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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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2020 ISL Match 4 – Day 2 Live Recap

The 2nd place NY Breakers are hoping swimmers like Marco Koch will have another big performance in them to keep them ahead of 3rd place Iron.

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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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