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2017 Euro Jrs Day 2 Prelims: Hungary Heads For More Potential Hardware

Hungary is chasing more hardware to maintain its medal table lead into day 2 of the 2017 European Junior Championships.

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Watch The Phelps Vs. Shark: Battle For Ocean Supremacy Promo Video

Just one question: How many gold medals does the shark have?

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Hungary Tops Medal Table After Day 1 Of European Junior C’ships

Just one day in, Hungary leads the European Junior Championships medal table with 5 across both men’s and women’s events.

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McSharry Stamps Irish Senior Record On Day 1 Of 2017 European Juniors

Mona McSharry became a European Junior Champion tonight in the women’s 50m breaststroke, earning an Irish Senior National Record in the process.

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Mona McSharry Looks to Make Irish Record Move In Netanya

Young blood is in the water in Netanya, as European Junior Championships kicked off this morning.

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Reigning 100 Free World Champ Ning Zetao Misses Chance To Defend Title

Ning Zetao attempted to make his nation’s World Championship squad, but fell short of the FINA A cut at the Chinese Summer National Championships.

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Swimming With SVT: Rebecca Soni’s Story

Kyle Chalmers of Australia recently pulled out of the World Championships to deal with SVT, a heart condition with which American breaststroker Rebecca Soni is all too familiar.

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Ledecky: The Women’s 1500 At An Olympics Was A Long Time Coming

Katie Ledecky kicks off her Budapest campaign with the 100m free and 800m free double tomorrow, June 27th, but already has eyes on the 1500m in Tokyo.

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Scalpers Threatening Online Ticket Sales For 2018 Commonwealth Games

Some tickets to the 2018 Commonwealth Games are seeing their original price increase tenfold due to online reseller websites.

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Seto Gets IM Revenge On Verraszto On Final Night Of Sette Colli

Yesterday Hungary’s David Verraszto crushed a time of 4:07.47 to take the men’s 400m IM, but Japan’s Daiya Seto had other plans for the sprint IM tonight in Rome.

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2017 Sette Colli: Verraszto & Seto Crush 4:07 400 IM In Thrilling Duel

Hungary’s David Verraszto and Japan’s Daiya Seto gave the crowd an exciting battle in the men’s 400IM at this year’s Sette Colli meet in Rome.

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Sette Colli Swimmers Meet Pope Francis At The Vatican

Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini was one of the Sette Colli competitors able to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican today, June 24th.

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Australian World C’ships Squad Headed To The Hague For Training Camp

The Australian World Championships squad will head to The Hague to conduct its pre-Budapest training camp.

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Sette Colli Kicks Off Friday W/ Peaty, Blume, Le Clos, Coleman & More

GBR’s Adam Peaty will put some finishing touches on his pre-Worlds racing at this weekend’s Sette Colli meet in Rome.

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06/21/17 In Briefs: News From Ireland, New Zealand & Sri Lanka

Catch up on the smaller swimming stories from around the web with today’s edition of ‘In Briefs.’

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