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Pools Open In New South Wales But Differing Vaccine Rules Apply

Within the nation of Australia, parts of regional New South Wales saw their COVID-19 lockdown lifted as of yesterday, but not for everyone.

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Key Stories from the 2021 China National Games (Post-Meet Digest)

Missed our daily recaps of the 8-day China National Games? We’ve got you covered with the key swims and takeaways from the meet.

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Yu Hexin Nails 21.68 Chinese National Record In Men’s 50 Free

Yu Hexin ended his 2021 China National Games on a big-time high note, clocking a new national record in the men’s 50m freestyle.

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Liu Xiang Hits New Asian Record As First Chinese Woman Under 24 Sec In 50 Free

Chinese swimmer Liu Xiang made history to close out the 2021 China National Games, hitting a new Asian Record in the women’s 50m free.

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Dean Boxall Says Once-Banned Shayna Jack Wants Revenge In The Pool

Animated Aussie coach Dean Boxall speaks to where he thinks once-banned Shayna Jack’s mindset is now that the sprint ace is cleared to compete.

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Li Bingjie Clocks 800 Free Time That Would Have Earned Tokyo Bronze

19-year-old Li Bingjie did major damage in the women’s 800m free tonight in her native China, putting up the 3rd fastest performance ever for her nation.

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Condors’ Kathrin Demler Making Waves At German SC C’ships

The German Short Course Championships rolled on with Cali Condors’ Kathrin Demler making waves on day two of the competition.

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Wang Shun Hits 1:56.33 200 IM At China National Games

Olympic gold medalist in the men’s 200m IM, Wang Shun, topped the podium in the same event at the China National Games this evening.

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Mark Faber Takes Over As Dutch National Team Head Coach

The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) has announced a big change in its coaching staff in this post-Tokyo 2020 phase.

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Wellbrock Inspires 1500 Gold for Schwarz At German SC C’ships

He missed out on Olympic qualification due to a coronavirus infection but 19-year-old Sven Schwarz is back in the water in his native Germany.

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London Roar’s Aussies Headed To University Of Stirling After Match #9

Many of the Roar’s Australians will opt to train at the University of Stirling, home of multi-Olympic medalist and fellow Roar teammate Duncan Scott.

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Olympic Champion Zhang Yufei Rips 2:05.84 200 Fly At National Games

China’s butterfly ace Zhang Yufei put on a show once again here at these 2021 National Games, this time tearing down the pool in the 200m distance.

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High-Level International Meets For October 2021

We may see Lithuanian freestyle ace Danas Rapsys in action along the FINA World Cup Series this season but time will tell.

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Olympic Champion Kristof Milak Leaves Coach Of 8 Years

World champion, world record holder, and Olympic gold medalist Kristof Milak of Hungary has revealed he will be changing coaches.

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Watch 18-Yr-Old Tang Muhan Negative Split 1:54.26 200 Free CHN Record

A new national record bit the dust on day 4 of these 2021 China National Games and it came in the women’s 200m freestyle.

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