Category: Competition
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Women’s 4x100m Medley
Simone Manuel anchors the U.S. women as Team USA wins the women’s 4×100 medley relay, claiming Team USA’s 1,000th gold medal of all time. Watch this video on YouTube
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Katie Ledecky 800m Freestyle
Ledecky breaks her own world record by almost two seconds, won by more than 11 seconds over the silver medalist. Watch this video on YouTube
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Maya DiRado 200m Backstroke
Maya DiRado defeats the “Iron Lady” Katinka Hosszu by 6/100th of a second to win gold in the women’s 200m backstroke. Watch this video on YouTube
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Simone Manuel – 100m Freestyle
Simone Manuel ties Canada’s Penny Oleksiak for gold with an Olympic record time of 52.70. She becomes the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming. Watch this video on YouTube
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Team USA | Remembering RIo | Michael Phelps – 200m IM
Michael Phelps claims his fourth straight Olympic gold medal in the event, putting an exclamation point on his dynasty. Watch this video on YouTube
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Sacramento teen heads to Junior Swimming World Championships
Sacramento’s Amalie Fackenthal, 17, will be representing the U.S. in the Junior World Swimming Championships at the end of August in Indianapolis. The teen is a top recruit in the sport. Fackenthal is a sprinter who tackles tougher events like the 200m Butterfly. Watch this video on YouTube
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Bath’s Jay Lelliott chasing 400m title defence at 29th Summer Universiade 2017, Taipei
Taipei – He may have won gold two years ago but Jay Lelliot is not feeling the pressure as he looks to defend his World University Games title in the 400m freestyle next month. Watch this video on YouTube
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Fisu Athlete stories: Anna Hopkin – Swimming – 29th Summer Universiade 2017, Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Taipei – University of Bath student Anna Hopkin celebrated her upcoming 21st birthday in style by winning 50m freestyle gold at the 2017 British Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Hopkin, who studies Sport & Exercise Science, set a new personal best of 25.07 as she beat Olympic silver-medallist and fellow Sports Training Village-based swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor…
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Women’s 4x200m Freestyle
Katie Ledecky anchors and helps Team USA come from behind to defeat Australia and win gold in the women’s 4x200m relay. Team USA | Remembering Rio | Women's 4x200m FreestyleWatch this video on YouTube