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World University Games Medalists Highlight Final Night Of JPN Student C’ships

Shoma Sato, Waka Kobori and more highlight the final night of competition at the 2019 Japanese Student Swimming Championships.

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Shoma Sato Swims Under FINA World Junior Record* Time in 200 Breaststroke

Shoma Sato has swum faster than the official World Junior Record in the 200 meter breaststroke

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Wang Jianjiahe Completes 200/1500 Free Double At Chinese Nationals

Wang Jianjiahe won both the women’s 200 and 1500 freestyle on day four of the 2019 Chinese Swimming National Championships.

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Shinnosuke Ishikawa Rips 51.10 100 Fly, Splits 50.72 On Medley Relay

World University Games gold medalist Shinnosuke Ishikawa busted out the best time of his life in the men’s 100 fly, coming within .11 of the JPN Record.

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Wang, Li Collect 100 Back Titles On Day Three In Anshan City

Wang Xueer won the women’s 100 back title in 1:00.12 on the third day of the 2019 Chinese National Swimming Championships.

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Rio Shirai Cranks Out 2:07.87 200 Back At Japanese Student C’ships

19-year-old Rio Shirai busted out the fastest 200m back time of her career to take gold in Tokyo tonight at the 2019 Japanese Student Championships.

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Indian Swimmers Win 14 Medals at Asian Pacific Youth Games

Indian swimmers Swadesh Mondal, Veer Khatkar, Janhvi Choudhury and Astha Choudhary won 8 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medal at the Asian Pacific Youth Games.

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Zhang Yufei Throws Down 57.82 100 Fly On Day 2 Of Chinese Nationals

Zhang Yufei won the women’s 100 fly on night two of the 2019 Chinese National Championships in a time of 57.82, just over four-tenths off her 2019 best.

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Tokyo 2020 Organizers Testing Out Snow Machines As Cooling Measure

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games organizers are toying with the idea of deploying artificial snow-making machines to help cool spectators.

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Ye Shiwen Produces Strong Front Half In 400 IM Win On Day 1 Of Chinese Nats

Ye Shiwen was faster on the opening 200 of her 400 IM at Chinese Nationals than she was at the World Championships in July.

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Karnataka Wins 27th Title at Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championships

Champions Karnataka continued their stranglehold on Indian swimming, clinching their 27th overall title at the Glenmark Senior National Championships.

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Srihari Nataraj Wins 50 Back in Record Time at Glenmark Senior Championships

Srihari Nataraj won races and set a meet record on the penultimate day of the 73rd Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championships.

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Olympic Update: Tokyo Vows For Sustainability, Technology

The Tokyo 2020 Games aim to become the most sustainable to date. Here are the latest environmental-friendly measures the Japanese capital will adopt:

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Zhang Yufei, Wang Shun, Xu Jiayu Headline Chinese Nationals

100 backstroke world champion Xu Jiayu is headed to Anshan City this week to contest the 2019 Chinese National Championships.

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Satija Sets Indian National Record in 50 Fly at Glenmark Senior Championships

Haryana’s Divya Satija set the pool ablaze with her nippy strokes to rewrite the Indian Record in 50m butterfly at the 73rd Glenmark Aquatic Championship.

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