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Sates Takes 400 IM To Close Out South African C’ships

17-year-old Matt Sates impressed across several events at these 2020 South African Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg.

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Minakov Coasts To 100 Fly Russian Title in 51.3, Hits 47.7 Free Relay Split

The 2020 Russian Swimming Championships continued with Stanford commit Andrei Minakov doing his thing in the men’s 100m fly. 

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Condors’ Match 4 Victory Adds To Points Distance Over Entire ISL For Now

The Cali Condors top the overall club standings through week 2 of the ISL but several teams will be in the water this week to try to topple the leaders.

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2020 ISL Match 4 – Day 1 Live Recap

Get ready for match 4 of the ISL, as the Cali Condors, Iron, NY Breakers and DC Trident try to make a dent in the overall league standings.

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Matt Sates Takes Triple Gold On Night 3 Of South African C’ships

University of Georgia commit Matt Sates got it done for gold on 3 separate occasions on night 3 of South African Championships.

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Schoenmaker Scores Two South African Records In One Night

While competing on day 3 of the 2020 South African Short Course Championships, Tatjana Schoenmaker scored two more national records.

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Tarasevich Snags Olympic-Worthy 100 Back Time At Russian C’ships

Check out some of the quick swims being thrown down by both men and women in Kazan at this year’s Russian Championships.

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17-Year-Old Borodin Hits 1:58.00 200 IM Russian National Record

17-year-old Ilya Borodin broke through the 2:00 barrier big time in the men’s 200m IM, establishing a new Russian record in the process.

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Chupkov Clips Own Russian Record In LCM 100 Breast – 58.83

While competing on day 2 of the 2020 Russian Championships, Anton Chupkov busted out the fastest 100m breaststroke swim of his life en route to gold.

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Majerski Flies To Double Gold At Grand Prix Polish Cup

20-year-old Jakub Majerski impressed over the weekend at the 2020 Grand Prix Polish Cup, taking the 100m and 200m butterfly races.

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Despite Chierighini & Miressi, Centurions’ Mixed Relay Needs Back Half Help

Ranking the lead-off and subsequent splits of the mixed free relay reveal strengths and weaknesses among the contenders.

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Shane Ryan Keeps His Irish Record-Breaking Streak Going In Budapest

Toronto Titan Shane Ryan was breaking records and taking names this weekend while competing in match #3 of the International Swimming League (ISL) season 2.

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Gorbenko Shaves .15 Off 100 IM Israeli National Record

17-year-old Anastasia Gorbenko ripped another Israeli national record en route to placing 2nd in the women’s 100m IM in Budapest.

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15-Year-Old Chikunova Downs Efimova’s 50 Breast Russian Junior Record

15-year-old Evgenia Chikunova stole the spotlight on night 1 of the 2020 Russian Championships, posting a new Russian Junior Record in the 50m breast.

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Future Georgia Bulldog Matt Sates (17) Crushes 50.72 SCM 100 Fly

17-year-old Matt Sates made his presence known big-time during day 2 of the 2020 South African Short Course Championships.

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