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Sarah Sjostrom, one shy of Michael Phelps record, enters two events at swimming worlds

by admin | Jul 13, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom is planning to race the 50m freestyle and 50m butterly and not the 100m free and 100m fly at the world swimming championships that start next week. Sjostrom’s management confirmed her race plan that was reported earlier by Swedish media . Read...

Katie Ledecky shocked by 16-year-old Claire Weinstein in 200 freestyle national final

by admin | Jul 3, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Katie Ledecky was out-touched by an American in the 200m freestyle final for the first time in nine years by the fingertips of possibly the next young swimming star to come. Claire Weinstein, 16, got the best of the 10-time Olympic medalist after falling short to...

Regan Smith breaks American record in 200m butterfly

by admin | Jun 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Regan Smith broke one of the longest-standing American records in swimming, lowering the women’s 200m butterfly record that stood since 2009. Smith, a former world record holder in the 100m and 200m backstrokes, clocked 2:03.87 in the 200m fly at a meet at her...

Summer McIntosh sets world record in 400-meter individual medley

by admin | Apr 3, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Summer McIntosh set her second world record in five days, winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Canadian swimming trials Saturday night. The 16-year-old from Toronto won in 4 minutes, 25.87 seconds, bettering the old mark of 4:26.36 set by Katinka Hosszu of...

Summer McIntosh breaks 400m freestyle world record, passes Ledecky, Titmus

by admin | Mar 29, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Summer McIntosh, a 16-year-old, broke the women’s 400m freestyle world record at Canada’s swimming trials on Tuesday night. McIntosh clocked 3 minutes, 56.08 seconds in Toronto. Australian Ariarne Titmus held the previous record of 3:56.40, set last May. Before...

Kaylee McKeown sets 200-meter backstroke world record

by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Australian swimming star Kaylee McKeownsmashed the women’s 200 metres backstroke world record at the NSW State Championships in Sydney, Australia on Friday 10 March. The 21-year-old reigning Olympic champion won the final of the discipline in 2:03.14 breaking the...

Katie Ledecky sees nine-year winning streak in U.S. snapped

by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Swimming star Katie Ledecky’s nine-year winning streak in the United States was snapped on Friday when Summer McIntosh won the 200-meter freestyle at the 2023 Pro Swim Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. McIntosh, 16, beat the seven-time Olympic gold...

Katie Ledecky wins AP Female Athlete of the Year in tiebreaker

by admin | Dec 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Katie Ledecky joined a select group by earning her second Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year award. Ledecky took the honor after winning all four of her races at June’s world championships and breaking Natalie Coughlin‘s female record for career world...

Hali Flickinger breaks age record with first individual swimming world title

by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW

At 28, Hali Flickinger became the oldest American woman to win her first individual global gold medal in swimming, taking the 400m individual medley at the world short course championships in Melbourne on Saturday. Flickinger, the Tokyo Olympic 400m IM bronze...

Paralympic champion Mallory Weggemann swims at nationals six months pregnant

by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Uncategorized

Mallory Weggemann is a “mama on a mission” to showcase what is possible. The three-time Paralympic gold medalist competed in the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships in Charlotte, NC this weekend at 26 weeks pregnant. Read More
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