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Paris Olympics, Day 2 Finals: Nicolo Martinenghi Comes Through To Win 100m Breaststroke By 0.02; Peaty & Fink Share Silver Nicolo Martinenghi came through at the touch to win the 100m breaststroke title and in the process extinguish Adam Peaty’s hopes of the three-peat at La Défense Arena. Peaty app...

Paris Olympics: Tom Daley Set For Historic Fifth Games, 16 Years After Debut At Beijing 2008 Tom Daley will on Monday compete in an historic fifth Olympic Games, 16 years after making his debut aged 14 at Beijing 2008. Now 30, the Team GB athlete will become the first British diver to take to the Ol...

A new champion will be crowned in the women's 100m breaststroke with Tatjana Smith leading the way after the Sunday morning prelims at La Defense Arena. Lydia Jacoby won the title three years ago in Tokyo as the 17-year-old from Anchorage pulled off a shocker to become the first swimmer from Alaska ...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Semis: Adam Peaty One Step Away From The Three-Peat; Books Lane Four Ahead Of Qin Haiyang Adam Peaty took another step towards the 100m breaststroke three-peat when he booked lane four for the final at La Defense Arena. Peaty will join Michael Phelps in an exclusive two-man clu...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Prelims: Caspar Corbeau Heads 100m Breaststroke Ahead Of Adam Peaty; Qin Haiyang Ninth Adam Peaty safely navigated the 100m breaststroke as he seeks to make more history although it was Caspar Corbeau who headed the prelims at La Defense Arena. Peaty will join Michael Phelps in...

Florent Manaudou & Tom Daley Among Flagbearers At Opening Ceremony Of Paris 2024 Florent Manaudou and Tom Daley were among the flagbearers for France and Great Britain at the Opening Ceremony of Paris 2024. Manaudou won 50 free gold on his Olympic debut at London 2012, taking silver in the two subse...

Tom Dean: Racing Smart Key To 4x2 Success & Time For 'Something Special' In the 4x100 Free Tom Dean says one of the key factors in Great Britain’s continued 4x200 free success is “executing a smart race.” Since James Guy anchored the quartet to victory at the 2015 worlds in Kazan, Russia, Great Brit...

Ben Proud "Like A Greyhound Waiting To Be Let Go" Ben Proud's odyssey since he first left Malaysian shores at 16 has seen him cross continents, train in the Pacific Ocean with Anthony Ervin and claim every title bar the Olympics. The Great Britain athlete stands fifth all-time in the 50m freestyle r...

David Popovici: Paris 2024 And Learning To Block Out The Noise Just weeks after 16-year-old David Popovici came within 0.02 of an Olympic medal in Tokyo, he said: “We have bold plans. I’m not going to go into more detail…For now, we’re taking little steps, but those little steps will bring us one da...

Adam Peaty & Mel Marshall: The Three-Peat, Rejecting The Pain Of Regret & 'Going Back Home' To The Biggest Stage Of All Adam Peaty will join Michael Phelps in an exclusive two-man club if he wins the 100m breaststroke in Paris to secure the three-peat. The 23-time Olympic champion won three straight...

Noè Ponti Looks Ahead To "A Great Battle In Paris" Amid A Golden Age Of 100 Fly Swimming A line at the top of the biography section on Noè Ponti’s website states that it’s updated “once a year, during the month of August.” It details the Swiss athlete’s achievements from his first race as a six-year...

Daniel Wiffen: Paris Goals, Dispensing With Sports Psychologists & The Best Thing About Olympic Year ‘Daniel Wiffen makes Irish history’ has become a recurring line and one that may be written again in the coming weeks. His is a long list of firsts. No Irish swimmer had won a World Championship meda...

UK Sport Targets 50-70 Medals Across All Sports For Team GB And A Top-Five Finish At Paris 2024 UK Sport, the UK’s high performance sport agency, is targeting 50-70 medals across all sports and a top-five finish in the standings at Paris 2024. After breaking into the top five of the Olympic medal ta...

European Juniors: Eneli Jefimova Wins Fourth Straight Title, Sara Curtis Claims Sixth Gold As Italy Top Medal Table Eneli Jefimova won her fourth straight 100m breaststroke title and Sara Curtis claimed her sixth gold medal on the final day of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius, L...

Sara Curtis claimed her fifth gold medal with a narrow victory in the 100m freestyle as she held off the challenge of Minna Abraham on the penultimate day of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania. Curtis added gold to her titles in the 50 free and back as well as the women...

European Juniors: Robert-Andrei Badea Dominates 400IM To Clinch Medley Double Robert-Andrei Badea dominated the 400IM in Romanian and Championship records to complete the medley double at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania. The 16-year-old stopped the clock at 4:14.37 t...

Daniel Wiffen To Make Open Water Debut Along With 800 & 1500 In Paris As Ireland Team Is Announced Double world distance champion Daniel Wiffen has added the open water to his pool programme at Paris 2024 for what will be his first 10k race. Wiffen, who won 800 and 1500 gold at the 2024 World Champi...

Mel Marshall Heads To Australia After Guiding Adam Peaty To Olympic Gold & Uncharted Territory Mel Marshall – who has blazed a pioneering trail with Adam Peaty to the top of the Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth podiums – will leave Aquatics GB to take up a high-performance role with Swimmin...

European Juniors: Kuzey Tuncelli, 16, Demolishes 1500 Free WJR In 14:41.89 Kuzey Tuncelli of Türkiye served notice of his Paris intentions as he went third in the 1500 free rankings with a World Junior Record of 14:41.89 at the European Junior Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania. The 16-year-old wen...

European Juniors: Lithuanian Gold Rush, CRs And Titles For Sara Curtis There was a Lithuanian gold rush that had the Lazdynai Pool on its feet at day two of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius. Kristupas Trepočka got the Lithuanian ball rolling with victory in the men’s 200m freest...