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LIVEBARN Race of the Week: Qin Haiyang Ties His Own Asian Record in the 100 Breast

Qin Haiyang ripped a 57.69 100 breast as part of his Berlin breaststroke sweep. The time tied his Asian record and set a new World Cup record.

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32-Yr-Old Satomi Suzuki Lowers Women’s 50 Breast Japanese Record To 30.10

After reaping two individual silvers at this year’s Asian Games, Satomi Suzuki raced domestically and posted a new 50m breast national record.

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Zhang Yufei & Qin Haiyang Both Named MVP Of 19th Asian Games

Chinese swimming powerhouses Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang were both named overall MVP of the Asian Games which just concluded in Hangzhou.

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Siobhan Haughey Smashes 52.02 Asian Record In 100 Free, #3 Performer All-Time

Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong just fired off the fastest 100m freestyle of her career, a time of 52.02 to break her own Asian Record.

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Scoring Leaders, Likely Winners After Day 2 of the Berlin Swimming World Cup

Australian Kaylee McKeown (above) is the front-runner to win the $12,000 first place prize in Berlin, though Sarah Sjostrom has an outside chance.

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Jefimova Breaks a World Cup Record, Kohler Leads a Loaded Field at Berlin Day 3 Prelims

Teenager Jeneli Efimova took out a 2015 World Cup Record in the 50 breast that was previously held by World Cup queen Alia Atkinson.

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Sarah Sjostrom Holds Off Zhang Yufei for New World Cup Record in 50 Fly (25.06)

Sarah Sjostrom just barely edged out Zhang Yufei (25.14) with a winning time of 25.06, taking down her own World Cup record of 25.22 from 2018.

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Siobhan Haughey Breaks Katinka Hosszu’s World Cup Record in 200 Free (1:55.10)

25-year-old Olympic silver medalist Siobhan Haughey erased Katinka Hosszu’s World Cup record in the 200 free on Saturday with a winning time of 1:55.10. 

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2023 World Cup Berlin Day 2 Prelims Recap: Zhang & Sjostrom To Face-Off In 50 Fly

Zhang Yufei of China is coming off a monster Asian Games and the Olympic champion holds the top seed in the women’s 50m fly in Berlin.

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World Cup Berlin: Qin Haiyang Fires Off 26.30 World Cup Record In 50 Breaststroke Heats

China’s multi-gold medalist in Fukuoka, Qin Haiyang, fired off a time of 26.30 to take the top seed in the men’s 50m breaststroke in Berlin.

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arena Swim of the Week: Letitia Sim Shatters 11-Day-Old Singaporean Record In 200 Breast

Sim has broken the Singaporean Record in the women’s 200 breaststroke five times in 2023, bringing it down from 2:28-high to 2:24-low in a matter of months.

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Qin Haiyang Goes 57 In 100 Breast For Fifth Time In 2023, Ties Asian Record

Qin Haiyang is distancing himself from the rest of the world in men’s breaststroke, and that was fully on display Friday at the World Cup in Berlin.

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2023 World Cup Berlin Day 1 Prelims Recap: Hello Cate Campbell

Aussie Cate Campbell beat out Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden to take the top seed in the women’s 50m freestyle in Berlin this morning.

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2023 World Cup Berlin Day One Prelims: Qin Haiyang Hits Series Record In 100 Breast

24-year-old World Record holder Qin Haiyang of China wasted no time making his presence known in the 100m breast this morning in Berlin.

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Adam Peaty Has Qin Haiyang In His Sights Heading Into Berlin

“I can’t wait to get back to racing against the best in the world, like Qin,” says World Record holder Adam Peaty of Great Britain.

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