Articles by Lauren Neidigh

Sun Yang Completes Distance Sweep on Day 8 of Chinese Nationals

Sun, the 1500 free World Record holder, clocked in at 15:04.15. That’s well off his record time of 14:31.02, but still good enough to win by almost 4 seconds

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WATCH: Race Videos From Day 7 of the Chinese National Championships

On day 7, Chinese backtroke star Xu Jiayu continued to rewrite the record books with a 24.42 in the 50 back, setting a new Chinese National Record in the process

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WATCH: Race Videos From Day 3 of the Arena Pro Swim at Mesa

The final day of racing saw swimmers compete in the men’s and women’s 200 fly, 100 breast, 100 back, and 200 IM. The distance swimmers stepped up for the men’s 1500 free and women’s 800 free.

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Jiayu Downs National Record in 50 Back on Day 7 of Chinese Nationals

In the semifinals of the 50 back, Jiayu popped off a 24.42 to set the mark.

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2017 Japanese Nats: Hagino Doubles, Junior World Records Fall on Day 3

Junior World Records toppled on day 3 of the Japan Swim 2017, as the marks were taken down in the men’s and women’s 200 fly.

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WATCH: Race Videos From the First 2 Days of Arena Pro Swim at Mesa

SwimSwam has put together all of the available videos of the championship finals in each event.

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WATCH: Race Videos From Day 6 of the Chinese National Championships

On day 6, Chinese backtroke star Xu Jiayu continued to rewrite the record books with a 1:54.03 to win the 200 back, setting a new Chinese National Record in the process.

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Tan Haiyang, Xu Jiayu Down National Records on Day 6 of Chinese Nats

Jiayu put up a personal best 1:54.03 to win the 200 back, setting a new Chinese National Record in the process.

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Morozov Downs Rusian Record with 21.4 50 Free to Close Russian Champs

In the semifinals at the beginning of the session, Morozov blasted a 21.44 to clear the former record of 21.47.

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WATCH: Race Videos From Day 5 of the Chinese National Championships

Day 5 of the 2017 Chinese National Championships saw multiple records fall in the 200 IM final.

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Wang Shun Sets 200 IM National Record on Day 5 of Chinese Nationals

Wang Shun took down the Chinese National Record en route to gold, dominating the field in 1:56.16

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Rylov Ties Russian Record in 50 Back; Puts Up #1 200 Back at Russian Champs

Shortly after hitting a qualifying mark in the 50 back semis, Evgeny Rylov cranked out the fastest 200 back in the world this year, winning with a 1:53.81.

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WATCH: Race Videos For Days 1-4 of Chinese Nationals

Videos have surfaced of some of the fast swims at the 2017 Chinese National Championships in Qingdao, China, which started on Monday, April 10th and will run through Wednesday, April 19th.

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Sun Yang Wins 800 Free, Leads 100 Free Semis on Day 4 of Chinese Nats

Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang pulled off a double on day 4 of the 2017 Chinese National Championships.

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Chimrova Breaks Russian Record with 57.4 100 Fly on Day 3 of Russian Championships

Chimrova led the 100 fly semifinals with a 57.4, lowering her own Russian National Record by over 3 tenths.

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