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Ross Murdoch sets national record on night 1 of Scottish Nationals

20-year-old breaststroker Ross Murdoch highlighted the opening night of Scottish Nationals, breaking his own national record in the 50 breast and winning the event by half a second.

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Riding On A Crest Of A Wave…Support From A Home Crowd

With just a week until the British Gas Swimming Championships in Glasgow (10-15 April), Scotland’s Ross Muir can’t wait for his shot at qualifying for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

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My Chance to Swim at the Newly Reopened London Olympic Pool

Robert Bernhardt outside the London Olympic Pool.

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Roberts and Sullivan Entered In Commonwealth Trials; Full Start List Published

With the start list for the Australian National Championships now published it was a surprise to many to see that James Roberts and Eamon Sullivan were included amongst the entrants…

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RACE VIDEO: Touchout of .01 for Britain-based 14-year-old in yards debut at Pleasant Prairie Sectional

14-year-old Emma Cain (third from the top in the pink cap) took home a touchout win in her first-ever yards swim after flying in from Britain to compete at the Pleasant Prairie Sectional Meet. (Video courtesy of Steve Cain).

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Jamieson Part Of Commonwealth Flag Raising Ceremony

Olympic silver medalist Michael Jamieson joined an eager group of school children today at George Square in Glasgow today to take part in a ceremony where the Commonwealth flag was raised…

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Backstroke ace Plummer signs with blueseventy

David Pummer: “It’s my dream to go to Rio and having the support of blueseventy is a nice boost. I’m impressed with their performance swimwear. The nero14 is compressive, fast and comfortable.”

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Koch and Peaty Post Top Ranked Times In Berlin

Adam Peaty won the 50 and 100 breaststroke events, in not only competition record time, but by posting times that place him on the top of the world rankings in both events…

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British Swimming Uses A Two Day Camp To Test Top Swimmers

British Swimming has been stepping up their use of sport science to optimism performance…

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Loughborough Takes Team Title At 2014 Long Course BUCS

Loughborough University has dominated the British Universities and Colleges Sports Swimming Championships for a number of years and the 2014 season was no different…

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Singapore Set To Host Many Of The World’s Top Swimmers

On September 6th many of the world’s best swimmers will converge on Singapore for the Singapore Swim Stars challenge…

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Meilutyte Focused On The Future

Ruta Meilutyte’s success in the water has not deterred her from having a very realistic outlook on her athletic future…

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Proud Impressive In 50 Freestyle Victory At BUCS

Proud has started off the 2014 season with a strong performance at the 2014 British Universities and Colleges Long Course Championships winning the 50 freestyle…

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Sheff Hallam Dominates Distance Events On Day One Of BUCS

Eleanor Faulkner and Nick Grainger of Sheff Hallam University won the distance events on the first night of competition at BUCS…

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