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W50fr – Emma McKeon 23.81 OR Gold Bolsters Best Olympic Campaign For Aussies; Sjöström & Blume Seal Podium

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Women’s 50m freestyle – Emma McKeon added her name to the book of Olympic double sprint freestyle champion with a 23.81 Olympic-record victory in the dash that took Australia’s tally of titles to eight here in […]

Craig Lord 2021-08-01 2 minutes

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M50Fr – Caeleb Dressel Dashes To Gold No4 In 21.07 Olympic Record Ahead Of Manaudou & Fratus

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Men’s 50m freestyle – Caeleb Dressel, USA, delivered a 21.07 Olympic-record blast ahead of the rest for his fourth gold of the week, with one more...

Craig Lord 2021-08-01 2 minutes

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Great Britain Mixed Medley 3:37.58 World Record Victory Makes Pioneers Of Dawson, Peaty, Guy, Hopkin & Anderson

Great Britain aces Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin crushed their rivals in the inaugural 4x100m mixed medley relay with a 3:57.58 World and Olympic Record that...

Craig Lord 2021-07-31 8 minutes

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W200bk – Kaylee McKeown Goes Back-To-Back Titles Ahead Of Masse As Seebohm Bows Out With A Bronze

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Women’s 200m backstroke – Kaylee McKeown gold, Emily Seebohm bronze and hard to imagine that those are only the second and third medals for Australia in...

Craig Lord 2021-07-31 4 minutes

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M100 Butterfly – Caeleb Dressel Chased To 49.45 World Record By 49.68 Euro Mark As Krístof Mílak Makes It Two In Sub-50 Textile Club

Caeleb Dressel claimed his third gold medal of the week in a World record 49.45, a blistering pace that might have meant domination but this day did not, Krístof Mílak...

Craig Lord 2021-07-31 3 minutes

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Tatjana Schoenmaker Strikes African Gold In 2:18.95 World Record King & Lazor Follow

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – Women’s 200m breaststroke – South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker was the star of day 6 finals here at the COVID-delayed Tokyo 2020, a 2:18.95 World record...

Craig Lord 2021-07-30 3 minutes

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M200IM – Wang Holds Off Scott & Desplanches With Puzzling Phelpsian Turn Of Speed

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Men’s 200m medley – Wang Shun claimed gold in an Asian record of 1:55.00 by putting together a 200m sum of parts that might have left...

Craig Lord 2021-07-30 5 minutes

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W100Fr – Emma McKeon Goes Solo To Gold In First Olympic Sub-52 (51.96) Ahead Of Siobhan Haughey & Cate Campbell

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Women’s 100m freestyle – Emma McKeon bagged the solo gold that had eluded her in Olympic waters with the first sub-52sec blast over two lengths in...

Craig Lord 2021-07-30 3 minutes

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M200bk – Evgeny Rylov Takes Down U.S. Bull Run With 1:53.29 OR Win Over Ryan Murphy & Luke Greenbank

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, men’s 200m backstroke – Evgeny Rylov and a 1:53.29 Olympic record made the COVID-delayed Games the first at which an American has not emerged champion of...

Craig Lord 2021-07-30 3 minutes

Cold War Returns To The Olympic Pool As Murphy Unleashes Team Tchaikovsky Elephant In Room After Rylov Win

Cold war at the Covid Games, with Team Tchaikovsky in the red corner Vs Ryan Murphy in the blue. The trouble started when the American Rio 2016 double Olympic backstroke...

Craig Lord 2021-07-30 5 minutes

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Great Britain Throw Down Mixed medley 3:38.75 ER Gauntlet Just Shy Of China’s Global Mark

The Great Britain Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay team of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Freya Anderson threw down a gauntlet to their key rivals with a 3:38.75 European...

Craig Lord 2021-07-29 2 minutes

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M200br – Roo Zac Stubblety-Cook Boxes Clever On Way To 1st Aussie Title Since 1964 As Kamminga Takes 2nd Silver

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – Men’s 200m breaststroke – Zac Stubblety-Cook became the first champion from Australia since 1964, boxed clever as a racing roo on his way to an...

Craig Lord 2021-07-29 5 minutes

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M100Fr – Caeleb Dressel vs Kyle Chalmers To The American By 0.06sec

Caeleb Dressel vs. Kyle Chalmers: American 2019 World Champion Vs Australian 2016 Olympic champion as a teen punching holes in pride, American and that of all mature sprinters thinking the...

Craig Lord 2021-07-29 4 minutes

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W200Fly: Zhang Yufei Takes Pace Of Four Lengths Fly Below 2:04 For First Time (No Shiny Buoy)

The pool announcer screamed “third fastest time in history”, which missed the point as Zhang Yufei sped home to gold in 2:03.86, the fastest ever in a textile suit inside...

Craig Lord 2021-07-29 2 minutes

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W4x200Fr – China Lead Rush Under World Record Ahead Of USA & An Aussie Conundrum

Don’t blame the athletes – sterling job, from all podium placers – such speed; such a scrap; such raw racing as China topped a battle of belt and braces, rolled-up...

Craig Lord 2021-07-29 4 minutes

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M800Fr – Bobby Finke Fires A 26sec Stun Gun Past Three Favourites Down Last Lap Of First Olympic 16-Lengther In History

Bobby Finke had best breathing side on his side and exploited it for all it was worth in a four-way fight for gold down the last of the first 16...

Craig Lord 2021-07-29 3 minutes

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M4x200 Free – Dean, Guy, Richards, Scott (1:43.4) & Jarvis Celebrate First GBR Gold Since 1908 In 6:58.58 World Textile Best

Great Britain men’s 4x200m freestyle quartet of Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott ended a 113-year thirst for gold with a dominant victory at the Tokyo Aquatics...

Craig Lord 2021-07-28 8 minutes

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W200IM – Yui Ohashi At The Double As The Hero Of A Home Games In The Pool

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – Women’s 200m medley – A home Games, no better place to become the first Japanese woman to claim any double in Olympic waters: Yui Ohashi,...

Craig Lord 2021-07-28 3 minutes