Europe

Rapsys And Bilis Among Those Set To Race At Lithuanian Champs This Week

Danas Rapsys and Simonas Bilis are among those preparing to compete as many of Lithuania’s top swimmers converge in Klaipėda this week.

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Rafaela Azevedo Ties Portuguese 50 Back Record

19-year-old Rafaela Azevedo made some waves over the weekend while racing at her Portuguese National Team Evaluation Competition.

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Kristof Milak Wins Two Events at Day 1 of Hungarian Olympic Prep Meet

The Hungarian Swim Association is putting on a special meet this week to provide Hungarian swimmers with chance to race long course.

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Ranomi Kromowidjojo on the Importance of Self-Development as a Pro Swimmer

Ranomi is a big proponent of self-development outside of the pool and staying balanced as a swimmer with other interests or things you can turn to

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Smits Lowers Own Belgian 50 Backstroke Record

19-year-old Jade Smits raced at the 2021 Open Flemish Qualification Meet over the weekend, breaking her own 50m back record.

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Coronavirus Pauses Jonas Deichmann’s World Triathlon in Turkey

After breaking the world record for the longest unassisted swim (450km) in December, Jonas Deichmann’s cycling route was blocked by Turkey’s closed borders.

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India, The Phillipines, Lithuania, Denmark Say Tokyo Hopefuls Will Get Vaccine

The news comes as the ongoing debate surrounding vaccination for athletes and staff headed to Tokyo becomes more of a political hot-button

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Abbie Wood Becomes #2 British 200 IMer All Time

The final session of the 2021 Manchester International Swim Meet took place tonight, with NY Breaker Abbie Wood turning some heads in the 200m IM.

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Hansson Hits 57.59 100 Fly Prelim In Manchester

Loughborough’s Louise Hansson of Sweden looked strong in this morning’s heats of the women’s 100m butterfly in Manchester,.

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Andreas Vazaios on the Importance of Emotional Intelligence for Swimmers

The Greek swimmer shares some of the things he’s learned about these topics and how they’ve trickled into his life as a swimmer and as a human.

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Olivier Posts Best Time, French Olympic Qualification Time in 1500

French open water swimmer Marc-Antoine Olivier swam a new best time of 14:55.19 in the 1500 today. This puts him under the French Olympic cut.

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Peaty Hits World #2 50 Breast, Wood Shaves Big Time in 200 Free in Manchester

Peaty clocked a 26.75 in the 50 breast, while Wood downed her old best by almost two seconds in the 200 free, going 1:57.96 to win it tonight.

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Just 14.5% of Japanese Surveyed Think Olympic Games Should Go Ahead as Planned

In a recent survey done by Kyodo news, over 85% of respondents think that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games should be postponed or canceled.

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McKendree Signs Polish National Team Backstroker Patryk Rożenek for 2021-22

Patryk Rozenek, whose converted PBs in the 100/200 back would have scored at 2019 NCAA D2 Championships, has committed to McKendree.

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Peaty Downs 58.82 100 Breast For Dinner In Manchester

Olympic champion Adam Peaty kept the momentum going tonight in Manchester, becoming the world’s 3rd fastest 100m breaststroker this season.

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