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Mount Kelly Takes 52nd National Arena Swimming League Team Title

The 52nd edition of the National Arena Swimming League’s Grand Finals took place this weekend at Cardiff International Pool.

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Sjostrom Captures 50 Free/100 Fly Double In Marseilles

The 2022 FFN Golden Tour wrapped up its stop from Marseille today with megastars to the tune of Sarah Sjostrom and Adam Peaty among the competitors.

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Breytenbach Takes Double Open Water Titles At South African Nationals

The 2022 South African Open Water Championships wrapped up from Jeffreys Bay today, with Pretoria’s Ruan Breytenbach coming away with two national titles.

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Titmus Hits 1:54.66 200 Free To Cap Off Stellar NSW Championships

Multi-Olympic gold medalist Ariarne Titmus has shown she is very much in-form while competing at this weekend’s New South Wales Championships.

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Adam Peaty Races 200 Breast At FFN Golden Tour

It appears that British Olympic champion Adam Peaty may be making good on his soft commitment to race the men’s 200m breast at the British Championships.

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Japan’s Hanaguruma Enters The Sub-2:08 200 Breaststroke Chat

While competing on the final day of the 2022 Japanese Selection Meet, Yu Hanaguruma ripped a new lifetime best of 2:07.99 in the men’s 200m breaststroke.

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Mizunuma Becomes First Japanese Man Ever Under 51 Seconds In 100 Fly

While competing at the Selection Meet, Naoki Mizunuma became the first-ever man from Japan to dip under the 51-second barrier in the 100m butterfly. 

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Ariarne Titmus Rips 4:00.03 400 Free At New South Wales Championships

Ariarne Titmus of Australia threw down another impressive 400m free performance, this time clocking 4:00.03 to kick off her 2022 calendar year.

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Peaty & Gorbenko Make Marks On FFN Golden Tour Marseille Day One

British breaststroking legend Adam Peaty dove in today, taking on the 50m sprint at the FFN Golden Tour in Marseilles, FRance.

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Japanese 200 Fly Prowess: Honda Clocks 1:54.04, Hayashi Rips 2:06.41

Tomoru Honda continues to be one of the most consistent men’s 200m butterflies on the plant, approaching his silver medal-winning time from Tokyo.

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Shayna Jack Beats Titmus, O’Callaghan En Route To Lifetime Best

Back to racing after her doping suspension, Aussie Shayna Jack is wasting no time putting her name back on the sprint freestyle map.

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Japanese Icon Ryosuke Irie Dips Under 53 Seconds In 100 Back For 27th Time

Ageless wonder Ryosuke Irie continues to be the dominant male backstroker in his native Japan, busting out yet another sub-53 second performance.

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15-Yr-Old Mio Narita Of Japan Rips 4:36.71 400 IM WJR*

So this happened….15-year-old Mio Narita of Japan just ripped a massive 4:36.71 unofficial World Junior Record at the nation’s Selection Trials.

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Reona Aoki Continues Tear, Clocks 30.27 50 Breast Asian Record

Japan’s Reona Aoki is putting up some super quick breaststroke times at her domestic Trials meet, including a 30.27 Asian Record in the 50m distance.

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Ohashi Becomes Japan’s First-Ever Female Professional Swimmer

The nation of Japan has made two major strides on the women-making-an-impact-in-swimming front with both Yui Ohashi and Sakiko Shimizu making some waves.

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