Europe

Plymouth Leander’s Reece Dunn Humbled By MBE Honor

Plymouth Leander swimmer Reece Dunn capped off his tumultuous year by being awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on New Year’s. 

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Gerda Szilagyi Denies Sister Lilliana’s Abuse Allegations Against Father

Gerda Szilagyi, sister to Lilliana Szilagyi, refuted allegations her sister made against their father concerning alleged abuse within their household.

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High-Level International Meets For January 2022

Olympic silver medalist Tomoru Honda may be kicking off his new year with the Kosuke Kitajima Cup, one of several elite competitions on the January agenda.

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Evgeny Rylov Wins 2021 Silver DOE Award Within Native Russia

Russia’s Evgeny Rylov, double Olympic champion from this summer’s Games in Tokyo, Japan, has been honored with the Silver DOE award for 2021.

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Israeli National Champion Noga Zilberberg Commits to Duke (2023)

Noga Zilberberg gives Duke the chance to reinforce the middle-to-distance freestyles, which was an area of weakness for them last season.

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Hungarian Liliana Szilagyi Reveals Her Father Abused Her “Since I Was A Child”

Two-time Hungarian Olympian Liliana Szilagyi revealed that she was abused by her father from a young age all the way up until 2016.

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Femke Heemskerk Reflects on Illustrious Career, Post-ISL Retirement

Femke cited a lack of motivation when she was training and realized she’d never felt that way before, which led her to decide to step away from the pool

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2021 Swammy Awards: Tom Rushton is the Europe’s Coach of the Year

Tom Rushton, as an Energy Standard coach and outside of ISL, has proven this year his ability to coach some of the best swimmers from across the continent.

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Pekarski Snags New Belarusian 100 Fly Record At Vladimir Salnikov Cup

Grigori (Hryhory) Pekarski got it done for 100m fly gold at the 2021 Vladimir Salnikov Cup, clocking a new Belarusian national record in the process.

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Olympic Champion Adam Peaty Now Pursuing ‘Project Immortal’

With another Olympic gold under his belt from Tokyo, 27-year-old Adam Peaty is now looking ahead to what they term ‘Project Immortal.’

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Maggie MacNeil & Emre Sakci’s Insane 50m World Records, Contextualized

By breaking their respective 50-meter world records by three (+) tenths of a second, MacNeil and Sakci entered some rarefied air.

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2013 World Junior Champion Alexander Palatov Given 2 Year Doping Suspension

Alexander Palatov, who in April finished 3rd at the Russian Olympic Trials, was given a 2 year suspension for an anti-doping rules violation.

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Distance Freestyler Marcell Milo-Sidlo Commits to University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is building the deepest distance freestyle group they’ve ever had as they try to bridge the gap to Emory in the UAA Conference.

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Chupkov Takes 200 Breast At 2021 Vladimir Salnikov Cup

The annual Vladimir Salnikov Cup kicked off yesterday in St. Petersburg and 24-year-old Rio Olympic medalist Anton Chupkov was indeed in the water.

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Emre Sakci Down’s Turkish 100 Freestyle Record With 46.68 At National Champs

In addition to his 50 breaststroke world record at Turkish Championships, Sakci broke his own national record in the 100 freestyle with a 46.68.

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