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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Katie Ledecky posts third-fastest time in history to open swimming nationals
Katie Ledecky opened the Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships by winning the 800m freestyle in the third-best time in history, extending a 15-year win streak in her trademark event. Ledecky clocked 8 minutes, 5.76 seconds in Indianapolis to qualify for the World Championships in Singapore in July and August. The only faster times are Ledecky's 8:04.12 from earlier this spring and 8:04.79 from the 2016 Olympics. Advertisement She is in line to become the first U.S. swimmer to compete at a seventh World Championships, according to Olympic historian Bill Mallon. Nationals continue Wednesday with finals at 7 p.m. ET, live on Peacock. SWIMMING: Broadcast Schedule | Results In other events Tuesday, Torri Huske took the women's 100m freestyle in 52.43, the fastest time ever in an American pool and the world's best time this year. Huske earned silver at the Olympics in 52.29, her personal best. In the men's 100m free, Jack Alexy swam the second-fastest time in American history and world's best time for 2025 in the prelims (46.99), then won the final in 47.17. Advertisement Luca Urlando captured the men's 200m butterfly in 1:53.42, a time bettered by only one man globally in 2025: Urlando. Back in April, Urlando swam 1:52.37 to become the second-fastest American all-time in the event behind Michael Phelps. He's the world's fastest man this year by 1.33 seconds. Rising Stanford junior Caroline Bricker upset Olympic silver medalist Regan Smith in the women's 200m fly, overtaking her 2:05.80 to 2:05.85. Bricker lowered her personal best by 3.32 seconds over the prelims and final to supplant 2000 Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman as the fifth-fastest American in history. Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships: Swimming - Day 6 How Jack Alexy sprinted to the top of U.S. swimming Jack Alexy overcame setbacks in the pool to become a U.S. swimming star in 2023.
NBC Sports
6 days ago
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Urlando edges Foster in 200m fly at nationals
Luca Urlando's time of 1:53.42 bested Carson Foster (1:53.70) in the men's 200m butterfly at the U.S. Swimming Championships.
NBC Sports
05-04-2025
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- NBC Sports
Urlando hits personal best in 200m butterfly
Luca Urlando is now the second-fastest American in history behind Michael Phelps in the 200m butterfly after crushing his personal best on Friday at the 2025 Pro Swim Series in Sacramento.
NBC Sports
05-04-2025
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- NBC Sports
Luca Urlando now second-fastest American behind Michael Phelps in 200m butterfly
Luca Urlando is now the second-fastest American in history behind Michael Phelps in the 200m butterfly after crushing his personal best on Friday. Urlando, 17th in his Olympic debut in Paris, won the 200m fly in 1:52.37 at a Tyr Pro Series stop in Sacramento. Urlando's previous best time was 1:53.84 from 2019, when he broke Phelps' national 17-18 age group record. Now, Urlando is the fourth-fastest man in history globally across all ages behind the last three Olympic gold medalists: Hungary's Kristof Milak (1:50.34), France's Leon Marchand (1:51.21) and Phelps (1:51.51). Urlando dislocated his left shoulder three times from 2020 to 2022, undergoing surgery after the third dislocation, before coming back to make the Paris Olympic team. Last Saturday, Urlando, a redshirt senior at Georgia, won his first NCAA title in the 200-yard butterlfy. 'It (the NCAA title) proved that everything I've been doing the past few years is for a reason,' Urlando said on Peacock on Friday. 'Just got to keep building off each performance.' The Tyr Pro Series Sacramento stop concludes with finals Saturday at 8 p.m. ET, live on the USA Swimming Network. CNBC airs Sacramento highlights Saturday at noon ET. American swimmers are preparing for the national championships from June 3-7 in Indianapolis, where the team will be determined for the World Championships in July and August in Singapore. Nick Zaccardi,
NBC Sports
04-04-2025
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- NBC Sports
Grousset bests Urlando in thrilling 100m butterfly
France's Maxime Grousset holds off a hard-charging Luca Urlando by .02 seconds to win the 100 butterfly at the 2025 Pro Swim Series in Sacramento with a time of 51.30.
