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American freestyler Katie Ledecky faces youth as the world championships open in Japan

American freestyler Katie Ledecky has never gone home with anything other than a gold or silver medal in the Olympics or world championships dating from the 2012 London Games

The Independent UK

Titmus v Ledecky v McIntosh looms as swimming’s latest mouthwatering rivalry

Ariarne Titmus’s slow time at the Australian championships adds a degree of mystery to the three-way match-up at this year’s worlds

The Guardian - AU

Titmus defies illness to cruise to Australian 400m free title

Gold Coast (Australia) (AFP) - Ariarne Titmus powered to the Australian 400m freestyle title with ease Wednesday -- but in a time well outside Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh, who smashed the Olympic champion's world record last month.

AFP

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O'Callaghan beats McKeon in clash of Olympic and world champions

Gold Coast (Australia) (AFP) - World champion Mollie O'Callaghan won a showdown with Olympic gold medallist Emma McKeon on Monday to take the women's 100m freestyle title at the Australian championships in the fastest time this year.

AFP

Titmus spurred on after McIntosh steals swim record

Australian swim queen Ariarne Titmus says losing her 400m freestyle world record to Canadian teen Summer McIntosh is a tough pill to swallow.

AAP

Canada's McIntosh sets 400m medley world record

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Summer McIntosh set her second world record of the week Saturday, winning the 400m individual medley at the Canadian Swimming Trials in 4min 25.87sec.

AFP

McIntosh breaks Titmus's 400m freestyle world record

Montreal (AFP) - Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh clocked 3min 56.08sec to break the women's 400m freestyle world record Tuesday at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto.

AFP

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Ariarne Titmus's 400m world record smashed by Canadian teen Summer McIntosh

Ariarne Titmus's reign as 400 metres freestyle queen has been spectacularly ended by 16-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh, who smashed the Australian's world record.

ABC News

Ledecky’s Nine-Year U.S. Winning Streak Broken by Canadian Teenager

The seven-time Olympic champion’s epic run on American soil came to a shocking end Friday.

Sports Illustrated

Australian swimmers throw down gauntlet for Paris after Games pool dominance

Tokyo Olympics stars hoovered up Commonwealth Games medals as a new, even younger crop of athletes progress through the ranks

The Guardian - AU

Ariarne Titmus and Australia’s swimmers wrap up golden Commonwealth Games

Ariarne Titmus, Sam Short and the women’s 4x100m relay medley team picked up yet more gold as the swimming competition came to a close in Birmingham

The Guardian - AU

Australia's Titmus eyes golden finish to Commonwealth swim meet

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - World record holder Ariarne Titmus qualified comfortably for the women's 400m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday as Australia seek to end the swimming competition in style.

AFP

Comm Games Day 4: The Lunch Wrap

Triple gold medallist Ellesse Andrews makes history as our women on wheels again steal the show in Birmingham on Day 4; LockerRoom updates you on the performances of our Kiwi wāhine.

Newsroom.co.nz

Swim star McKeon wins 12th Commonwealth gold

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Australian swim star Emma McKeon won a record-extending 12th career gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Monday as 15-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh made it double gold in Birmingham.

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AFP

Peaty back in action at Commonwealths after shock defeat

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Adam Peaty bounced back from a "devastating" defeat to top the qualifying times in the men's 50m breaststroke on Monday as teen star Summer McIntosh lined up a Commonwealth Games medley double.

AFP

Titmus wins gold as Australia dominate Commonwealth pool

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Ariarne Titmus held off a fierce challenge to win 200m freestyle gold at the Commonwealth Games on Friday as Australia dominated on the first night of action in the Birmingham pool.

ABC News

From Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce to Chad Le Clos: Here are the biggest international names to watch at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

There'll be plenty of global superstars on show in Birmingham, including the four fastest women on the planet, iconic Paralympians, and a swimmer poised to become the greatest Commonwealth Games athlete of all time.

The Guardian - AU

Ten to watch: Australian medal hopes at the Commonwealth Games

History favours the Australians as the team seeks to top the Games medal count in Birmingham for a 14th time in history

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AAP

Swim ace Titmus sends Games warning

Ahead of the Commonwealth Games, Australian swim star Ariarne Titmus says she has improved since setting a world record in the 400m freestyle.

The Hindu

Veteran Sarah Sjostrom, teenager Summer McIntosh complete world swimming doubles

Summer McIntosh, a Canadian 15-year-old, held off 16-year-old American Katie Grimes to win the women's 400m medley title

AFP

Youth sparkles but swimming's golden oldies still winning titles

Budapest (AFP) - Canadian 15-year-old Summer McIntosh headlined a crop of golden teenagers too young to drive who caught the eye at the World Swimming Championships, but a number of former prodigies showed they are still driven to win too.

AFP

Veteran Sjostrom, teenager McIntosh complete world swimming doubles

Budapest (AFP) - Sarah Sjostrom, who has been winning world titles for 13 years, and Summer McIntosh, who has been winning them for four days, both collected their second gold medals of the week in Budapest on Saturday.

AFP

Battle between youth and experience continues on last day of world swimming championship

Budapest (AFP) - In a competition which is drawing to a close with the veteran women striking back, Katinka Hosszu opened the final day of the world championships by drawing a roar from the scattered Saturday-morning crowd as she won her heat in the women's 400 individual medley.

The Hindu

Teens Popovici and McIntosh grab world swimming golds

Popovici claimed victory in one of Dressel’s events, the men’s 100m freestyle, and McIntosh won the women’s 200m butterfly

AFP

Teens Popovici and McIntosh grab world swimming golds as Dressel quits

Budapest (AFP) - After Caeleb Dressel, one of the veterans expected to dominate the World Swimming Championships, quit the competition on Wednesday, two teenagers, 17-year-old David Popovici and Summer McIntosh, 15, leapt to the top step of the podium.

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