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Joshua Liendo
Joshua Liendo Edwards (born August 20, 2002) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who is an Olympic silver medalist. He is the first Black Canadian swimmer to win an individual medal at a major international championship. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Liendo won a silver medal in the men's 100 m butterfly. A four-time World Aquatics Championships medallist and three-time FINA World Swimming Championships medallist, he is also the 2022 Commonwealth champion in the 100 metre butterfly and represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career Early life Liendo was born in Toronto, Ontario to Trinidadian parents, and spent his early childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, beginning to learn to swim there. He swam with the Silver Sharks Swim Club in Trinidad and Tobago. His family relocated to Scarborough when he was nine years old. He began club swimming with the Toronto Olympian Swim Team, before moving to the North York Aquatic Club. He would later cite Michael Phelps ...
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Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of World Aquatics, in which competitors are subject to only a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with and reaching , also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The 1896 Summer Olympics, first Olympics Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics, held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympic Games, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the Individual Medley, individual medley or Medley relay (athletics), medley relay events. Th ...
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Swimming At The 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edi ... was held on 23 and 24 June 2022. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were started on 23 June at 09:00. Semifinals The semifinals were started on 23 June at 18:10. Final The Final was held on 24 June at 18:44. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 100 metre butterfly Men's 100 metre butterfly 2022 in men's swimming ...
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Swimming (sport)
Swimming is an individual or team Racing, racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in Swimming pool, pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in Butterfly stroke, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, Freestyle swimming, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley Relay race, relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. There are many health benefits to ...
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2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held from 23 to 26 August 2018 at Damodar Aquatic Centre in Suva, Fiji, and were co-hosted by Fiji Swimming and USA Swimming."Coach Flack to Lead USA Men's National Junior Team at Jr Pan Pacs"
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Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985.Queensland to host 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
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2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
The 7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, was held in Budapest, Hungary at the Danube Arena from 20 to 25 August 2019. The championships were for girls aged 14–17 and boys age 15–18. Medal summary Medal table Men Women Mixed Participating countries Swimmers from the following 126 countries competed at the Championships.FINA (18 August 2019)"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Entries Book" ''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 September 2022. References External linksOfficial websiteResults {{FINA champs World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships World Junior Swimming Championships ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships International aquatics competitions hosted by Hungary International sports competitions in Budapest FINA World Junior Swimming Championships The World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships (commonly referred to as 'Junior World Championships' or 'Junior Worlds') is an international swimming championship event ...
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Swimming At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 29 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: Schedule The schedule is as follows: All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Heats Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
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Swimming At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: Schedule The schedule is as follows: All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Heats Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ... 2022 in men's swimming ...
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Swimming At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 Metre Freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 2 and 3 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: Schedule The schedule is as follows: All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Heats Semifinals Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - Men's 50 metre freestyle Men's 50 metre freestyle Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ... 2022 in men's swimming ...
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Swimming At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: Schedule The schedule is as follows: All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Heats Semifinals Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - Men's 100 metre butterfly Men's 100 metre butterfly Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ... 2022 in men's swimming ...
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2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. They were the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games. It was the third and seventh time England and the United Kingdom hosted the Commonwealth Games, respectively. 4,822 athletes, including 311 para athletes from 72 Commonwealth Games Associations took part in the event. The event took place at 15 venues across Birmingham, West Midlands (region), West Midlands and London and featured 19 Commonwealth Games sports, Commonwealth sports. It was also the first major multi-sport event to have more events for women than men and had the largest integrated para-sport programme in the history of the Commonwealth Games with 8 para sports. Australia topped the medal table by both total golds (67) and total medals (179), ...
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2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Men's 100 Metre Freestyle
The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 20 and 21 December 2021. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were started on 20 December at 10:26. Semifinals The semifinals were started on 20 December at 18:14. Final The final was held on 21 December at 18:35. References

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