Czech Swimming and Diving

Czechia Will Send 14 Swimmers to 2025 European SC Championships

Barbora Seemanova, the two-time defending European SC silver medalist in the 200 free, has withdrawn from the meet with an undiagnosed illness.

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Finnish, Bulgarian, and Czech Records All Fall in Prelims of Men’s 200 Breast

After breaking 1 minute for the first time in the 100 breaststroke earlier in the meet, Matti Mattsson used front-end speed to break the Finnish Record in the 200 breast as well.

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Jan Sefl Breaks Czech National Record; Qualifies for First Olympics at Age 30

30-year old Jan Sefl has represented his country internationally on many occasions, but his Olympic “A” cut on Friday gives him a shot at his first Olympics.

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Jan Cejka Smashes Czech Record in Euro Juniors Final of 200 Back

2019 EUROPEAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, July 3rd – Sunday, July 7th Aquatics Palace, Kazan, Russia LCM Meet Site Entry…

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Baumrtova Joins Nielsen at a Training Camp in Florida

Earlier in the year Simona Baumrtova joined Mie Nielsen’s training squad in Denmark…

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Brown, Proud Among Last-Minute Additions to European Duel in the Pool Roster

After a mass of French swimmers scratched from the European Duel in the Pool roster last week, the European All-Stars…

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All 31 Legal Relays Clear Indiana’s World Records in Last Prelims Session of 2013 Euro SC Championships

Above, the Danish women are seen celebrating their World Record in finals from an earlier relay. In prelims on Sunday, they broke another, by 19 seconds.

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FINA World Junior Championships *Day 5 Real-Time Recaps*

Luke Percy already won the 50 free at World Juniors; he’ll be looking for a middle lane coming out of Friday’s semifinals in the 100. (Photo: Colin Blair/SwimSwam.com)

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Chimrova Breaks 4th Meet Record in 100 Fly Prelims on Day 5 at Junior World CHampionships

Luke Percy was also among the top seeds coming out of prelims, with his coming in the 100 free. (Photo: Colin Blair/SwimSwam.com)

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Chocova Breaks Meet Record Monday Morning at Universiade

Petra Chocova not only bettered Yulia Efimova in the women’s 50 breast prelim, she also broke Megan Jendrick’s meet record. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Margalis; Peacock Take Top Seeds in Prelims on Day 3 of World University Games

Georgia’s Melanie Margalis used a great back-half on her 200 IM to pull away for the top seed on Friday morning in Kazan. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Big DQ Can’t Stop Russian Momentum With 5 Golds on Day 2 at European Juniors

The Russians are on fire, winning 5 gold medals in 8 events on Thursday in Poznan, Poland. It could have been 6th, though, were it not for a monumental DQ. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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14-Year Old Hungarian Wins Euro Junior Title in 400 IM with 4:44

Hungary has a great tradition in the 400 IM, and Adel Farkas is picking up that torch with a 7-second time drop in Poznan. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Germany Wins 4 Golds, Wilimovsky Takes Silver at Jr. Open Water Worlds

Team Santa Monica’s Jordan Wilimovsky was the lone individual medalist for the Americans in Canada (photo courtesy: Mike Lewis/OlaVistaPhotography.com)

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Two 2-year Doping Bans Awarded

Two lengthy doping bans were handed out yesterday, and neither were light sentences. The first was Czech swimmer Michal Rubacek,…

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