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Bocekler Tops Tuncel For Turkish 400 Free Golden Record

Turkish teen freestyle aces Beril Bocekler and Merve Tuncel dualed once again tonight in the women’s 400 freestyle in Istanbul.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Norimasa Hirai Snags Asian Coach Of The Year

We reveal the 2020 Swammy Award winner for Asian Coach of the Year, with a familiar name topping the list of worthy candidates.

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Racist Tweets By CAS Panel Chair At Core Of Sun Yang’s Ban Lifting

More light is shining on the Swiss Tribunal’s overturning of Chinese Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang’s eight-year ban for doping.

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2030 & 2034 Asian Games Hosts Revealed

Incheon, South Korea hosted in 2014 while Jakarta, Indonesia hosted the 2018 edition of the Asian Games. Two new future hosts have now been revealed.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: End Of Year Awards Round-Up

Anton McKee has been named Male Swimmer of the Year in his native nation of Iceland. Read more in this week’s edition of Beyond the Lane Lines.

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High-Level International Meets For January 2021

January 2021 is essentially here, which means we’re finally seeing the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on the horizon.

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Sakci Snares 100 Breast Victory At Turkish Short Course Championships

ISL breaststroke star Emre Sakci got it done for gold tonight in the 100 sprint at the Turkish Short Course Championships.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Kaylee McKeown Earns Oceania Female Swimmer Of The Year

Kaylee McKeown produced some of the most impressive swims worldwide over the course of the 2020 calendar year, including a short course World Record.

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Merve Tuncel Trained By Italy’s Gjon Shyti (WJR 1500 Race Video)

Watch 15-year-old Merve Tuncil of Turkey fire off a new World Junior Record in the women’s short course meters 1500 freestyle in Instanbul.

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Turkish Short Course Championships Day 3 Record Round-Up

The Turkish short course record book is being overwritten with nearly every race in Instanbul this week. Read what happened on night 3 in this post.

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15-Yr-Old Merve Tuncel Beats World Junior Record 1500 Benchmark Time

The 2020 Turkish Short Course Championships saw a monster swim take place on day 3 at the hands of 15-year-old Merve Tuncel.

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Meet Record From Shymanovich Wraps Up Vladimir Salnikov Cup

You read earlier about Andrei Minakov’s European Junior Record in the 100 fly but read what else happened in St. Petersburg tonight.

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Andrei Minakov Shaves .01 Off SCM 100 Fly European Junior Record

While competing on day 2 of the 2020 Vladimir Salnikov Cup, 18-year-old Andrei Minakov checked in with a new European Junior Record in the men’s 100m fly.

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Chernysheva Clocks Russian Junior Record In 200 IM

A Russian Junior Record went down on the 2nd and final day of the 2020 Vladimir Salnikov Cup, courtesy of Anna Chernysheva.

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Throssell, Incerti Among History-Makers At Western Aussies

Olympian and relay world record holder Brianna Throssell was among the history-makers at the just-concluded 2020 Western Australia Championships.

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