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On-Fire Gastaldello Hits New French Record In 100 Free

French racer Beryl Gastaldello has been nothing short of incredible as a member of the LA Current across the first portion of ISL season 2.

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Matsumoto Becomes First JPN Man Under 1:42 In SCM 200 Free

World Championships silver medalist Katsuhiro (Katsuo) Matsumoto fired off a new Japanese national record en route to taking the men’s SCM 200 free.

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Minakov Downs Chalmers’ 100 Free World Junior Record With 47.57

Andrei Minakov’s 47.57 effort tonight renders the teen as the world’s 16th fastest performer in the world all-time and the new World Junior Record holder.

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2020 ISL Match 5 – Day 1 Live Recap

London Roar’s Guilherme Guido will look to do his part in the backstroke events during match 5 of the ISL season 2 in Budapest.

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Chupkov, Minakov, Grinev Comment On Russian C’ships Racing

The 2020 Russian Swimming Championships conclude on Friday, October 30th and we’ve already seen some tremendous performances from both the men and women.

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Less Than 1 Yr Out From Olympics, Swimming AUS CEO Russell Steps Down

Swimming Australia will be appointing an interim CEO shortly and the search for a CEO to lead to Tokyo, Paris and beyond will commence soon.

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Oleg Kostin Posts 22.82 To Deny Andrei Minakov 50 Fly Gold In Kazan

Oleg Kostin logged a time of 22.82 in the men’s 50m fly to take gold ahead of newly-minted World Junior Record holder Andrei Minakov.

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17-Year-Old Ilya Borodin Hits 4:11.50 400 IM Russian, World Junior Record

17-year-old Ilya Borodin rocked a huge personal best in the men’s 400 IM en route to logging a new World Junior Record in Kazan.

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Clyde Lewis, Mitch Larkin & More ‘Blitz’ Solid Times At Home In Australia

World Championships finalist Clyde Lewis was in the water contesting the Aussie Virtual Relay Blitz series of relay races.

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Madi Wilson Posts 1:52.44 800 Free Relay Split At Aussie Blitz

Check out some of the impressive short course times thrown down by Australian women at their unique relay blitz this month at home.

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Would-Be NY Breaker 16-Year-Old O’Callaghan Posts 52.99 SCM 100 Free

While competing as a member of the Brisbane Bisons, 16-year-old Mollie O’Callaghan put up a world-class 100m freestyle time leading off her squad.

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On-Hiatus Olympian Tamsin Cook Races At Aussie Relay Blitz

Taking a look at Australia’s recent relay blitz, a West Australian’s name jumped out from the results in the form of 2016 Olympian Tamsin Cook.

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Minakov Breaks World Junior Record in 50 Fly in Russian Semi-Finals

Andrei Minakov is hot on the trail of a big-time swim in the men’s 50m fly, already putting up a lifetime best in the Russian Nats semifinal.

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WR Holder Chupkov Rips 2:07.32 200 Breast At Russian Championships

With another 2:07-low under his belt Russia’s Anton Chupkov isn’t going anywhere anytime soon in the breaststroke events.

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Korstanje Hits Near-Best 50 Free At Dutch Training Meet

Several Dutch national team members not competing in the ISLcontested events last weekend at an internal training meet in Eindhoven.

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