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Leon Marchand Takes World Juniors 4IM Bronze In New French National Record

17-year-old Leon Marchand took bronze in the men’s 400m IM on the penultimate night of the World Junior Championships, clocking a new French National Record.

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World Champion James Guy Changes Coaches 1 Year Out From Tokyo

With less than a year to go until the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, British dynamo James Guy has decided to change primary coaches.

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Foster’s 1:46.10 Anchor Helps Power Americans To New 800 Free Relay WJR

Carson Foster nabbed 200m IM gold at these World Junior C’ships and the teen’s 1:46.10 anchor on the men’s 800 free relay helped the squad nail a new WJR.

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16-Year-Old Matheny Crushes 2:09.40 200 Breast For World Juniors Gold

Josh Matheny powered his way to a World Junior Championships gold in a new National Age Group Time in the 2breast – 2:09.40.

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Farida Osman Takes Down African Games 100 Fly Record

World Championships medalist Farida Osman of Egypt is making her presence known at the 2019 African Games taking place in Morrocco.

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Kozan Clocks 2:11.55 200 IM To Overtake Beisel As 4th Fastest American 15-16

15-year-old Justina Kozan just powered her way to gold in the women’s 200m IM while competing at the World Junior Championships.

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Pallister Adds 4Free World Junior Title To Resumé For 8th Fastest Aussie Ever

Lani Pallister of Australia is a one-woman wrecking ball when it comes to the mid-distance freestyle events at these World Junior Championships.

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14-Year-Old Sheehan Drops Her 50 Fly Puerto Rican Record Down To 26.67

Puerto Rico’s 14-year-old phenom Miriam Sheehan just produced her 2nd senior national record in as many days while competing at the World Juniors.

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Jan Cejka Lowers Newly-Minted Czech Record En Route To 50 Back Gold

The records keep falling, as Jan Cejka lowered his own newly-minted Czech national standard en route to gold in the men’s 50m back.

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Shkurdai Knocks Down Belarusian National Record In 50 Fly

Anastasiya Shkurdai just took down the Belarusian senior national record in the women’s 50m fly en route to silver in Budapest.

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Puerto Rico’s 14-Year-Old Sheehan Clocks Another National Record – 50 Back

Puerto Rican teenager Miriam Sheehan was back to her record-breaking ways today in Budapest, this time hitting a new standard in the 50m back.

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Croatia Gets On The Board, But America Dominates World Junior Medals

America holds on to its medal lead after 3 days of competition in Budapest, but other nations are seeing strong performances at these World Junior C’ships.

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2019 African Games: Erin Gallagher Takes Back South African 50 Fly Record

The 2019 African Games’ swimming competition kicked off with 20-year-old Erin Gallagher not wasting any time making her mark on the competition.

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Farida Osman, Oussama Sahnoune, Michael Houlie Get It Done In Africa

Egyptian World Championships medalist Farida Osman collected hardware through 2 days of swimming competition at the 2019 Africa Games in Morrocco.

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Curtiss Becomes 3rd American 17-18-Year-Old Under 22-Second Barrier In 50 Free

David Curtiss hit his first-ever sub-22 second 50m freestyle at just 17 years of age, becoming just the 3rd American in his age group ever to do so.

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