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2. Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   men. women. v. t. e. The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 ...

3. USA Swimming - Wikipedia

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   USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.

4. Swimming at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   The medley relay races (4 × 100 metres) were not held for men or for women until 1960, but they have continued in every Games since then. Starting in 2008, both men and women compete in 10 km open water marathon swim events. The mixed 4 × 100 metres medley relay (2 women and 2 men) was added to the programme in the 2020 Olympic Games.

5. Katie Ledecky - Wikipedia

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   Katie Ledecky. Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (/ ləˈdɛki / lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) [6] is an American competitive swimmer. She has won nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. With 14 medals and 9 gold medals, she is also the most decorated American woman, most decorated ...

6. Swimming (sport) - Wikipedia

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   Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, [1] with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual ...

7. Kate Douglass - Wikipedia

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   Kate Douglass. Katherine Cadwallader Douglass (born November 17, 2001) is an American competitive swimmer. A versatile swimmer who competes in many events, Douglass won her first major international medal at the 2020 Olympic Games and won three medals at the 2022 World Championships. Douglass then won six medals, including two golds, at the ...

8. List of world records in swimming - Wikipedia

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   Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. World Aquatics recognizes world records in the following events for both men and women, [1] [2] except for the mixed relays, where teams consist of two men and two women, in any order. Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m; Backstroke: 50m, 100m, 200m

9. Lilly King - Wikipedia

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   Lilly King. Lillia Camille King[3] (born February 10, 1997) [5] is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke competition and also won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay, in which she swam the breaststroke leg.