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Greenbank Re-Introduces Himself With World C’ships Bronze

Great Britain fell just .06 shy of a World Championships medal in the men’s 4×200, but Luke Greenbank re-introduced himself with a bronze.

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Anton Chupkov Smashes 200 Breast World Record In 2:06.12

Anton Chupkov stormed home to overtake Australian Matthew Wilson and win the men’s 200 breast World title in a world record of 2:06.12.

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Duncan Scott Becomes First British Man Ever Under 1:45 in 2Free

Duncan Scott took bronze here in the 200m free individually, but just became the first Briton ever under 1:45 with his 4×2 relay lead-off stunner.

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Marie Wattel Lowers French National Record In Women’s 50 Fly

Marie Wattel broke the French National Record in the semi-finals of the women’s 50 fly, putting up a time of 25.56 to lower the previous mark of 25.63.

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Andrei Minakov Becomes First Russian Sub-51 In 100 Fly

17-year-old Andrei Minakov became the first Russian man to break 51 seconds in the 100 fly, clocking 50.94 in the semi-finals at the World Championships.

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2019 FINA World Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Team USA’s Chase Kalisz swims his first individual final of the meet tonight as he competes for back-to-back 200 IM titles.

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British Summer Championships Continue In Glasgow

Hannah Miley, Kieran Bird, David Cumberlidge and more were in action in Glasgow for day 3 of the British Summer Championships.

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Poland Takes First Gold Of EYOF With Chowaniec’s 50 Free Victory

Day 5 of the 2019 Europan Youth Olympic Festival saw the nation of Poland snag its first gold medal, courtesy of Mateusz Chowaniec.

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Last Time Russian Anthem Failed To Play At A World C’ships Was In 2007

A Russian swimmer has yet to win gold at these World Championships taking place in Gwangju, Korea, something that hasn’t happened since 2007.

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Kristof Milak Speaks On 1:50.73 2Fly World Record, “I Thought It Was 1:51”

Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak wowed the world last night in Gwangju, producing a 1:50.73 World Record in the men’s 200m fly. Hear from the man himself.

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Kamminga Collects 200 Breast Dutch National Record

Arno Kamminga lowered his own Dutch National Record while competing in tonight’s 200m breaststroke semi-finals in Gwangju.

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Desplanches Breaks Swiss 200 IM Record For The Eighth Time

Jeremy Desplanches broke his Swiss National Record for the eighth time in the final of the men’s 200 IM, becoming the first Swiss male to medal since 1986.

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Katie Ledecky to Return to Competition for the USA in 4×200 Free Relay

After scratching the 200 free prelims and 1500 free final due to illness, the USA’s Katie Ledecky will return to competition tonight in Gwangju.

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FINA Reportedly Threatens Bans and Revocation of Medals Over Podium Protests

FINA issued a new Code of Conduct provision prohibiting athletes from “any political, religious or discriminatory statement or behaviour.”

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Danas Rapsys and Sun Yang Share Embrace on Pool Deck at World Championships

Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys (above) was disqualified in the finals of the 200 free at the World Championships, which left Sun Yang with gold.

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