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Singaporean Swimmers Gain Extra OLY Qual Time Due To Virus Rescheduling

Singaporean swimmers such as Joseph Schooling will have additional qualification time for the 2020 Olympic Games with the rescheduling of events due to virus.

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Breaststroke Battle Brewing, As JPN’s Shoma Sato Devises New Race Strategy

This weekend’s Konami Open may give Shoma Sato the chance to try out a new race strategy essentially nothing to lose and some cash and confidence to gain.

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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Aquatic Facility Breaks Ground

The new aquatics facility to be used for swimming events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in host city Birmingham, England has broken ground.

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Stirling Looks To Deny Loughborough BUCS Long Course Title

Here comes Duncan Scott, ready to take on 3 individual events at the British Universities & Colleges Sports (BUCS) Championships this weekend.

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Hagino Heads Up Japanese Money Chase At Konami Open

Lucrative cash prizes are up for grabs at this weekend’s Konami Open, which stars Kosuke Hagino, Yui Ohashi, Ryosuke Irie and more.

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Stubblety-Cook To Show His Early 2020 Hand At Victorian Open C’ships

Aussie Zac Stubblety-Cook unleashed the fastest 200m breast time of his career last December. Let’s see what the man has up his sleeve at the Vic Open.

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Portuguese National Records Fall At 2020 Lisbon International

The Jamor Nacional Sports Center hosted the 2020 Lisbon Int’l over the weekend, where national records bit the dust over the course of the 2-day affair.

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Gorbenko Hacks 7+ Seconds Off Israeli Record In 400 IM

16-year-old Anastasia Gorbenko fired off a new Israeli national record in the women’s 400m IM over the weekend in Nice, France.

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Greece’s Kostas Englezakis Qualifies For 2020 Olympics In 800 Free

Greek swimmer Konstantinos Englezakis produced a silver medal in the men’s 800m free at the FFN Golden Tour, but he qualified for Tokyo in the process.

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Kathleen Baker Nabs 50 Back Gold, Laura Stephens Impresses In 200 Fly In Nice

The FFN Golden Tour stop in Nice wrapped up tonight, with American Kathleen Baker among the final night’s gold medal winners.

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16-Year-Old Boecekler Slices .11 Off 400 Free Turkish Record

While competing on day 3 of the FFN Golden Tour stop in Nice, France, Beril Boecekler fired off a new Turkish national record in the women’s 400m freestyle.

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South Africans Dominate 2020 Midmar Mile Open Water Race

The 2020 Midmar Mile open water race took place over the weekend at the Midmar Dam north of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

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Matsumoto Carries Freestyle Momentum Into Final Day Of Kirara Cup

Japan’s Katsuhiro Matsumoto is showing his prowess across both the 200m and 100m freestyle events, getting it done for gold at the Kirara Cup.

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Hosszu Takes Grueling 1500 Free/400 IM Double Gold In Nice

The Iron Lady raced in every event this morning and went on to take double gold in the evening session of the FFN Golden Tour in Nice.

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Kathleen Baker Keeps It Going With World’s 4th Fastest 200 Back Time Of Season

Look out world, American Kathleen Baker is back to form, firing off one of the fastest 200m back times of the Olympian’s carrer.

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