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2023 World Swimming Cup Budapest Day 3 Prelims: Pilato Punches 29.87 50 Breast

Italian speedster Benedetta Pilato wasted no time making her presence known on the final day of action at the World Cup in Budapest.

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Hwang Sunwoo Earns Historic National Sport Festival MVP

Hwang Sunwoo ended his Korean Sport Festival campaign with his third consecutive MVP award, the only athlete ever to do so.

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Matsumoto Grabs Double Gold To Open Japanese SC Championships

National record holder Katsuhiro Matsumoto claimed two victories on night one of the 2023 Japanese Short Course Championships.

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Italy’s Benedetta Pilato Cracks a World Cup Record in Saturday’s Prelims

Benedetta Pilato has had a tough year in the 100 breaststroke, but after an extended break, she very-nearly swam a best time in prelims on Saturday.

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Poland & India Confirm Bids to Host 2036 Summer Olympic Games

Warsaw, Poland is one of four geographies that have formally entered the bidding process for the 2036 Summer Olympic Games.

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2023 World Cup Series – Budapest: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

This time around, Australian distance star Sam Short has joined the party.

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Siobhan Haughey Fires Off 24.30 50 Free To Reset Hong Kong National Record

Haughey rocketed to a time of 24.30, knocking coff her newly-minted mark of 24.34 set at last month’s Asian Games where she was the silver medalist.

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Zhang Yufei Completes Women’s 200 Fly Sweep With 2:05.65 World Cup Record

Zhang extinguished Cammile Adam’s eight-year-old World Cup Record en route to completing the Triple Crown in the women’s 200 fly in Budapest.

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Daiya Seto & Rikako Ikee Training In Australia With Coach Michael Bohl

Daiya Seto and Rikako Ikee of Japan are both training with Australian coach Michael Bohl at Griffith University in Queensland.

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Yang Jae-hoon Lowers Hwang Sunwoo’s 100 Fly Korean Record To 51.85

Another Korean national record bit the dust this week, with Yang Jae-hoon downing the men’s 100m fly mark to 51.85 to take the gold.

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Budapest World Cup Will Add Unique ‘Golden Race’ to Test Masters of Different Strokes

Ever wanted to see a head-to-head race between Thomas Ceccon and Qin Haiyang? We might see that matchup this weekend in Budapest.

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Korea’s Baek In-Chul Lowers 50 Fly National Record To 23.15

Asian Games gold medalist Baek In-chul fired off a new Korean national record of 23.15, become the #3 performer in the world thus far this season.

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China’s Zhang Yufei Breaks World Cup Record in 100 Fly; Beats 3 Big Rivals in Athens

25-year-old Zhang Yufei, the defending World Champion in the 100 fly, beat out three big rivals and broke Sarah Sjostrom’s World Record on Sunday.

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2023 World Cup Athens Day 3 Prelims: Sjostrom & Andrew Cruise In Multiple Events

American Michael Andrew made two finals for the last night of action in Athens. He’ll be taking on the 50m fly and 100m back.

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2023 World Cup Athens Day 2 Prelims: Aussie Simpson In The 100 Free Spotlight

Australian Cody Simpson earned silver last night the 100m fly and will try to upgrade to gold in the 100m free, owning the top seed in 48.99 out of the heats.

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