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Campbell Clocks 52.64 1Free, Rapsys 1:45.74 2Free To Close Out Tokyo

Cate Campbell notched a quick 52.64 time to take the World Cup – Tokyo title in the women’s 100m free to close out the first stop.

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Kosuke Hagino Collects World Cup Bronze After 5-Month Hiatus

Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino was back in the pool today after a several month break to tend to his mental and physical health.

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Aussies Show Up On Day 2 Of The FINA World Cup – Tokyo

Catch the action from Tokyo, as day 2 of the FINA World Cup, as Katinka Hosszu, Mitch Larkin, Brianna Throssell and more were in the water.

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Belmonte Rebounds From Gwangju With 400 IM Best Time In 2 Years

Spanish Olympic champion Mireia Belmonte had a rough World Championships, but she sprung back to life with her best 400m IM time in 2 years at the World Cup.

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Quah Ting Wen Becomes Singapore’s First-Ever Sub-25 Second 50 Freestyler

While competing on day 1 of the 2019 FINA World Cup stop in Tokyo, Japan, Quah Ting Wen lowered her own National Record in the women’s 50m freestyle.

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Koga’s Ban For Ligandrol Ratified, Revealing A Potential Outcome For Jack

Junya Koga’s 2-year suspension we reported back in June has been ratified by the Court Arbitration for Sport, revealing a possible outcome for Shayna Jack.

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3 Records Go Down On Day 1 Of FINA World Cup – Tokyo

Plenty of fast times were produced on day 1 of the FINA World Cup – Tokyo, with 3 series records being taken down in the process.

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Schooling, Quah Zheng Wen To Race For Singapore At 2019 SEA Games

Joseph Schooling and Quah Zheng Wen are among Singapore’s largest-ever athletic roster for this year’s SEA Games in the Philippines.

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Japan’s Kosuke Hagino Set To Make Racing Return At FINA World Cup – Tokyo

After taking several months off, Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino of Japan is back in the water to race at the 1st stop of this year’s FINA World Cup.

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WADA Removes North Korea Anti-Doping Committee From Non-Compliant List

Last Friday, July 26th, 2019, WADA, the World’s Anti-Doping Agency, removed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Anti-Doping Committee (DPRK Anti…

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High-Level International Meets For August 2019

Straight out of Gwangju, Nathan Adrian will head up the U.S. squad headed to Lima, Peru for the 2019 Pan American Games taking place this month.

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Caeleb Dressel & Sarah Sjostrom Named FINA Swimmers of the World Championships

American Caeleb Dressel (above) won gold in all 4 of his individual events and set an individual World Records this week in Gwangju.

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2019 FINA World Championships: Day 8 Finals Live Recap

Japan’s Daiya Seto, the 200 IM champion and 200 fly silver medalist at this meet, is the man to beat in tonight’s 400 IM final.

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ASIA: Even Without Hagino and Ikee, Japan Improves in Gold Medals vs. 2017

Even without Olympians Hagino and Ikee, Japan has improved in the medal table from 2017 to 2019. They won no golds in 2017, while Seto won them 2 golds here.

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Both Shayna Jack’s A & B Samples Tested Positive For Ligandrol

Shayna Jack has seen both her A and B samples test positive for a banned substance. Read more about her situation and the timing involved.

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