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No Scratches, Yet Some Are Still Missing From Day 2 Finals In Windsor

The fields across all events remain in tact headed into day 2 finals of the 2016 Short Course World Championships, but still some familiar faces are missing.

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Penny Oleksiak Takes Down Canadian Record To Lead Heats

With chants of “Penny, Penny, Penny” coming from the Windsor school children in the crowd, Oleksiak didn’t disappoint, stretching to the wall with a huge last 25 in order to take down the previous Canadian record and put up the fastest time of the heats.

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Matias Koski Takes Down 24-Year-Old National Record In Heats

Matias Koski took down the Finnish national record in the men’s 200m freestyle this morning, touching in at 1:43.68 in order to win his heat and set him up for a spot in tonight’s final.

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Taylor Ruck Takes Down World Junior Record With 200 Free Bronze

Last night Taylor Ruck made a statement to pick up Canada’s first medal of these home championships with a third place finish in the 200m freestyle.

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Canadian Women’s 400 Free Relay DQed After Swimming The Wrong Order

The Canadian women were forced to relinquish their silver medal after getting disqualified for swimming in the wrong order on the 4×100 free relay.

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Taylor Ruck Smashes Canadian Record In 200 Free

Taylor Ruck smashed the Canadian record in the 200 free, clocking 1:52.50 for the bronze medal at SC Worlds.

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2016 Short Course World Championships – Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

American Josh Prenot will take on a stacked men’s 200 IM field that includes teammate Michael Andrew, Chinese powerhouse Wang Shun and Japan’s Daiya Seto this morning in Windsor.

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Headed For A Scratch-Less Evening In Windsor For Day 1 Finals

Katinka Hosszu is gunning for 3 individual world titles this evening in Windsor.

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Why The World Came To Kylie Masse’s Isolated Hometown of Windsor

Andrei Seminov (left) arranged for a banner to be hung up at the pool highlighting Kylie Masse’s (right) accomplishments from Rio. He invited all WEST swimmers to meet and celebrate Masse.

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Kylie Masse Sets New Canadian Record In 100 Back

Kylie Masse broke her own Canadian record in the 100 back this morning at the SC World Championships.

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Elizabeth Marks Sweeps Multi-Class SB7 Breaststrokes at Can Am Open

Several Paralympians and national champions highlighted the 2016 Can Am Open, including Elizabeth Marks, a 100 breast gold medalist in Rio.

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Oleksiak Adds ‘Loonie Luck’ To Windsor Pool For SC World C’ships

A lucky loonie from the year Penny Oleksiak was born has been thrown into the Windsor pool construction ingredients.

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Calgary Brings In Ray Betuzzi To Coaching Staff

CALGARY – The University of Calgary and the University of Calgary Swim Club are pleased to announce the appointment of Ray…

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Canadian Olympic Committee To Launch Scholarship Program For Athletes

The Canadian Olympic Committee has announced a partnership aimed at funding scholarships for high-level athletes. The partnership with Queen’s University seeks to help athletes better balance athletics with education and career development

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