Europe

Johansson Hits 14:58 1500 Free, Seeliger 48.8 100 Free At Swedish Nats

Victor Johansson continued his siege on the men’s freestyle events at Swedish Nationals, this time clocking a new national record in the 1500m distance.

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Greece Takes Early Medal Table Lead At 2022 Mediterranean Games

Andreas Vazaios was a member of Greece’s men’s 4x200m freestyle relay which took gold on day 1 of the 2022 Mediterranean Games.

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Duncan Scott Wins Twice In First Meet Post-COVID

After withdrawing from the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships, multi-Olympic medalist Duncan Scott was back in the water racing in his home nation.

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Seeliger Posts Record In 50 Back At Swedish Nationals

The 2022 Swedish National Championships rolled through day 3, with two meet records and one national record biting the dust, both on the men’s side.

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Pavel Samusenko Swims PB in 100 Backstroke at Open Cup of Belarus

Pavel Samusenko is the latest world-class Russian backstroker to emerge after dropping a second in the 2022 calendar year already.

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Was The Secret to Thomas Ceccon’s World Record Skipping the Pool for Warmup?

Thomas Ceccon speaks about his journey at World Champs where he took 2 gold medals and used a fully-dryland warmup to break a World Record.

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Kristof Milak’s 200 Fly World Record Was Far From A Lock In Budapest

Milak faced a tremendous amount of adversity in the lead-up to the 2022 World Championships, but still managed to break the world record in the 200 butterfly.

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Swedes Johansson & Junevik Clock European Championships-Worthy Times

Yesterday we saw Victor Johansson qualify for this summer’s European Championships in the men’s 400m free and today in Linköping he secured another event.

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2022 Golden Bear Meet: Djakovic Hits 400 Free Time Faster Than In Budapest

Swiss freestyle ace Antonio Djakovic put up a 400m freestyle performance at the Croatian Golden Bear meet that beat what he produced in Budapest.

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Victor Johansson Sets Swedish Championship Record, Qualifies for European Champs

Victor Johansson won the 400 free and 200 fly on day 1 of the Swedish Championships. His 400 free time was the best he’s been since 2018.

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2022 World Champs Water Polo: Greece Bests United States to Move on to Semi-Finals

Greece bested a strong American team by a score of 16-11 to move on to the men’s water polo semi-finals along with Italy, Croatia, and Spain.

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Top Belarus and Russian Swimmers Compete in Belarus Open Cup: Day 1

2016 Rio Bronze medalist and former world record holder in the 200 breaststroke Anton Chupkov won the event in Belarus earlier today with a 2:09.98.

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The Results Are In: Find Out Who Won SwimSwam’s 2022 World Champs Fantasy Draft

Find out whether Braden, Retta, Coleman, or Ben scored the most points in the fantasy draft (spoiler alert: it wasn’t Ben).

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Sarah Sjostrom, Kira Toussaint Join List of Post-Worlds COVID-19 Positives

Sarah Sjostrom and Kira Toussaint both attended an event sponsored by swimwear brand arena after Worlds. Noe Ponti, who also tested positive, was at that event too.

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High-Level International Meets for July 2022

Jacob Whittle (GBR) is tripling up, following the World Championships with a trip to the European Junior Championships and the Commonwealth Games.

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