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Levterov Completes Backstroke Trifecta To Close Out Burgas

The 2020 Grand Prix Burgas wrapped up today with a host of Bulgarians closing the door on a record-breaking weekend on both the men’s and women’s sides.

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Italy’s Paolo Barelli Elected for 3rd Term as President of European Aquatics

Barelli remains the president of LEN for another 4 years – a role he’s held since 2012. David Sparkes was re-elected General Secretary as well.

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17-Year-Old Levterov Rips 1:56.6 LCM 200 Back To Qualify For Tokyo

Take note of the name of Kaloyan Levterov, as the 17-year-old Bulgarian is making exponential improvements in the 200m backstroke.

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Olympian Pieter Timmers Follows Through On Planned Retirement

Olympic silver medalist from Rio Pieter Timmers of Belgium says goodbye to competitive racing , hanging up his goggles from Budapest today.

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Robert Glinta on Iron Teammate Emre Sakci: “He’s an absolute legend” (Video)

When asked about skins champion and teammate Emre Sakci, Glinta echoed his Iron teams previous sentiments: Sakci is the real deal in and out of the pool

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2020 ISL Match #8 – Day 2 Live Recap

Lilly King is undefeated in the International Swimming League (ISL) and she’ll have the chance to extend that streak with breaststroke skins today.

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Danas Rapsys on 400 Miscount: “The last 10 meters… it was really hard for me”

Gaining a decisive lead throughout the race, Rapsys touched in a 3:08.29 at the 350 and stopped at the wall, thinking the race had ended

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DC Trident Are First Team Eliminated from ISL Semi-Finals After Week #4

The semi-final lineup is shaping up heading into the final week of regular season ISL action. Barring a breakthrough from Aqua, the 8 teams that will advance are set.

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Robert Glinta Downs 50, 100 Back Romanian Records In First Match Post-COVID-19

Glinta swam personal best times in the 50 (23.12) and 100 back (49.87) in his first match of the ISL season for Iron.

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Freya Anderson Cracks Own British Record In 200 Free

Anderson ran down a pair of Cali Condors to win the event in 1:52.60, erasing her previous British Record of 1:52.77 set when she won the 2019 European title.

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Iron’s Sakci Joins 55-Club, Becomes 4th Fastest SCM 100 Breaststroker

Iron’s Emre Sakci has proven he is a formidable force in the breaststroke sprints, clocking a new Turkish record in a sub-56 100 breast.

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Robert Glinta on 49 100 Back in First Match Back After Having COVID-19 (Video)

In his first match in the ISL Bubble after having to quarantine for 2 weeks, Glinta got a 2nd place finish in the 100 back, dipping under 50 seconds

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Shymanovich Slices .01 Off 100 Breast European Record

On-fire Ilya Shymanovich of Energy Standard found a way to slice .01 off of his own 100 breast European Record during ISL match #7.

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Jenna Laukkanen Lowers Finnish 100 IM Record In 58.42

Laukkanen closed in a blazing 30.99 to break her two-year-old National Record and nearly run down Anastasiya Shkurdai for the victory in Match 7.

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2020 ISL Match 8 – Day 1 Live Recap

Caeleb Dressel and his Cali Condors take on the Tokyo Frog Kings, NY Breakers and London Roar for ISL Match #8 here in Budapest.

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