Scott to drop 100m free at worlds due to schedule clash
1 year, 6 months ago

Scott to drop 100m free at worlds due to schedule clash

The Hindu  

Britain’s most decorated Olympic swimmer Duncan Scott will compete in only one solo event, the 200m individual medley, as well as relays at next month’s world championships in Japan due to a schedule clash. READ: Australia heads to World Championships excited after positive trials The four medals made him Britain’s most medalled athlete at a single Olympics. Scott also won two relay silvers at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and has five world championship medals including three golds. He missed last year’s world championships in Budapest due to the lingering effects of COVID-19 and failed to qualify for the 200m free this time, although his time was good enough for the 4x200m relay.

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Team GB's fabulous Friday! Britain celebrate their best day of the Paris Olympics with three golds and Duncan Scott and Ben Proud taking silver in the pool - as medal haul reaches 27
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Team GB's fabulous Friday! Britain celebrate their best day of the Paris Olympics with three golds and Duncan Scott and Ben Proud taking silver in the pool - as medal haul reaches 27

Daily Mail  

Team GB enjoyed a fantastic Friday at the Paris Olympics with three gold medals in a thrilling three hours. Bryony Page, 33, looked thrilled at the end of her routine, which was the most difficult in the competition, after smashing her eight moves on the trampoline There were hugs, tears and smiles after Page completed her finals routine at the …

Swimming’s next generation, from all over the globe, claims the spotlight at Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Swimming’s next generation, from all over the globe, claims the spotlight at Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Swimming’s next generation of stars claimed the spotlight at the Paris Olympics on Monday night, a brash group that comes from all over the globe. Then perhaps the biggest surprise of all: Titmus, the world-record holder and defending gold medalist in the women’s 200 free, was knocked off by O’Callaghan. McIntosh collected her first medal of any …

Australia names slimmed down team for Qatar world championships
1 year ago

Australia names slimmed down team for Qatar world championships

The Hindu  

Swimming Australia has named a slimmed-down team of 24 to compete at February’s world championships in Qatar with a slew of big names skipping the meet as they continue preparations for the Paris Olympics. A team of 38, including six open water swimmers, won 30 medals at this year’s world championships in Fukuoka but only 18 Australians will compete in …

World Aquatics Championships: Katie Ledecky overtakes Michael Phelps for most individual golds
1 year, 4 months ago

World Aquatics Championships: Katie Ledecky overtakes Michael Phelps for most individual golds

Hindustan Times  

Here's why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport. The 26-year-old American won the 800-freestyle on Saturday at the World Aquatics Championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at the worlds. Silver medallist China's Li Bingjie, gold medallist USA's Katie Ledecky and bronze medallist Australia's …

World Championships: Cameron McEvoy posts year-best timing, Australian swimmers confident of good show
1 year, 6 months ago

World Championships: Cameron McEvoy posts year-best timing, Australian swimmers confident of good show

The Hindu  

Australia’s swimming team head to next month’s World Championships in Fukuoka with confidence after setting a number of eye-catching times at national trials in Melbourne. “These world championships are such an important stepping stone in what is a big 12 months before the Paris Olympics.” Propelled by a powerful women’s contingent, Australia’s swimmers won a national record 21 medals, including …

McEvoy, Jack send world championship warning in lightning fast 50m free
1 year, 6 months ago

McEvoy, Jack send world championship warning in lightning fast 50m free

The Hindu  

A resurgent Cameron McEvoy swam the two fastest 50m freestyles of the year on Sunday to emphatically make Australia’s world championship team as Shayna Jack upstaged Olympic champion Emma McKeon to take out the women’s race. His heat time would have won gold at the last world championships and silver at the Tokyo Olympics behind American great Caeleb Dressel. McKeon …

Commonwealth Games: Australia rules the waves in Birmingham
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Australia rules the waves in Birmingham

The Hindu  

Australia dominated the swimming events at the Commonwealth Games with 65 medals — 25 gold, 21 silver and 19 bronze. Gold galore Australia’s McKeon made history by taking her tally of gold medals at the Commonwealth Games to 14, the most by any athlete. Challenging the Australian hegemony was 15-year-old Summer McIntosh, who became Canada’s first gold medallist in the …

