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Aussie Coach Chris Mooney Mic’d Up: “Don’t Be Average”

Chris Mooney (right) is mic’d up while training Leah Neale and Kaylee McKeown, 2 Australian women primed to make some noise in Gwangju.

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James Magnussen: Confidence Versus Arrogance

28-year-old James Magnussen of Australia relives his 2011 World Championships title in the men’s 100m freestyle, an event he won again in 2013.

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Wasick & Wojdack Head Up Polish Roster For Gwangju

The Polish Swimming Federation has released its roster for the 2019 World Championships, whose swimming competition kicks off just over a week from now.

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Great Britain Names Roster For European Youth Olympic Festival

Katie Shanahan already took 400m IM bronze in Kazan last week at European Juniors, but she’s also now heading to Baku for the EYOF.

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2019 European Junior Championships Photo Vault

The European Junior Championships may have concluded, but you can re-live some of the action, courtesy of G.Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto.

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2019 European Junior Championships: Hear From The Champions

Hear from some of the winning athletes from the 2019 European Junior Championships now that the 5-day meet in Kazan has concluded.

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2019 European Junior C’ships Age Record Round-Up For Day 5

Take a look at the various national age records that went down on the final night of competition of the 2019 European Junior Championships.

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Russia Dominates European Junior C’ships, Points Trophy

Check out the final medal and points trophy standings from the 2019 European Junior Championships that just concluded in Kazan, Russia.

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Van Der Merwe Takes Surprise 100 Breast Gold, Becomes 5th Fastest Brit Ever

British star Kayla Van Der Merwe clocked a time of 1:07.12 to take European Championships gold in the women’s 100m breast.

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Portecop Takes Down Euro Jr Meet Record In Semis, But Takes Silver In Final

France’s Naele Portecop produced a new European Junior Championships Record in the women’s 50m fly semi’s, but saw her gold slip away in the final.

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Germany’s Artem Selin Crushes 21.83 Euro Jr Record For Gold In Kazan

Germany has been mighty impressive at these European Junior Championsihps, with Artem Salin capping off the meet with a Euro Jr Record in the men’s 50m free.

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Azevedo Cracks Portuguese National Record In Women’s 100 Back

A new Senior National Record bit the dust for Portugal, courtesy of Rafael Gomes Azevedo at the 2019 European Junior Championships.

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#WhittleWatch Once Again, as 14-Year-Old Brit Clocks 50 Free Age Record

14-year-old Jacob Whittle, with coach Jamie Main, continues to wreak havoc on the British Age Record boards, this time in the 50m free.

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2019 European Junior Championships Day 5 Prelims Recap

Belarus’ Anastasiya Shkurdai set herself up to make a run at the 50m/100m fly double, holding the #2 seed out of the 50m prelims here in Kazan.

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Medal-Leader Russia Breaking Away From Rest Of Nations At Euro Juniors

Team Russia is further distancing itself from the rest of the nations battling for podium spots heading into the final day of competition.

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