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Rapsys Coasts To 200 Free Victory At Lithuanian Championships

Danas Rapsys competed today in his home nation of Lithuania, taking the men’s 200m freestyle by nearly 2 seconds ahead of the field.

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Katie Ledecky Is Chasing History, Again, in the Women’s 800 Freestyle

Katie Ledecky last set the World Record in the 800 freestyle in 2016 at the age of 19. She would be making history if she breaks it again.

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GBR Head Bill Furniss Talks Collective Responsibility & Team Culture

“The performances in the relays show how the depth of the team has moved on, but also it shows the collective responsibility of the team.” – Bill Furniss

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Rapsys Set For Lithuania Championships On Thursday

The 400m freestyle bronze medalist from the just-concluded European Championships, Danas Rapsys, is set to race this weekend in his home nation of Lithuania.

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High-Level International Meets For June 2021

Smiles all around as the month of June brings the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, the Australian Swimming Trials and other high-profile meets.

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Euro, NCAA Champ Sophie Hansson Among 4 New Swedish Swimmers Named for Olympics

Sweden’s Sophie Hansson will join her older sister Louise on Sweden’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Team after winning the European Championship in the 100 breaststroke.

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2021 Mare Nostrum: Sjostrom To Return In Canet; Monaco Psych Sheets Released

Sjostrom is officially scheduled to compete in Canet, while Chad Le Clos and Katinka Hosszu are among the names confirmed for all three stops of the series.

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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Just a Single Dolphin Kick En Route to 50 Free Gold

6’10” Finnish swimmer Ari-Pekka Liukkonen bucked the norms of modern swimming by winning a European title with almost no underwater phase.

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LEN Offers Plaque To Kira Toussaint After Losing Silver In 100 Back Re-Swim

The plaque “commemorated this act of sportsmanship as all team leaders accepted the decision to repeat the final, though only a couple of lanes was affected.”

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Efimova Describes 100-Focused Training Change Leading into Tokyo Olympic Games

She explained what training will look like moving forward, stating that she won’t need to do a lot of the longer aerobic work she normally would

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Reino Unido gana el medallero del Europeo en natación por delante de Rusia

En una lucha muy reñida con Rusia, el equipo británico ha ganado el medallero de las pruebas de natación gracias a sus potentes relevos.

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Great Britain Grabs Top Spot In Overall Swimming Medal Standings In Budapest

With the 2021 European Aquatics Championships now having concluded, we can reflect on the swimming medal table resulting from action in Budapest, Hungary.

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Hosszu, Peaty Among History-Makers At 2021 European Championships

Katinka Hosszu became the female swimmer with the most medals in the history of the European Championships, now owning 24 of them dating back to 2008.

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32-Year-Old Ari-Pekka Liukkonen on Taking Euro Champ 50 Free Title: “Finally”

In the tightly contested men’s 50 free final, Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen inched ahead of the field to win the gold medal in a time of 21.61.

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