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2019 FINA World Junior Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Canada’s Jade Hannah is looking at a potential sweep of the backstrokes after winning the 100 and 200 titles. She competes in the 50 back prelims this morning

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Croatia Gets On The Board, But America Dominates World Junior Medals

America holds on to its medal lead after 3 days of competition in Budapest, but other nations are seeing strong performances at these World Junior C’ships.

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17-Year-Old Jonathan Tan Takes Over Schooling’s 50 Free Singaporean Record

Jonathan Tan took over the men’s 50m free Singaporean National Record from Joseph Schooling en route to taking the 3rd seed at World Juniors.

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2019 FINA World Junior Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Italy’s Thomas Ceccon steps up for the 50 back today after winning the 100 back title in a new Championship Record last night.

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United States Leads 12 Nations In World Junior Championships Medal Table

American Luca Urlando won the men’s 200m free on night 2 of the 2019 World Junior Championships, helping keep the U.S. on top of the medal standings.

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Natsumi Sakai Takes Double Gold At Japan High School C’ships

At the Japanese High School Championships this week, Rio Olympian Natsumi Sakai took home gold medals in the women’s 100m and 200m back.

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USA’s Double Relay Gold Earns World Junior C’ships Medal Table Lead

Lillie Nordmann was a member of the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay for the Americans, winning gold in Budapest on night 1 of World Juniors.

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Faster Than Hackett, Thomas Neill Busts Out 3:46.27 400 Free Silver In Budapest

Aussie Thomas Neill threw down the swim of his life to earn 400m free silver tonight in Budapest, inserting himself among the nation’s all-time greats.

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2019 World Junior C’ships Day 1 Prelims: Ceccon & Zombori Down Meet Records

Day 1 prelims of the 2019 World Junior Championships saw 2 meet records go down, courtesy of Hungary’s Gabor Zombori and Italy’s Thomas Ceccon.

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Top 10 Men To Watch At 2019 World Junior Championships

Luca Urlando of the United States holds the fastest 200 fly time of the World Junior Championships field entering Budapest this week.

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‘Golden Sunday’ Highlights 2020 Paralympic Competition Schedule

A record 4,400 Para athletes are set to compete across 22 sports at the 2020 Paralympics taking place in Tokyo, Japan less than 400 days from now.

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Top 10 Women To Watch At World Junior Championships

Great Britain’s Kayla Van Der Merwe holds the fastest 100m breaststroke time entering the 2019 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

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12-Year-Old Wang Jiayin Clocks 2:10.79 200 Back

The Chinese Youth Games took place this past week with some eye-popping swims from young stars of the nation, including Wang Jiayin.

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Initial Entry Lists For World Junior Championships Now Posted

The long-awaited entry list for the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest has been posted on Omega Timing site.

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Hosszu, Rapsys & Andrew Give Golden Closure To First World Cup Cluster

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu clocked a new World Cup Record this morning in Singapore in the 200m IM and sealed the deal with gold in the finals.

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