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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

Olympic champ Ryan Murphy (USA) will compete for gold against 100 back World Champion Xu Jiayu (CHN) and fellow Olympic backstroke medalist Evgeny Rylov (RUS).

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Among Day 6 Quotes: “I Wasn’t Expecting That,” Says Russia’s Chupkov

Anton Chupkov, Townley Haas, Kristof Milak, Simone Manuel and more share their post-race comments from night 6 in Budapest.

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Worlds Medal Table: Manuel Pushes U.S. to Double-Digit Golds on Day 6

The USA maintains it’s lead in the swimming medal table through day 6 of the 2017 FINA World Championships. In the overall aquatic sports medal table, however, China has 12 golds to the USA’s 11.

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Melanie Henique Goes 25.63 to Break French Record in 50 Fly

On Friday, Mélanie Henique broke the French national record in the 50m butterfly en route to qualifying third for Saturday’s final.

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James Guy Lowers British 100 Fly Record To 51.16

James Guy broke the 100 fly British record in the prelims.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

The USA’s Chase Kalisz has a chance to win the first individual gold of this meet for the American men in tonight’s 200 IM final.

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Degrees of Dominance (with Peaty, Ledecky, and Sjostrom)

The numbers support what the eye can see: Adam Peaty is historically-dominant in the men’s breaststrokes.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel will be racing in the men’s 100m freestyle semifinals, one of the most anticipated events of the championships.

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2017 British Summer Championships: Day 2 Highlights

Action continued in Sheffield today at the 2017 British Summer Championships.

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Pellegrini, Detti, Paltrinieri Help Italy Surge To Top Tier Of Medals

Medaling in the women’s 200m free event for the 7th consecutive World Championships, Italian ace Federica Pellegrini helped rocket her nation of Italy from 12th yesterday to 4th in the overall swimming medal standings.

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Adam Peaty Puts Up 2nd Swim in History under 26 to Win 50 Breast

Tonight, Great Britain’s 22-year-old breaststroke titan Adam Peaty put up the second-fastest swim in history and only second-ever swim under 26 with 25.99 to defend his 2015 title in the men’s 50 breaststroke.

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Georgia Davies Lowers Her Own British Record w/ 27.49 50 Back in Semis

26-year-old British swimming veteran Georgia Davies took down her own 3-year-old British record tonight in the 50 back semifinals in Budapest, swimming 27.49.

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Max Litchfield Breaks 8-Year-Old 200 IM British Record In 1:56.64

Max Litchfield broke an eight-year-old British record in the 200 IM prelims in a time of 1:56.64.

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2017 FINA World C’ships Day 3 Finals: Hear From Tonight’s Champions

Hear what the stars of night 3 had to say after their races at the Danube Arena in Budapest.

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Benson Clears Milestone, 2 Para Swimming WR Fall In Sheffield

Craig Benson cracked the minute mark in the men’s 100m breaststroke at the 2017 British Summer National Championships in Sheffield.

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