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2018 Euros Previews: France’s Bonnet Up For Freestyle Trio

France’s Charlotte Bonnet is gunning for a trio of medals across the women’s sprint freestyle events, but Sarah Sjostrom, Pernille Blume and others may stand in her way.

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2018 British Summer C’ships Day 6: Richards Racks Up 2nd Nat Age Rec

2018 BRITISH SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, July 24th – Sunday, July 29th Ponds Forge, Sheffield LCM Live Stream Day 1 Recap/Day…

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2018 British Summer C’ships Day 5: Feisty Freestylers Perform

The penultimate day of the 2018 British Summer Championships brought additional fast swims from the key players making their mark in Sheffield this week. Jack Thorpe topped the podium in the men’s 19+ 50m freestyle, nabbing a new Scottish national record in the process.

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2018 British Summer C’ships Day 4: Richards & Williams Back At It

Royal Wolverhampton School’s Matt Richards followed up his stellar 100m freestyle win last night with a victory in the men’s 15-year-old age group 100m butterfly.

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2018 British Summer C’ships: 15-year-old Matt Richards’ 50.57 1Free

Matt Richards, who laid waste to British age group records as a 14-year-old last December, is now making moves on the 15-year-old category.

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Pan Pacs Warning Shots: Ikee Puts Up 53.47 1Free/56.50 1Fly At HS Meet

While competing at the 2018 Kanto High School Championship Swimming Games over July 21st – July 23rd, 18-year-old Rikako Ikee threw down impressive times across her bread-and-butter sprint free and fly events.

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Mexico Tops Final Medal Table Of 2018 CAC Games

The 2018 Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Games wrapped up in Barranquilla, Colombia, but not before the nation of Mexico upgraded its 2nd place position in the 2014 swimming medal table to 1st place overall.

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2018 CAC Games Day 6: Kristen Romano Strikes 200 Back Gold

Puerto Rico’s Kristen Romano sealed up the women’s 200m backstroke gold to end her 2018 CAC Games campaign.

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2018 British Summer C’ships: Young Guns Strike Again

Two additional breaststroke age group records were broken as the British Summer Championships continue in Sheffield this week. Archie Goodburn, left, was one of the gold medalists this evening in Sheffield.

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2018 CAC Games Day 5: Dylan Carter Continues To Step Up

Dylan Carter broke 2 CAC Games Records on night 5 in Barranquilla.

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2018 British Summer C’ships Day 1: British Breaststroking Pride

Two-time Olympian Craig Benson threw down a new personal best, while 14-year-old Cameron Williams established a new British national age group record in the 100m breaststroke on day 1 of the 2018 British Summer Championships.

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2018 CAC Games Day 4: Song Becomes Mexico’s 1st Sub-2:00 Backstroker

Andy Song fired off a new personal best 200m backstroke time, which makes him the first Mexican swimmer ever to clock a sub-2 minute mark in the event.

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Olympian Ryan Lochte Banned 14 Months Due To IV Infusion

American Olympian Ryan Lochte has accepted a 14-month ban for having received intravenous infusions without a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). 

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How To Watch The High Stakes 2018 U.S. National Championships

The all-important, team-deciding U.S. Nationals kick-off on Wednesday of this week, so memorize the schedule to know how to catch all of the action in Irvine.

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2018 CAC Games: Dylan Carter Crushes 4th Fastest 50 Fly In The World

Representing his home nation of Trinidad & Tobago, Dylan Carter crushed a winning 50m fly time of 23.11 to now rank 4th in the world.

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