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European Junior Champion Djakovic Among Swimmers Set For North Sea

Swiss national record holder and 2019 European Junior Champion Antonio Djakovic is among the talent headed for this year’s North Sea Swim Meet.

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Quadarella Clocks SCM 1500 Free Italian Record, Becomes 5th Fastest Ever

While competing at Circolo Canottieri Aniene this weekend, Simona Quadarella broke the Italian national record in the women’s short course 1500m freestyle.

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Watch Daiya Seto’s Near World Record-Breaking SCM 400 IM

Watch Japanese Olympic medalist Daiya Seto come within .03 of American Ryan Lochte’s short course meters 400 IM World Record.

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Coming Back To Form, Hagino Throws Down 4th Fastest JPN 200 IM Ever

Olympic champion in the men’s 400m IM, Kosuke Hagino of Japan, is becoming more dangerous with every competition since coming back from a 5-month hiatus.

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Aoki & Koseki Take Down Japanese Records In 50 Breast

Reona Aoki and Yasuhiro Koseki both cracked national records in the women’s and men’s SCM 50 breast event competing in Tokyo.

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Aussie Teen Sam Short Knocks Down Another Horton Age Record

16-year-old Sam Short of Albany Creek produced a new 800m free Aussie Age Record in Melbourne, taking over a Mack Horton mark.

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Daiya Seto Comes Within .03 Of Lochte’s SCM 400 IM World Record

Two-time world champion in Gwangju, Korea Daiya Seto of Japan fired off a new national record in the 400 IM, coming within .03 of the world record.

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17-Year-Old Peiniger Takes 200 IM, Becomes 6th Fastest Aussie Ever

17-year-old Gabriella Peiniger continued her impressive swimming at Aussie SC Championships, taking the women’s 200m IM national title.

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Yasuhiro Koseki Lowers Own SCM 100 Breast JPN Record

Yasuhiro Koseki nabbed a new Japanese and Asian record in the men’s 100m breaststroke event tonight while competing in Tokyo.

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Matsui Becomes First-Ever Japanese Man Under 21 Seconds In SCM 50 Free

Kosuke Matsui continued the record-breaking streak at the Japanese Short Course Championships, taking the men’s 50m free.

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World Championships Silver Medalist Matsumoto Clocks 200 Free JPN Record

The 22-year-old silver medalist from Gwangju Katsuhiro Matsumoto clocked a new Japanese national record in the SCM 200 free compting in Tokyo.

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Japan’s High-Altitude Pool At Tomi City Now Open For Pre-Tokyo Business

This week the ribbon was cut and doors were opened at the new Yunomaru Kogen Sports Exchange Facility in Nagano prefecture.

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Wuhan Rewind: Top 5 Swims From Military World Games

In case you missed it, check out the top 5 swims from this year’s Military World Games, which wrapped up from Wuhan, China earlier this week.

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Schooling Snags Win #2 At Aussie Short Course Championships

Joseph Schooling came within tenths of the Singaporean national record in the 200m IM in the morning and followed up with 50 fly gold at night in Melbourne.

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17-Year-Old Peiniger Hits 56.54 SCM 100 Fly At Aussie C’ships

17-year-old Gabriella Peiniger enters the list of all-time Aussie women SCM 100 fly performers with her title-winning swim in Melbourne.

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