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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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Santo Condorelli Joins ISL Aqua Centurions

The ISL Aqua Centurions team, based in Rome and managed by Federica Pellegrini, announced Santo Condorelli as its most recent new team member.

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Turkey Topped 2019 Multinations Youth Swimming Meet Medal Table

Competing last month in Austria, 16-year-old Sarp Can Tezel took the men’s 200m fly in a time of 2:03.89, becoming the 2nd fastest man from Turkey this year.

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Stockport Metro Swimmers Take Down Guinness Record For 100 x 50m Relay

A unique relay went down over the weekend at Stockport’s Life Leisure Grand Central Swimming Pool outside Manchester, England, where Stockport Metro swimmers past and present combined to break the Guinness Book of World Records in the 100 x 50m relay.

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Ostrava Grand Prix Sees Mix Of Czechs, Hungarians

The Ostrava Grand Prix took place this weekend in Czech Republic, but several other international stars made their way to the city to compete.

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Trieste Wraps Up With Additional Wins By Cseh, Jakabos, Megli

Filippo Megli represented just 1 of 2 swimmers who dipped under the 1:50 threshold in the men’s 200m free tonight in Trieste, Italy.

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Veteran Cseh Pulls Off The 100 Fly/400 IM Double In Trieste

Hungarian Olympic icon Laszlo Cseh pulled off a dirty double of the men’s 100m fly and 400m IM in the morning, claiming gold medals in each this morning in Trieste, Italy.

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Pellegrini Produces Another 1:56 200 Free; Sabo Wins Twice In Trieste

Federica Pellegrini put up a 1:56.98 200 freestyle today in Triest, Italy.

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Luca Dotto Signs with Aqua Centurions of ISL

Dotto, the first Italian man under 48 seconds in the 100 Long Course Meters freestyle, will join his home-country team in the first season of the ISL.

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Germany Announces Roster for 2019 World Championships

29 swimmers have been selected to represent team Germany at the 2019 FINA World Championships this summer, the German Swimming…

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Pellegrini, Detti Will Race Alongside Paralympians In Trieste

Federica Pellegrini, Gabriele Detti, Marco De Tullio, Ilaria Cusinato, Mattia Zuin and Filippo Megli are among the Italian stars set to take to the B. Bianchi Pool in Trieste, Italy this weekend at the Trofeo della Triestina Nuoto.

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