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Tokyo Olympic Aquatics Center Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Slated For March

Things are coming together for the 2020 Olympic Games, as the Tokyo Aquatic Center will be having its ribbon-cutting ceremony in March.

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Chalmers Opts Out Of 50 Free Final While McKeown Clocks PB In The Event

18-year-old Kaylee McKeown closed out a heck of a South Aussie State Championships meet, clocking a 50m free personal best to end her campaign.

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Chalmers Splashes For 20th+ Time In 5 Days; Kaylee McKeown Scorches 50 Back

Kyle Chalmers is racking up the meters this weekend at the 2020 South Australian State Championships, tonight taking on the 100m fly and 200m free.

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Unretired Canadian Olympian Brent Hayden Possibly Eyeing Des Moines Return

Canadian Olympic medalist Brent Hayden is eyeing his return, possibly diving in at the Pro Swim Series in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Chalmers Clocks World’s First Sub-48 100 Free Of 2020

Kyle Chalmers is staking his claim on the men’s 100m free early, topping the world rankings for 2020 with a solid 47.99 to kick-off his Tokyo run.

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Kaylee McKeown Crushes 2:05.83 200 Back Lifetime Best To Take Over World #1

Just a day after American World Record holder notched a 200 back time of 2:05.94, 18-year-old Aussie Kaylee McKeown sneaked under it with a new world #1.

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High-Level International Meets For February 2020

Newly-minted 200m fly Japanese national record holder Daiya Seto will have a busy month of February, most likely competing at both Konami Open and Kirara Cup.

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Proud, Fratus, Manaudou, Govorov Set To Spar At 2020 Euro Meet Luxembourg

We’ll get a taste for where the men’s 50m free speed is at with Florent Manaudou, Bruno Fratus, Ben Proud and more racing in Luxembourg.

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Chalmers Hits 400 Free & 50 Fly Personal Bests On Day 3 Of South Aussies

21-year-old Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers demonstrated some versatility this evening, taking the 400m free and 50m fly crowns at South Aussie States.

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Brett Fraser Back To 2014 Form, Martinenghi Bests Scozzoli Once More In Geneva

Cayman Islands’ Brett Fraser got it done for 50m fly gold on the final day of the 2020 Geneva International Challenge, matching his PB from 2014.

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Kaylee McKeown Becomes 2nd Fastest Aussie Ever With 58.52 100 Back

18-year-old Kaylee McKeown of Australia just made a statement with her 58.52 lifetime best 100m back swim tonight in South Australia.

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Anderson Cleans House While Guy Nears 100 Free PB To Close Out Flanders Cup

A wicked-fast meet transpired for British swimmer Freya Anderson, as the teen collected the 50m/100m/200m freestyle victories in spades.

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Ellen Walshe Becomes Ireland’s First-Ever Sub-Minute 100 Butterflier

Irish swimmer Ellen Walshe had never before been under a minute in the women’s 100m fly, but all that changed tonight at the Flanders Cup.

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Freya Anderson Busts Out 1:56.06 200 Free For First Time Ever Under 1:57

Carrying her momentum from a 100m free gold on night 1 of the Flanders Cup, 18-year-old Freya Anderson produced the fastest 200m free swim of her life.

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Freya Anderson Becomes 6th Fastest British 50 Freestyler Ever With Heat Swim

18-year-old Freya Anderson busted out the quickest 50m free of her career, taking the Flanders Cup top seed with her morning time of 25.06.

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