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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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2019 European Junior C’ships Day 4 Age Record Round-up

Eoin Corby of Ireland is entering tomorrow night’s 100m breast final as the 2nd seed, but he’s laying waste to the Irish Junior Record with every swim.

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2019 European Junior Championships Day 4 Prelims Recap

Russia’s Andrei Minakov snared the top spot in the men’s 100 fly to kick-off day 4 of the 2019 European Junior Championships.

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Age Group Record Round-Up From Day 3 Of European Junior C’ships

Check out who made some moves on their national youth record boards on day 3 of the 2019 European Junior Championships in Kazan.

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2019 European Junior Championships Sees Russia Holding Steady In Medal Table

Day 3 marks a turning point for the nation of Russia, as they took over the medal table standings at the European Junior Championships.

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