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Day 1 Euros: Lesaffre Lowers Newly-Minted French 4IM Record

Fantine Lesaffre lowered her own newly-minted French national record in the women’s 400m IM tonight in Glasgow en route to her title.

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British Swimming’s Chris Spice On 2 Goals Of Euro Championships

2018 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS August 3-9, 2018 (swimming portion) Glasgow, Scotland Tollcross International Swimming Centre Meet Central Program Psych…

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Cameron McEvoy Makes Unexpected Choice For New Training Home

Earlier this year speedster Cameron McEvoy of Australia announced he would be changing training homes, leaving Richard Scarce at Bond. He has now made his unexpected decision on where he’ll see out the remainder of the Olympic quad.

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2018 Euros Day 1: Lesaffre Produces Surprise 400m IM French Record

French racer Fantine Lesaffre took the women’s 400m IM top seed in a new personal best and French national record on day 1 in Glasgow.

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2018 Euros Day 1 Prelims: Peaty Smashes 1Breast Meet Record In 57.89

Adam Peaty wowed the Glasgow crowd with a 2018-best 100m breast mark of 57.89 to smash the meet record he set in 2016.

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Aussies Get Acclimatized In Nagaoka Ahead Of Pan Pacs

Australian swimmers arrived in Japan this week, spending time in Nagaoka before heading to Tokyo for the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.

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2018 Euros Previews: Efimova Looking To Take The Triple

Russian Yuliya Efimova may prove too elusive to catch in all 3 breaststroke events in Glasgow.

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2018 Euros Previews: How Low Can Kristof Milak Go?

Hungarian World Junior Record holder Kristof Milak is eyeing at least 2 European Championships titles in Glasgow.

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2018 Pan Pacific Championships Psych Sheets Released

The 2018 Pan Pacific Championships are set to begin in one week and the psych sheets have just been released on the official meet website. 

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Commonwealth Games Champion Duncan Scott Up For New Award

Two-time Olympic silver medalist Duncan Scott of Great Britain has been shortlisted for a brand new award.

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2018 Euros Preview: Britain Has Chance To Sweep The Men’s Free Sprints

The 4th fastest 50m freestyler ever, Ben Proud, will try to lead Britain to a trio of victories in the men’s sprint events at the European Championships.

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England’s Butler Continues Derby Breaststroke Tradition W/ Age Records

17-year-old Greg Butler impressed in Sheffield, taking down 2 English age records at the recent British Summer Championships.

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Olympic Medalist Timmers Hospitalized For Meningitis; Out Of Euros

Belgium’s Pieter Timmers, the 100m freestyle silver medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, is currently hospitalized and will be unable to travel and race in Glasgow.

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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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