Commonwealth Games 2022: Australian swimmer Emma McKeon sets this unique world record | READ
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: Australian swimmer Emma McKeon sets this unique world record | READ

India TV News  

CWG 2022| The recently concluded Commonwealth Games which was hosted by Birmingham this year saw many records which were made and broken. McKeon has won a total of 1 silver, 1 bronze, and 6 gold medals across various events in swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The recently concluded Commonwealth Games saw participation from 72 countries/territories out of which only …

Tom Dean finds silver lining at Commonwealth Games
2 years, 4 months ago

Tom Dean finds silver lining at Commonwealth Games

The Independent  

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Swimmer McKeon becomes most successful Commonwealth athlete
2 years, 4 months ago

Swimmer McKeon becomes most successful Commonwealth athlete

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, England — Australian swimmer Emma McKeon became the Commonwealth Games’ most successful athlete during a history-making night in the pool on Sunday. The 28-year-old McKeon claimed her 11th career gold medal, spread across editions in Glasgow, the Gold Coast and Birmingham, to set a new Commonwealth Games mark for most titles. With McKeon’s parents Ron and Susie, both former …

Swimming: Relay silver completes Britain's best ever Games
3 years, 4 months ago

Swimming: Relay silver completes Britain's best ever Games

The Hindu  

Duncan Scott became Britain's most decorated athlete at a single Olympics with his fourth medal from the Tokyo pool on Sunday as the country's all-time most successful swim team piled on the superlatives in their best ever Games. The United States took the final 4x100 medley relay gold in world record time but runners-up Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy …

Swimming: U.S. win men's 4x100m medley relay in world record time
3 years, 4 months ago

Swimming: U.S. win men's 4x100m medley relay in world record time

The Hindu  

Caeleb Dressel said it was "really special" to end his Olympics with a storming butterfly leg to help the United States smash their own men's 4x100m medley relay world record on Sunday. The US team of Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Dressel, and Zach Apple touched in 3min 26.78sec to shatter the global mark of 3:27.28 set at the 2009 world …

Emma McKeon has seven medals at Tokyo Olympics with gold in 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay
3 years, 4 months ago

Emma McKeon has seven medals at Tokyo Olympics with gold in 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay

ABC  

Emma McKeon has won two more gold medals in Tokyo, taking her medal tally at this Games to seven — the equal most by any woman in any sport in Olympic history. Key points: Emma McKeon has collected 11 Olympic medals over her career, five of which are gold Seven of McKeon's medals were earned in Tokyo No Australian has …

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Great Britain wins 200m men's freestyle relay
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Great Britain wins 200m men's freestyle relay

The Hindu  

Great Britain has won the men’s 4x200-metre freestyle relay at the Olympics for the first time since 1908, but missed a world record in the process by a whisker. With a powerhouse group that included the one-two finishers in the 200m freestyle at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games, Britain blew away the field in six minutes, 58.58 seconds. James Guy …

Tokyo Olympics: Britain's Dean comes back from Covid to win 200m freestyle gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Britain's Dean comes back from Covid to win 200m freestyle gold

The Hindu  

Britain's Tom Dean came back from two bouts of COVID-19 to claim Olympic gold in the pool on Tuesday, edging out team-mate Duncan Scott to win the 200m freestyle in Tokyo Olympics. Dean said a gold medal seemed "a million miles away" when he was consigned to isolation in January after contracting the virus for the second time in five …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Australia to take 35-strong squad of swimmers after impressive showing at trials
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Australia to take 35-strong squad of swimmers after impressive showing at trials

Firstpost  

Swimming has long been the medal-winning backbone of the country, which claimed 10 in the pool at the 2016 Games in Rio, matching its feat from London four years earlier. Adelaide: Australia will take a 35-strong swim team to Tokyo for next month’s Olympics following six-day trials that witnessed a world record, four new Commonwealth marks and a host of …

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