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Halsall British Aquatic’s Olympic Athlete Of The Year

It was announced today that Fran Halsall has won the British Aquatic Athlete of the Year, which is decided upon…

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Marco Orsi Records Italian Textile Best

Last weekend at the Bermen Cup European Short Course Championship 100 freestyle bronze medalist, Italian Marco Orsi recorded an Italian…

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Age Group Records Rewritten At Polish National Championships

One senior and 17 new age group records were set at the Polish Short Course National Championships which were held…

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Medeiros Top Performer At Brazilian Open and Senior Champs

After four days of competition in Porto Alegre at the Brazilian Senior Open National Championships Etiene Pieres Medeiros walked away as the top female performer at both the Senior and Open Championships.

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Simon Knocks Off Pereira At The Brazilian Open Champs

Thiago Simon had the swim of his life tonight at the Brazilian Open National Championships as he not only improved over a second on his best 200 IM time, but he also got his hand on the wall before his hero Olympic champion Thiago Pereira.

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Belmonte On Fire; Ledecky 6th In 400 Freestyle; Europe 68 USA 54 after Day 1 of 2013 Duel in the Pool

In what was one of, if not the most anticipated races of the evening the crowd saw an extremely shocking…

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Paraguay Opens First Olympic Sized Competition Pool

There is great excitement for the Paraguayan swimming community as their first FINA approved Olympic sized competition pool is now open and currently hosting the Paraguayan National Championships.

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de Deus and de Paula Make Pan Pac Cuts

On the second day of the Brazilian National Championships both Leonardo de Deus and Daynara de Paula put up times that were under the Brazilian Pan Pacific cuts

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Santos Sets 50 Butterfly Record At Brazilian National Championships

Nicholas Santos won the men’s 50 butterfly by over a second posting a time of 22.95 breaking his own championships record of 23.10, which he set last year.

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Furniss Happy With The Performance Of British Swimmers

British National Team Head Coach Bill Furniss is very happy with the performances he saw from the British team at the European Short Course Championships in Herning.

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An Astonishing Number Of Records Broken At Scottish Nationals

Lizzie Simmonds, who earlier in the meet broke the 50 meter backstroke British record, took down the British record in the 100 meter distance posting a time of 56.49.

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Belmonte Garcia Takes 400 IM On Final Day Of European Champs

Spaniard Mireia Belmonte Garcia continued her run of victories picking up a win in the women’s 400 IM on the final day…

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Records Keep Falling At the Scottish National Championships

In the first two days of the Scottish Gas National Short Course Championships in Edinburgh there have been two British, nine Scottish, three Scottish Junior and two Welsh records broken.

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European Championships Day Two: Final Thoughts

Some final thoughts on day two. Full recap of the events can be found here. A full PDF of day…

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Efimova Takes Down Soni’s 200 Breaststroke World Record

In a rematch of the 200 breaststroke from this summer’s World Championships, Russian Yuliya Efimova and Rikke Moeller Pedersen faced…

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