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South Africa Continues Medal Haul At African C’ships

Catch up on the 2021 African Championships which run through the remainder of this week with South Africa currently on top of the field.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Philpot Deemed Coaching Hero, London Roar Gets Hacked

This week’s Beyond the Lane Lines features Italian icon Federica Pellegrini, South Aussie Kyle Chalmers, British coach Will Philpot…and Scarface.

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Athletics & Swimming Are Only Two Compulsory Commonwealth Games Sports

As part of the new Strategic Roadmap, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has revealed just two compulsory sports for future Games.

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South Korea’s Hwang Sunwoo Posts 1:58.04 In Just His 2nd 200 IM Performance

18-year-old Hwang Sunwoo just clocked another South Korean national record, producing a time of 1:58.04 in just his 2nd 200 IM swim ever.

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South Africa Tops Day 1 Medal Table At 2021 Swimming Championships

The 2021 African Junior/Senior Swimming Championships kicked off this week in Ghana, with Rebecca Meder of South Africa grabbing two titles.

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Kaito Tabuchi Now Ranks #6 Among Japanese Men LCM 400 IM Performers

The final day of the 2021 Japan Student Swimming Championships wrapped up on Sunday, with Olympians Tomoru Honda and Shoma Sato among those back in the water.

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Key Takeaways From 2021 FINA World Cup – Budapest

Catch up on the key stories from the FINA World Cup Series stop in Budapest, including hearing what American Tom Shields had to say.

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British Swimming’s World Class Program Athletes Revealed

Lucy Hope, 24-year-old formerly of Edinburgh and now of Stirling, is among the British Swimming World Class Program class of atheltes.

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Emma McKeon Continues Sprint Siege With 50.58 SCM 100 Free, #2 Ever

27-year-old Emma McKeon broke through with a big-time 50.58 SCM 100 free to tie Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom as the #2 swimmer all-time.

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Toussaint Overtakes Decade-Old Van Rouwendaal Dutch SCM 200 Back Record

Kira Toussaint took down a longstanding Dutch record held by Sharon van Rouwendaal from 2011, giving Toussaint a sweep of the national records.

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Shields Strikes Down Dressel’s SCM 50 Fly American Record – 21.99

At 30 years of age, Tom Shields ripped a new American Record in the short course meters 50 butterfly, becoming the world’s 6th fastest man ever.

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Tanaka Continues Fly Rampage With 51.13 PB At JPN Student C’ships

Day 3 of the 97th Japan Student Swimming Championships brought the heat in the men’s 100m fly, courtesy of Daiki Tanaka.

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Paltrinieri Surprises LEN With Open Water Swimming Cup Leg #5 Victory

Originally listed as not attending, Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri took his second LEN Open Water Swimming Cup trophy in a row.

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Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh Tops Off Career With Ceremonial Swim (Video)

Retired Hungarian Olympic icon Laszlo Cseh dove in once more for a ceremonial 100m IM in Budapest at the FINA World Cup.

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Chalmers & Sates 200 Free Rematch Set For Budapest’s Final Night

On-fire Matt Sates will try to repeat as the men’s 200m free winner on this FINA World Cup Series circuit. But Aussie Kyle Chalmers is among his obstacles.

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