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Vanotterdijk Hits 58.97 Belgian Record In 100 Back At Flanders Cup

20-year-old Roos Vanotterdijk hit a new lifetime best of 58.97 in the women’s 100m back to register a new Belgian national record.

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Vanotterdijk Hits Near-Lifetime Best In 50 Back To Begin Flanders Swimming Cup

The 2025 Flanders Swimming Cup kicked off today with Belgian national record holder Roos Vanotterdijk topping the women’s 50m back race.

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Gastaldello Closes Out 2025 Euro Meet With Top-Ranked 100 Free

Beryl Gastaldello of France claimed her fifth gold of the 2025 Luxembourg Euro Meet, topping the women’s 100m free podium in the #1 time in the world.

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Gastaldello Takes Over World Rankings In 50 Back At 2025 Euro Meet

French Olympian Beryl Gastaldello collected another pair of golds, including a world #1 time in the 50m back, at the Luxembourg Euro Meet.

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Gastaldello Wins Twice, Smith Sets British Age Record On Day 1 Of LUX Euro Meet

Beryl Gastaldello of France grabbed two golds while Amalie Smith of Great Britain hit a new 400m IM age record on day one in Luxembourg.

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High-Level International Meets For February 2025

Take a look at the upcoming international swimming events taking place in the month of February, including the annual Konami Open in Japan.

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Ariarne Titmus Opts Out Of 2025 Worlds But Has Eyes On LA 2028

24-year-old Olympic multi-medalist Ariarne Titmus of Australia will be bypassing this year’s World Championships but has sights set on LA 2028.

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Japan’s Olympic Medalist Tomoru Honda Eyeing 2028 Olympic Games

2020 Olympic Games medalist Tomoru Honda of Japan may have been laying low but the fly specialist is ready to pounce this season.

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Host Of Elite Talent Ready To Take On 2025 Luxembourg Euro Meet

Italian national record holder and reigning 100m breast Olympic champion Nicolo Martinenghi is headed to the 2025 Luxembourg Euro Meet this weekend.

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Burdisso Takes Down Cseh 200 Fly Geneva International Challenge Meet Record

Olympic medalist Federico Burdisso of Italy overtook Hungarian Olympic icon Laszlo Cseh’s record in the men’s 200m fly at the Geneva International Challenge.

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Tennessee Commit Mizuki Hirai Logs World #1 56.99 100 Fly In Tokyo

17-year-old University of Tennessee commit Mizuki Hirai put up one of the fastest LCM 100 fly performances of her young career to end the Kosuke Kitajima Cup.

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Johnson & Lee Take Home 5k Victories To Close Out Aussie OW Championships

Check out the final day of action at the 2025 Swimming Australia Open Water Championships featuring 5k winner Moesha Johnson.

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Belgium’s Vanotterdijk Wreaks Havoc On Day Two Of 2025 Geneva International

Check out the day two results of the 2025 Geneva Challenge, featuring multi-event gold medalist Roos Vanotterdijk of Belgium.

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Genki Terakado Hits Early Season 1:54.73 LCM 200 Fly At Kosuke Kitajima Cup

Olympian Genki Terakado of Japan made some noise on day two of the 2025 Kosuke Kitajima Cup, hitting a world #1 time of 1:54.73 in the 200m fly.

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Geneva Challenge: GBR’s Theodora Taylor Takes Out Pellegrini Meet Record

Great Britain’s Theodora Taylor has shown talent in the breast events and the freestyle sprints as she overtook a Federica Pellegrini record in Switzerland.

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