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Ingeborg Løyning Bests Own SCM 200 Back Norwegian Record at ISL Match 10

Løyning, the short course meters world record holder in all three backstroke events, also matched her own 50 back record on Saturday.

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Alberto Razzetti Breaks Italian Record in 200 Fly for the 2nd Straight Week

Alberto Razzetti, above celebrating with the “T” of the Toronto Titans, broke the Italian Record in the 200 fly for the second consecutive week.

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Condors’ Kathrin Demler Making Waves At German SC C’ships

The German Short Course Championships rolled on with Cali Condors’ Kathrin Demler making waves on day two of the competition.

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Kregor Zirk Hand-Touches at 100-Meter Checkpoint in 400 Freestyle in Match 9

On day 1 of Match 9, Energy Standard’s Kregor Zirk decided to chase the 6 points offered to the first swimmer to reach the 100-meter checkpoint.

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Madrid Enters 2036 Race, or Not? Olympic Hosting Field Shapes Up Post-Tokyo

Madrid’s deputy mayor this week announced it would join the bidding for the 2036 Olympics, but minutes later the mayor contradicted that statement.

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From Zero To Hero: The Tokyo Gold Medalists Who Weren’t In Gwangju

Take a look at the 6 swimmers who went from not racing a particular event at the 2019 World Championships to winning gold in that event at Tokyo 2020.

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Mark Faber Takes Over As Dutch National Team Head Coach

The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) has announced a big change in its coaching staff in this post-Tokyo 2020 phase.

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LEN Open Water Cup – Barcelona: Four Tokyo Medalists Highlight Stacked Field

All three men’s medalists from the Olympics — Florian Wellbrock, Kristof Rasovszky and Gregorio Paltrinieri —will be racing in Barcelona.

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Evgeniia Chikunova Lowers Own World Junior Record In SCM 200 Breaststroke

The 16-year-old Energy Standard swimmer clocked 2:17.57 to slice 14 one-hundredths off her previous record set in December 2019.

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Wellbrock Inspires 1500 Gold for Schwarz At German SC C’ships

He missed out on Olympic qualification due to a coronavirus infection but 19-year-old Sven Schwarz is back in the water in his native Germany.

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London Roar’s Aussies Headed To University Of Stirling After Match #9

Many of the Roar’s Australians will opt to train at the University of Stirling, home of multi-Olympic medalist and fellow Roar teammate Duncan Scott.

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Deryk Snelling, One of Canada’s Most Legendary Swim Coaches, Dies

Deryk Snelling was on the Canadian Olympic coaching staff for 7 consecutive Games. He also coached 1992 Olympic gold medalist Mark Tewksbury.

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Predicting The ISL’s Play-In Match

Nicolo Martinenghi and the Aqua Centurions are in a great spot to finish sixth in the ISL regular season and avoid having to compete in the play-in match.

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Olympic Champion Kristof Milak Leaves Coach Of 8 Years

World champion, world record holder, and Olympic gold medalist Kristof Milak of Hungary has revealed he will be changing coaches.

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Shymanovich, Rothbauer Down National Records In 200 Breast At ISL Match 8

Energy Standard’s Ilya Shymanovich clocked a time of 2:02.10 to break his Belarusian Record and win the men’s 200 breaststroke during the ISL’s Match 8.

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