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Defending 400 Free Gold Medalist Boglarka Kapas Withdraws From Final In Glasgow

Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas took the 400m free gold 2 years ago in Copenhagen, but the Olympian has scratched the final tonight in Glasgow.

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Toussaint & Kamminga Help Dutch Move Up In Euro SC C’ships Medal Table

Kira Toussaint’s gold medal in the women’s 50m back tonight in Glasgow helped the Netherlands move back into 3rd on the medal table.

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2019 European Short Course Championships Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Russia’s Vlad Morozov won the men’s 50m freestyle here in Glasgow and will be looking to get the edge on teammate Vladislav Grinev for the 50/100 double.

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Vietnamese Olympian Nguyen Thi Anh Vien Gets It Done On SEA Games Day 4

Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is already on her way to a major medal haul at the 2019 SEA Games taking place in New Clark City, Philippines.

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Jocelyn Ulyett Puts Up British Record In Women’s 200 Breast At England Nats

Loughborough’s Jocelyn Ulyett crushed a new British national record in the women’s 200m breast in Sheffield tonight at England Winter Nats.

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National Record Round-Up For Day 3 Of 2019 European SC C’ships

Ross Murdoch is feeling good after clocking a new Scottish national record en route to making tomorrow night’s 100m breaststroke final.

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Hungary Hops The Netherlands In Glasgow Medal Table

The nation of Hungary has moved up the medal table, primarily due to a double gold performance by Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu.

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Andreas Vazaios Stuns Men’s 200 IM Field With 1:50.85 European Record

Despite Duncan Scott’s 200m IM British Record in the heats, it was Greece’s Andreas Vazaios who took gold in the event tonight.

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Shymanovich Takes Down Peaty’s SCM 100 Breast European Record

Introducing the new European Record holder in the men’s short course meters 100m breaststroke, Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus.

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Wasick Takes Down Newly-Minted 100 Freestyle Polish National Record

Kasia Wasick busted out a new Polish national record in the women’s 100m freestyle en route to 7th place in Glasgow tonight.

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Now 15 Years Of Age, Whittle Takes Down SCM 100 Free British Junior Record

Teen dynamo Jacob Whittle of Great Britain is back at it, breaking the nation’s Junior Record in the short course 100 freestyle at Swim England Winters.

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2019 SEA Games: Schooling Successfully Defends 100 Fly Title

Olympic champion Joseph Schooling got his hands on the wall first in the men’s 100m fly for gold at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines.

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Mel Marshall Named UK Coaching High Performance Coach of the Year

Mel Marshall was named UK Coaching’s Coach of the Year, honoring her as the top leader across all of sports coaching in the UK.

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2019 European Short Course C’ships Day 2 National Record Round-Up

Not a race went by today in Glasgow where a national record didn’t go down. Greek athlete Apostolos Christou was among the record breakers.

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For Now, Russia Remains Atop European Short Course Championships Medal Table

Kliment Kolesnikov helped bring Russia to the wall first in the mixed medley relay tonight in Glasgow, notching a World Record with his team in the process.

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