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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Aquatic Facility Breaks Ground

The new aquatics facility to be used for swimming events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in host city Birmingham, England has broken ground.

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Stirling Looks To Deny Loughborough BUCS Long Course Title

Here comes Duncan Scott, ready to take on 3 individual events at the British Universities & Colleges Sports (BUCS) Championships this weekend.

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WATCH: Live Stream 2020 BUCS Long Course Swimming Championships

Duncan Scott will represent Stirling University at the 2020 BUCS Long Course Swimming Championships this weekend in Sheffield.

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Anti Doping Denmark Investigating Possible WADA Breach During Wildeboer Era

Team Denmark and the Danish Sports Federation have asked Anti Doping Denmark to look into if WADA rules were broken by former Danish coach Paulus Wildeboer.

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Portuguese National Records Fall At 2020 Lisbon International

The Jamor Nacional Sports Center hosted the 2020 Lisbon Int’l over the weekend, where national records bit the dust over the course of the 2-day affair.

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World Jr. Record Breaker Papastamos Forced to Move Training Grounds to Athens

Financial problems in his home pool on the island of Crete has led operators to shut down the heater. That has forced Papastamos to move to the mainland.

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Gorbenko Hacks 7+ Seconds Off Israeli Record In 400 IM

16-year-old Anastasia Gorbenko fired off a new Israeli national record in the women’s 400m IM over the weekend in Nice, France.

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Greece’s Kostas Englezakis Qualifies For 2020 Olympics In 800 Free

Greek swimmer Konstantinos Englezakis produced a silver medal in the men’s 800m free at the FFN Golden Tour, but he qualified for Tokyo in the process.

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Kathleen Baker Nabs 50 Back Gold, Laura Stephens Impresses In 200 Fly In Nice

The FFN Golden Tour stop in Nice wrapped up tonight, with American Kathleen Baker among the final night’s gold medal winners.

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16-Year-Old Boecekler Slices .11 Off 400 Free Turkish Record

While competing on day 3 of the FFN Golden Tour stop in Nice, France, Beril Boecekler fired off a new Turkish national record in the women’s 400m freestyle.

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Riedemann and again Köhler, Wellbrock hit German Olympic qualifying standards

Laura Riedemann is the second German female swimmer, next to Sarah Köhler, to reach the  German Olympic Qualifying standard.

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Danish Swimming Director Out as Union Issues Apology for Public Weighings

Longtime director Pia Holman resigned after an investigation into the practice of public weighing carried out by national team coaches from 2003-2012.

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Hosszu Takes Grueling 1500 Free/400 IM Double Gold In Nice

The Iron Lady raced in every event this morning and went on to take double gold in the evening session of the FFN Golden Tour in Nice.

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Kathleen Baker Keeps It Going With World’s 4th Fastest 200 Back Time Of Season

Look out world, American Kathleen Baker is back to form, firing off one of the fastest 200m back times of the Olympian’s carrer.

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European Junior C’ships Medalist Belonogoff Moves From GBR To RUS

Breaststroker Tatiana Belonogoff raced for Great Britain for years, but will now be making a move to represent the nation of Russia.

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