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Caeleb Dressel Scares American Record with 47.3 in 100 Free Prelims

Though he wasn’t able to match his 2017 speed on the 400 free relay on night one, the USA’s Caeleb Dressel looks like his freestyle is in top form.

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Kenderesi Edges Ivanov In 200 Fly Swim-Off; Both Come Home In 28

Tamas Kenderesi out-touched Antani Ivanov in the men’s 200 fly semi-final swim-off to make his way into the final in a time of 1:59.39.

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British Summer C’ships: Hannah Miley Puts Up Fastest 400 IM Since Surgery

3-time Olympian Hannah Miley is returning to form since undergoing ankle surgery late last year, taking the women’s 4IM in Glasgow.

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SS HYPE MACHINE: Kristof Milak’s Charge to the Phelps’ 200 Fly World Record

After posting a 1:52.9 in the semifinals of the 200 fly, Hungarian Kristof Milak is slowly moving towards breaking the 2009 supersuit world record.

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15-Year-Old Boecekler Hits 4:09.7 4Free Turkish National Record In Baku

Day of the 2019 Europan Youth Olympic Festival saw 15-year-0ld Beril Boecekler continue her assault on the Turkish National Record books.

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Whittle Proves Sub-50 Was No Fluke With Another 49.97; Shanahan Hits Age Record

The teen machines of Great Britain pumped out some solid performances on night 2 of the European Youth Olympic Festival.

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2019 EYOF: Grgic, Shanahan & Sabitova Among Day 2 Winners

Franko Grgic of Croatia put up his 2nd fastest 1500m freestyle ever to crack a EYOF Record and carry home gold tonight in Baku.

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Duncan Scott Follows Horton’s Lead: Refuses Photos, Handshake with Sun Yang

The gold medalist Sun appeared to confront Scott after the podium ceremony as Scott refused to take group pictures with the medal winners.

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Danas Rapsys Shockingly DQed After Initially Winning Men’s 200 Free

Danas Rapsys of Lithuania was shockingly disqualified for ‘movement on the blocks’ after initially touching first in the men’s 200 freestyle.

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Carraro Wins Italy’s First-Ever Women’s 100 Breast World C’ships Medal

Martina Carraro earned bronze tonight in the women’s 100m breast, giving her nation of Italy its first-ever medal in the event at a World Championships.

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Olympian Aimee Wilmott Will Face Tough Competition in 400 IM at Worlds

Funkita sponsored Olympian Aimee Willmott, a British medley swimmer, will face some tough competition in the 400 IM later this week.

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Fabio Scozzoli Downs Own Italian Record in 50 Breast

30 year-old Fabio Scozzoli shaved 0.03s off his own Italian Record in the 50 breast, qualifying 3rd in the semi-finals with a time of 26.70

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Sarah Kohler Lowers German 1500 Record Another Five Seconds, Now #9 All-Time

Sarah Kohler broke her German Record in the 1500 freestyle for the second time in as many days, winning silver in a time of 15:48.83.

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Filippo Megli Lowers Italian Record in 200 Free For Second Straight Day

Filippo Megli lowered the Italian Record for the second straight day with a 5th-place finish in the finals of the 200 free on day 3 of the 2019 World Champs.

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Italian Simona Quadarella Crushes Decade-Old National Record in 1500 Win

Quadarella now owns the No. 1 time in the world this season with Katie Ledecky’s absence Tuesday night in Gwangju, and dropped eight seconds off her PR.

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