and while he just missed the standard, the rising star easily earned qualification to this summer\u2019s\u00a0Tokyo Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With a handful of sub-2:07 performances to his credit heading into Trials, Sato was viewed as a major threat to the world record of 2:06.12, which was set at the 2019 World Championships by Russian\u00a0Anton Chupkov<\/strong>. Ultimately, he produced the second-fastest time in history, thanks to a clocking of 2:06.40. Sato was out in 1:00.89 and comfortably prevailed over a stacked field.<\/p>\n

The victory for Sato, as much as his No. 2 performance all-time, atoned for what transpired earlier in the week in the 100 breaststroke. In the shorter event, Sato claimed a spot on Japan\u2019s medley relay for the Olympics, but his time in the final was off what the Japanese Federation mandated for individual qualification. With the 200 breast in the rearview mirror, Sato now has a solo event for his program.<\/p>\n

#2: Claire Curzan Breaks World Junior Record in Showdown With Torri Huske<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

By John Lohn<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

With the\u00a0United States Olympic Trials<\/a>\u00a0in Omaha fast approaching, two of the biggest teenage names in the American arsenal have put on a show this weekend at the TAC Titans Premier Invitational in North Carolina. On Saturday night,\u00a0Claire Curzan<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Torri Huske<\/strong>\u00a0used the 100-meter butterfly for their fireworks.<\/p>\n

Competing in her best event, Curzan ripped a 56.20 performance to break her own National Age Group record in the 15-16 classification and position herself as the favorite in the event heading into Trials. Curzan\u2019s previous record stood at 56.61. Huske, though, was not far behind, as she registered a time of 56.69 to break the NAG in the 17-18 category. The former standard was held by\u00a0Regan Smith<\/strong>\u00a0at 57.34.<\/p>\n

Curzan also broke the world junior record that Canada\u2019s Penny Oleksiak\u00a0<\/strong>held at 56.46 back in 2016 with her silver medal winning swim from the last Olympics.Coming off a 57.37 swim during preliminaries, Curzan seemed poised to deliver something special, and that is exactly the scenario that unfolded. She went out in 26.21 and came home in 29.99 to become the second-fastest American in history, trailing only\u00a0Dana Vollmer<\/strong>\u00a0and her 55.98 that made her the 2012 Olympic champion and was a world record at the time. Huske, meanwhile, is now tied for 15th on the all-time performer list.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #3: Jeff Poppell to Take Head Job at South Carolina<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

By David Rieder<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Jeff Poppell<\/strong>, previously the head coach of the women\u2019s team at the University of Florida, will become the new head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Poppell replaces\u00a0McGee Moody<\/strong>, who stepped down in March<\/a>\u00a0after 14\u00a0<\/strong>seasons at the helm in Columbia.<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports\u2019\u00a0Pat Forde<\/strong>\u00a0first reported the hire.<\/a> South Carolina confirmed it on Friday.<\/p>\n

Poppell spent three seasons as head coach of the Florida women\u2019s team after taking over the program when\u00a0Gregg Troy<\/strong>\u00a0retired from college coaching in 2018. Florida\u2019s women had struggled in Troy\u2019s last few years with the program, going from winning an NCAA team title as recently as 2010 to not scoring a single point at the 2017 championships. Under Poppell, the Gators finished 17th at this year\u2019s meet with 84.5 points and took second at the SEC championships, just 53 points behind Kentucky. That was Florida\u2019s third straight runner-up finish at the conference meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to welcome Jeff and his family to the University of South Carolina and our athletics program,\u201d Athletic director\u00a0Ray Tanner<\/strong>\u00a0said\u00a0in a university release<\/a>. \u201cJeff brings an outstanding coaching resume and a coaching philosophy that will greatly benefit our student-athletes. He knows what it takes to move our swimming and diving program to a championship level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m both honored and thrilled to have been named the new Head Swimming & Diving Coach at South Carolina,\u201d Jeff Poppell said. \u201cOn my visit earlier this week, I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the campus, the highly ranked academic programs offered, as well as the strong commitment made by the Gamecock Athletic Administration to help build and sustain a championship caliber program at the University of South Carolina. We have a lot of work ahead of us in the future however I can\u2019t wait to get to Columbia, meet the teams, and begin this exciting new journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

