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UK Athletics Chief Ousted, British Swimming Head Reportedly In Replacement Mix

With UK Athletics Chief ousted even prior to her start, British Swimming’s Jack Buckner’s name is being tossed around as a replacement.

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Derby’s Mandy Bell Announced As New Head Coach Of Stockport Metro

Mandy Bell (center), formerly of the City of Derby Swim Club, has been named as Head Coach of Stockport Metro in England.

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Freya Anderson Breaks Decade-Old British Record in 200 Free at European Derby

Freya Anderson, swimming her 3rd lifetime best of the day in the 200 free, broke Fran Halsall’s old British Record that was set in 2009.

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Chalmers and Belmonte Out, Scott and O’Connor In for London Roar at Euro Derby

At full form, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (above) has MVP-caliber range. She and Duncan Scott will reinforce a short-handed London Roar roster this weekend.

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Five Jailed Over Illegal Steroid Distribution Ring In Europe

Five men in the United Kingdom were convicted last week of running a £65 million (~$84 million U.S. Dollar) steroid distribution operation in Europe.

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High-Level International Meets for December 2019

Sarah Sjostrom will be competing in December as part of the International Swimming League (ISL) Team Energy Standard, but check out what else is going on.

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Mildred & Wizard Hold Their Own Against Elder Elites At Leicester Open

The 2019 Leicester Open ended with James Wilby & Molly Renshaw racing alongside some of GBR’s rising talents such as Edward Mildred and Betsy Wizard.

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Freya Anderson Busts Out 7 Gold Medal-Winning Swims At Stockport Metro

Multi-Commonwealth Games and European Championships medalist Freya Anderson had a heck of a weekend at the Stockport Metro meet.

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Loughborough Comes Away With Combined BUCS Short Course Title

Loughborough’s Luke Greenbank, the bronze medalist in the 200m back at this year’s World Championships, helped power his squad to the BUCS combined trophy.

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In His 15th Race Over 48 Hours, Duncan Scott Fires Off 200 Fly National Record

British Olympic champion is a one-man wrecking ball at the British Universities & Colleges (BUCS) Championships taking place in Sheffield.

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2019 BUCS Finals Session Roundup – Day Two

The 2019 British Universities & Colleges SC Championships’ first finals session was electric tonight with a total of 7 championship records taken down.

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Duncan Scott Puts Up Lifetime Best SCM 1500 Free At BUCS

Duncan Scott showed his versatility tonight, firing off a 1500m freestyle time that checks-in among the top 30 British performers all-time.

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2019 Stockport Metro November Meet, Leicester Open Get Underway

Olympic silver medalist Siobhan-Marie O’Connor is among the contingent headed to Leicester this weekend to race, while Stockport Metro’s meet also begins.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Schooling Launches Skincare, Ledecky Joins A New Team

Check out this week’s Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring Joseph Schooling, Cate Campbell, Katie Shanahan, Katie Ledecky and more.

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Scott & Greenbank Bring World-Class Talent To BUCS SC C’ships

Duncan Scott threw down the 2nd fastest 100m free anchor of all-time at this year’s World Championships, but this weekend he has BUCS on his mind.

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