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Asian Games’ Arrival: Re-Watch Watanabe’s 2:06.67 2Breast World Record

Get ready for the 2018 Asian Games by re-living Ippei Watanabe’s 200m breast world record from 2017.

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2018 Asian Games: Balandin, Schooling Gunning For Repeat Wins

Olympic champions Dmitriy Balandin and Joseph Schooling are among the high-profile athletes not from powerhouse squads Japan or China competing at the 2018 Asian Games.

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Just Days Out From Asian Games, JPN Head Coach Hit w/ Appendicitis

The Japanese squad is arriving in Jakarta for the 2018 Asian Games, but will be without their leader, Norimasa Hirai.

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USADA Pilots New Dried Blood Spot Anti-Doping Device

In a bid to gather more athlete samples while also greatly reducing human and financial testing resources, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is implementing a pilot Dried Blood Spot (DBS) testing program at an upcoming competition.

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2018 Asian Games: Japan Comes To Jakarta Armed With Mega Weapons

Led by Pan Pacs gold medalists Rikako Ikee, Yasuhiro Koseki and Yui Ohashi, the nation of Japan is primed to challenge China as the overall winning nation in the pool at the 2018 Asian Games.

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Larkin Blasts Verhaeren’s Low 200 IM Expectations Out Of Tokyo Water

Australian National Team Coach Jacco Verhaeren cast some doubt on Mitch Larkin’s ability to perform in the 200m IM, only for the 25-year-old to blow those low expectations out of the Tokyo water.

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Aussie Freestyler David McKeon Undergoes Shoulder Surgery

Aussie Olympian David McKeon will be out of the water recovering from shoulder surgery.

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11 South Africans Qualify For ‘Self-Funded’ Short Course World C’ships

Olympian Chad Le Clos is among the 11 South African swimmers who made their nation’s Short Course World Championships squad; but, there’s a catch.

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Sun Yang Guns For 200-1500 Free Sweep At Asian Games

Olympic champion Sun Yang is looking to sweep the freestyle events in Jakarta at the 2018 Asian Games.

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Le Clos, Van Der Burgh, Tandy Book Tickets To SC Worlds

South African stars Cameron van der Burgh, Chad Le Clos and Brad Tandy were all in the Durban pool collecting qualification times for Short Course World Championships.

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2018 South African SC C’ships: Le Clos Cruises, Gallagher Snags Record

Chad Le Clos is making things happen in the short course pool at South African Nationals this weekend.

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Russia Takes LEN Trophy At 2018 Euros, But Italy Was Strong Runner-Up

The nation of Russia won both the overall medal count and the LEN Trophy based on FINA points at this year’s European Championships.

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Russia Snags Highest Overall Medal Count At 2018 European C’ships

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov helped give his nation 6 medals between his individual and relay performances at the 2018 European Championships.

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2018 Euros: Kesely Clocks 2nd European Junior Record w/ 400 Silver

16-year-old Ajna Kesely raced her way to a silver medal behind Italy’s distance ace Simona Quadarella in tonight’s 400m freestyle event in Glasgow. 

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2018 Euros: Panziera Takes Down Egerszegi’s 2Back Euro C’ships Record

Immediately after Italian big gun Piero Codia notched a new European Championships and Italian National Record in the men’s 100m fly (50.64), teammate Margherita Panziera earned the same set of records for herself. 

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