#4: Tatjana Schoenmaker Swims World Leading 200 Breaststroke in South Africa<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

By Andy Ross<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Christian Sadie<\/strong>\u00a0led the way as the Olympic and Paralympic Qualification short list continued to grow on the third night of swimming action at the SA National Aquatic Championships taking place in Gqeberha.<\/p>\n

Schoenmaker cruised ahead of the pack in the 200m breaststroke to an impressive new African Record and Olympic Qualification time of 2:20.17, over 6 seconds ahead of\u00a0Kaylene Corbett<\/strong>\u00a0in 2:26.59 and\u00a0Emily Visagie<\/strong>\u00a0in 2:30.45.<\/a><\/p>\n

Schoenmaker<\/a>\u00a0beat her own 2019 time of 2:21.79 as she is now seventh all-time.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #5: Rylov Hits European Record in 200 Back; Efimova Misses Russian Olympic Team in 200<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

By Liz Byrnes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Evgeny Rylov<\/strong>\u00a0set a European 200 backstroke mark of 1:53.23 as he continued his record-breaking form at the\u00a0Russian Swimming Championships<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Kazan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is faster than all gold-winning times in Olympic history \u2013\u00a0Tyler Clary<\/strong>\u2018s 1:53.41 from London 2012 the next swiftest.<\/p>\n

Link to results<\/a><\/p>\n

Rylov had wrested back his official Russian 100m record from\u00a0Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong>\u00a0when he went 52.12 on Monday<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 0.01secs outside\u00a0Camille Lacourt<\/strong>\u2018s 2010 mark of 52.11.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Rio 2016<\/strong>\u00a0bronze medallist led the way into the final in 1:55.34 before demolishing the field and taking 0.13secs from his own continental record of 1:53.36 set at the\u00a02018 European Championships<\/strong>\u00a0in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Splits<\/em>: 27.12\/55.38 (28.26)\/1:24.10 (28.72)\/1:53.23 (29.13)<\/p>\n

Yulia Efimova<\/strong>\u00a0will not be seeking her third straight Olympic 200m breaststroke medal after she was locked out of the top two at the\u00a0Russian Swimming Championships<\/strong>\u00a0in a race won by\u00a0Evgeniya Chikunova\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:21.63.<\/p>\n

Chikunova, who had already booked a Tokyo ticket with victory over 100m, led the way into the final in 2:23.00.<\/p>\n

The 16-year-old was third at halfway before moving through the field in 36.44 to lead at the final turn after which she produced the only sub-36 last 50 of 35.47 to stop the clock first.<\/p>\n

Splits<\/em>: 33.31\/1:09.72\/1:46.16\/2:21.63<\/p>\n

It was the fastest time so far this year displacing\u00a0Molly Renshaw<\/strong>\u00a0(2:22.08) at the top of the rankings but outside her Russian junior record of 2:21.07<\/p>\n

Maria Temnikova<\/strong>\u00a0claimed the second slot in 2:22.76 meaning there will be no Efimova in the event in Tokyo, the\u00a0Rio 2016<\/strong>\u00a0silver medallist touching in 2:24.16 for third.<\/p>\n

The three-time Olympic medallist was never in contention in the race.<\/p>\n

Seventh at halfway, a 36.82 third 50 moved Efimova up to fourth but despite a last 50 of 36.62 \u2013 the second quickest in the field behind Chikunova \u2013 it was too much of a gap to make up on Temnikova and she finished 1.40secs adrift.<\/p>\n

Efimova though will race over 100m\u00a0having come second to Chikunova at trials.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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