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Phelps And Flickinger Named 2015 U.S. Nationals High Point Winners

Michael Phelps and Hali Flickinger were awarded High Point recognition at the 2015 U.S. National Championships.

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JPN’s Kosuke Hagino Set To Test Out Elbow In September Meet

Kosuke Hagino, who fell victim to the “Kazan Curse” via a broken elbow immediately before the 2015 World Championships, is set to compete in Japan next month.

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Team USA Wins Team Trophy, Tops Final Medal Counts

Team USA wound up on top of the total medal standings at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

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Sun Yang Earns FINA’s Male Swimmer Of The Meet

Sun Yang of China earned FINA’s Male Swimmer of the meet at the 2015 World Championships.

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Katie Ledecky Earns FINA’s Female Swimmer of the Meet

Katie Ledecky named FINA’s Female Swimmer of the Meet for her historic outing at the 2015 World Championships.

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U.S. Stands Alone With Seven Golds Headed Into Final Day In Kazan

America is now in the sole leader of total gold medals through seven days of competition in Kazan.

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Chad Le Clos: “Phelps Can Keep Quiet Now”

After his 100m butterfly gold in Kazan today, Le Clos says “Phelps can now be quiet.”

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Aussie Head Coach Defends Dropping Mixed 400 Fr Relay At Worlds

Australian Head Coach, Jacco Verhaeren chose not to have Team Australia represented in this morning’s heats of the mixed 400 free relay in Kazan.

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He’s Baaaack! Michael Phelps Swims World’s Fastest 200 Fly

Michael Phelps set the pool on fire in San Antonio with the world’s fastest 200m butterfly time of 1:52.94.

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James Guy Will Never Give Up (Video Interview)

James Guy clocked a scorching sub-1:45 split to anchor Great Britain to its first ever men’s 800 free relay world championship win.

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Video Interview: Mitch Larkin Is Taking It All In

The Australian 200m backstroke gold medalist, Mitch Larkin, talks race strategy and how he is “amazed” with his performance.

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Germany’s Marco Koch Denies Gyurta’s Four-Peat in 200 Breaststroke

Marco Koch claimed Germany’s first gold of the 2015 FINA World Championships with his win in the 200m breaststroke race today.

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Adam Peaty Reminds Us He Is Only 20 Yrs Old In Post-Race Interview

Adam Peaty became the first male to win both the 100m and 50m breaststroke events at the same world championships.

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2015 World Championships Snaps Two Significant U.S. Winning Streaks

Two significant winning streaks were brought to an abrupt conclusion today, as the Americans went gold-less in the men’s 200m backstroke and 800 free relay events.

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Laszlo Cseh “Couldn’t Feel His Arms” In 200m Butterfly Final

Laszlo Cseh of Hungary (foreground of photo) describes his end-of-race pain in his gold medal-winning 200m butterfly on day 4 of Worlds.

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