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An Inventory Of The 10 ISL Squads’ Unique Hand Symbols

Think you know your favorite ISL team inside and out? Ok, what’s their go-to hand symbol when walking out as a team in Budapest?

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OLY Host Japan To Hold 2021 Spring JOC Competition Virtually

Japan’s 43rd National Junior Olympic Cup this fall was held at the prefectural level due to the coronavirus pandemic and 2021 will follow suit.

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How Men’s 200 Breaststroke Has Exponentially Improved Since 2010

With the men’s 200m breaststrokers seemingly putting up 2:07 and 2:08 times as a matter of course, let’s look at the event’s exponential improvement.

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2020 ISL Match 10 – Day 2 Live Recap

Ryan Murphy of the LA Current will get a chance to shine in the men’s backstroke skins, as selected by his team for match #10, day 2.

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Aqua Centurions’ ISL Season 2 Officially Put To An End

Federica Pellegrini’s ability to join her Aqua Centurions late in the season wasn’t enough to slot the squad among the top 10 moving on to the post-season.

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Eddie Wang Rebreaks 200 Fly World Junior Record In 1:50.14

Wang chopped .65 off the world junior mark he set in Match 1, becoming the second-fastest swimmer in the ISL this season.

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Haughey Cranks Out 1:51.19 200 Free To Become #4 All-Time

Energy Standard’s Siobhan Haughey has been on a tear this ISL season, including today with a new 200 freestyle Asian Record.

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Reona Aoki Lowers Own JPN Record In 50 Breaststroke

Contributing 6 points to Tokyo in the women’s 50m breaststroke in match #9 was Reona Aoki, with the 25-year-old placing 3rd in the sprint.

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2020 ISL Match 10 – Day 1 Live Recap

Italian Olympic icon Federica Pellegrini is set to finally race in Budapest, having been out of ISL season 2 thus far due to a positive coronavirus test.

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Husain Al-Musallam Confirmed As Asia’s First-Ever Nominee For FINA President

Al-Musallam, a native of Kuwait, received a unanimous backing from the Asia Swimming Federation at its General Congress in Muscat, Oman.

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Ippei Watanabe Shakes Off Cobwebs With 200 Breast Win At Home

Not competing in the ISL, former 200m breaststroke World Record holder Ippei Watanabe reaped gold tonight in his specialty event.

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Southeast Asia Games Medalist Nisha Kijkanakorn Commits to USC (2022)

Nisha Kijkanakorn, a double bronze medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games for Thailand, will join the USC Trojans in 2022.

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Ting Quah Beautifully Describes Affect of ISL on Self-Image as an “Old” Athlete

28-year-old Quah entered today’s meet having just lowered her own record in the splash n’ dash event last week, setting a new mark of 24.26

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Nakamura To Add London Roar Relay Power For ISL Semi-Finals

Another teammate will be joining the Roar, as Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura has confirmed to SwimSwam he is headed to Budapest on Tuesday.

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Tekada Now Makes 3 JPN Swimmers In Top 5 200 Flyers This Season

World University Games medalist Takumi Terada was near his lifetime best today to enter the men’s 200 fly world rankings.

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