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Penny Oleksiak Downs 100 Free Canadian Record For Second Time Today

Penny Oleksiak garnered cheers from the crowd after she broke the Canadian national record in the 100m freestyle for the second time today in order to win the seco

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Kylie Masse Breaks 50 Back Canadian Record Leading Off Medley Relay

Kylie Masse broke her Canadian Record in the 50 back leading off Canada’s medley relay tonight.

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Leah Smith Tops Heats With Fastest Ever 800 By An American

Leah Smith put on a clinic in heat four of the 800m freestyle, winning her heat by over an entire 25 in order to claim the top spot heading into finals and drop the fastest 80 ever swum by an American woman.

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2016 Short Course World Championships – Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

America’s Kelsi Worrell claimed the women’s 200m butterfly top seed this morning, becoming the 3rd fastest American ever in the event in the process.

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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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