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4 More Names Added To South Africa’s Worlds Roster Through Day 2

Check out who has made the grade two days in to the 2019 South African Nationals.

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Erin Gallagher On A Roll, Clocks 50 Fly South African Record

While competing on day 2 of the 2019 South African Nationals, the meet which serves as qualification for this summer’s World Championships, 20-year-old Erin Gallagher clocked a new 50m fly national standard.

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Olympic Silver Medalist Chad Le Clos Misses 200 Free Worlds Cut

Although Chad Le Clos notched a World Championships-worthy time last night in the men’s 200m fly finals, the 26-year-old South African icon was unable to make the same magic happen in tonight’s 200m freestyle final.

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6 Swimmers Knock Out World C’ships QT’s As Danish Open Concludes

Check out the list of Danish qualifiers at the end of the 2019 Danish Open.

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Bjerg Lowers Newly-Minted 50 Breast To Close Out Danish Open

Danish Open 2019: In tonight’s final, Bjerg found a way to slice another .04 off of his newly-minted 50m breast Danish record to ultimately take gold in 27.28.

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Bjerg Follows-Up Monumental 100 Breast With Danish Record In 50

Following up on his groundbreaking performance yesterday in the men’s 100m breaststroke, Tobias Bjerg kept the momentum going with another Danish National Record in the heats of the men’s 50m.

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Ireland Announces 10-Strong Roster For 2019 World Championships

Swim Ireland has announced its line-ups for the biggest meets of the summer, including the World Championships, World Junior Championships, European Junior Championships and the Youth Olympic Festival.

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17 Named To Japanese World Championships Roster So Far

The ageless Ryosuke Irie made the World Championships roster for Gwangju in the men’s 200m back, so far.

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18-year-old Titmus Takes Down 2Free Aussie Record With Monster 1:54.3

18-year-old Ariarne Titmus blasted a new Australian National Record, All Comers Record and Commonwealth Record in the women’s 200m freestyle tonight in South Australia.

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Larkin Hits 2nd Fastest 2IM Of His Career, Fierce 200 Free At Aussies

Ariarne Titmus, Mitch Larkin, Matthew Wilson and more are putting up stellar times down under at the 2019 Australian National Championships.

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Watch Ariarne Titmus’ Monster 1:54.30 2Free From South Australia

RACE VIDEO: 18-year-old Ariarne Titmus threw down the swim of her life with a monster 1:54.30 200m freestyle tonight in South Australia, taking the National Title in a new Australian Record, Commonwealth Record and All Comers Record mark.

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16-Year-Old Anastasiya Shkurdai Hits 57.78 1 Fly/25.8 50 Fly Combo

Anastasiya Shkurdai rocked two new Belarusian National Records over the weekend, entering the world’s top 10 in the 100m fly and 50m fly in the process.

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Race Video: #KingKyle Puts Up 100 Free PB Of 47.48

Watch the Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers beat his winning time from Rio.

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2 Swimmers On South African Roster For Gwangju Through Day 1

Chad Le Clos and Erin Gallagher are headed to Gwangju.

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Le Clos Clears World Championships Qualifying Cut In Durban

Olympian Chad Le Clos completed the dirty double of the 200m fly and 100m free on night 1 of the 2019 South African National Swimming Championships.

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