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Hagino Puts Up Fastest 400 IM In 2 Years At JPN SC C’ships

Check out the fast times getting thrown down by several ISL Tokyo Frog Kings members at the Japan Short Course Championships.

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Littlejohn Takes Back NZL 100 Free Age Record From Fairweather

At 16 years of age, Laura Littlejohn of St. Paul’s Collegiate produced a new lifetime best time of 54.26 to take the age group title in the women’s 100m free.

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18-Year-Old Tomoru Honda Replaces Daiya Seto On Tokyo Frog Kings

World Junior Championships silver medalist Tomoru Honda now joins the ISL team of the Tokyo Frog Kings in place of Daiya Seto.

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Junya Koga Takes First Post-Suspension JPN National Title

Junya Koga collected his first post-suspension national title, reaping gold in the men’s 50m back tonight at the 2020 Japan Short Course Championships.

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Kawamoto Overtakes Schooling’s 50 Fly Asian Record

Takeshi Kawamoto hit a new lifetime best in the men’s 50 fly en route to producing a new Japanese national record in Tokyo.

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16-Year-Old Yanagimoto Hits 1:44.08 SCM 200 Free JPN High School Record

On-fire Konosuke Yanagimoto posted a new lifetime best of 1:44.08 in the SCM 200 free at just 16 years of age, hitting a Japan High School Record.

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World C’ships Silver Medalist Matsumoto Lowers 200 Free JPN Record

One of our top 5 races to watch did not disappoint, as Katsuhiro Matsumoto unleashed a new national record in the men’s 200m freestyle.

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Birmingham Releases Sporting Schedule For 2022 Commonwealth Games

With under 650 days to go until the quadrennial event, Birmingham 2022 organizers have revealed the competition schedule for all 12 days’ worth of sport.

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15-Year-Old Pilato Crushes 50 Breast World Junior Record

Team Energy Standard’s Benedetta Pilato snagged 50m breast silver in a new World Junior Record-setting time tonight in Budapest.

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Ilya Shymanovich Hits Belarusian Record In 50 Breast For Energy Standard

Ilya Shymanovich became the 6th fastest 50m breaststroke performer all-time with his victory in Budapest today for Team Energy Standard.

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17-Year-Old Hwang Sun Woo Hits LCM 1:46.31 200 Free/48.51 100 Free

17-year-old Hwang Sun Woo of Korea is now faster than American Olympian Caleb Dressel was in the 100 free for the age group.

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On-Fire Fairweather Hits 4:02.62 SCM 400 Free At NZL Secondary Schools

16-year-old Erika Fairweather continues to impress, hitting a new lifetime best of 4:02.62 in the SCM 400 free while competing in her native New Zealand.

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Where’s Waldo Caeleb Dressel?

Take a mid-week break with SwimSwam’s very own take on ‘Where’s Waldo’. Challenge your teammates to this fun, swimmer pic scan.

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2020 Australian Short Course C’ships Go Virtual Due To COVID-19

The resulting impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues on, as yet another sizable international meet is forced to alter formats and protocol.

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Powerhouse Daiya Seto Officially Out Of ISL Season 2

Japan’s Daiya Seto, a game-changer for the ISL in season 1 in terms of point, will no longer be racing as part of season 2.

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