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Spanish Sports Council To Create Platform To Promote Safe Return To Competition

Amid a case surge, the nation’s Sports and Culture Minister held a meeting with representatives from various NGB’s to promote a safe return to competition.

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1 Event (50 Fly), 2 European Swimmers, 3 Best Times

Switzerland’s Manuel Leuthard closed in on Noe Ponti’s (above) 50m fly National Record while 17-year-old Pawel Uryniuk dominated the 50m fly in Poland.

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Stephen Redmond Becomes First to Swim 44 km Around Fastnet Rock

Irish open water swimmer Stephen Redmond has become the first known person to swim the more-than 44 kilometers from Baltimore, Ireland around Fastnet Rock.

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Germany Cancels Its Relay-Only Youth Team Championships

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the German Swimming Association (DSV) has announced the cancellation of the 2020 German Youth Team Championships.

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Full Tally Of Italian Regional Championships Results

Jump on into the Italian Regional Championships full results, as the spread-out meets all concluded recently. Stefano Ballo was one of the multi-winners.

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17-Year-Old Gorbenko Grabs 3 New Israeli National Records

Check out how fast 17-year-old Anastasia Gorbenko went over the weekend to wrap up Israel’s End-of-Season short course meet.

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Danish SC Championships On The Books For December

The Danish Swimming Federation (Dansk Svømmeunion) has revealed its approved national competitive events on the calendar for the remainder of 2020.

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Team GB’s Alice Dearing Appears In Music Video For ‘Reprise’ Project

Dearing is the only black swimmer on Team GB and advocates to remove prejudice in the sport and encourages people in the BAME community to take up swimming

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SwimSwam Podcast: Shane Tusup Opens Up About Coaching Mistakes & Successes

Shane had a candid conversation with us and We kept the focus on him. Tusup apologized for a lot of the behavior he wasn’t proud of in his past

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Wellbrock Takes 10k OW German Title After One Week Back

The 2020 German Open Water Championships kicked off today with two-time 2019 world champion Florian Wellbrock making his presence known.

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Roughly a Quarter of Pools in England Still Shut Despite Go-Ahead To Reopen

The #saveleisure campaign is pleading with the UK Government to assist facilities who have been unable to reopen their doors (pictured: Joe&Max Litchfield)

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High-Level International Meets For September 2020

Take a look at the upcoming swim meets happening around the world in the month of September, knowing things can change in an instant.

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Paltrinieri Caps Italian OW C’ships With 5k Victory

Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri has something to celebrate, taking two of the three golds at his nation’s Open Water Championships.

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Belarusian Sports Industry Members Sign Open Letter Demanding Re-Election

Over 250 athletes and sports industry members, including Olympic swimming medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia, have made several demands in their home country.

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Shane Ryan Nears Lifetime Best In 50 Back Practice Race

26-year-old Irish swimmer Shane Ryan was back at his speedy ways, nearing a lifetime best 50m back time trial in Dublin this week.

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