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Milak Is The Man, As The Hungarian Teen Takes 2Fly Crown In Budapest

The reigning World Junior Record holder and Hungarian National Champion Kristof Milak put on a show in front of his home country while competing on night 1 of the FINA Champions Series.

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Another Quiet Night In Essen On Night 2 Of 2019 German Open

Poul Zellmann won the men’s 200m free tonight in Essen, but it was a subdued session of competition on the whole.

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LEN Touts Higher Payouts, Higher Surpluses in St. Petersburg Congress

The LEN Bureau gathered in St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday, where leaders presented a glowing status of the organization’s finances.

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No Additional World Championships Qualifiers Through Day 1 Of German Open

Marco Koch won the men’s 100m breaststroke in a time of 1:00.98 in Essen, Germany tonight, not enough to qualify for Gwangju, although he will be representing Germany there is much better 200m breast event.

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Andrea Vergani’s Doping Hearing Set For June 6th

Emerging sprinter Andrea Vergani of Italy will have his National Anti-Doping Tribunal hearing on June 6th of this year at 9:30am.

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Ruta Meilutyte Took a “Leave from Swimming” After Short Course Worlds

Ruta Meilutyte was not training at USC when she missed her doping control tests, coach Dave Salo says.

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Fabio Scozzoli Added To ISL Aqua Centurions Roster

On the heels of both Italian swimmer Santo Condorelli and German ace Philip Heintz having been added to the ISL Aqua Centurions squad, breaststroking powerhouse Fabio Scozzoli has also been named to the Federica Pellegrini-captained team.

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Danish Swim Federation Under Fire For Mid-2000s Public Weighings

The Danish Swimming Union is under heavy criticism after a Danish Radio (DR) documentary reported on mid-2000s policies of weighing athletes publicly at the country’s national training center.

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Natalie Coughlin To Commentate Second Stop of FINA Champions Series

Natalie Coughlin will work as an analyst for the second stop of the FINA Champions Series in Budapest.

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Shevlyakov Adds Fly Power To This Weekend’s Estonian Open Nationals

The 100th edition of the 2019 Estonian Nationals takes place this weekend, with swimmers from both home and abroad gunning for gold.

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En Route To Double Open Water Golds, Paltrinieri Injures Elbow

Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri topped the podium in both the men’s 5k and 10k races at last week’s U.S. Open Water National Championships, but not without paying a small price.

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Lithuanian Olympic Champion Meilutyte Faces Possible Ban For Missed Tests

Lithuanian Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte is facing a possible 2-year suspension for missing doping tests, per her nation’s swimming federation.

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2019 Romanian International Championships Meet Preview

Lithuanian swimmer Deividas Margevicius is among the visiting swimmers set to take part in this week’s Romanian International Championships.

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German Open Kicks Off On Friday In Essen

Although the 29-strong German roster for this summer’s World Championships in Gwangju, Korea, was already announced, there is still a possibility for swimmers to gain last-chance bids in individual events.

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2-Time European C’ships Silver Medalist Ilaria Cusinato Changes Coaches

19-year-old European Championships medalist Ilaria Cusinato has decided to change up her coach just 2 months out from this summer’s World Championships.

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