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2018 Spanish Spring Open Day 3: Belmonte Adds 2 More Events for Euros

After putting up his 2 fastest 200 IMs ever (including a Spanish National Record) yesterday, Hugo Gonzalez fell off by quite a bit today.

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C’Wealth Day 5: Guy, Peaty, Thomas Among British Euro Qualifiers

Olympic silver medalist James Guy was off to a rocky start in the Gold Coast, but he rebounded from illness with 100m fly silver in a quick 51.31.

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C’Wealth Games Federation Considering Measures to Curb Australian Dominance

With one day to go in swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Australia has won three times the number of medals of any other nation.

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2018 Commonwealth Games: Day 5 Finals Recap

Welsh flyer Alys Thomas smashed the meet record with a stellar 2:05.45 in the 200 fly. That ranks her #1 in the world by more than half a second and would have taken bronze at last year’s World Championships.

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2018 C’Wealth Games Medal Table: 2 More Punishing Aussie Sweeps

Australia overloaded the podium tonight on their home turf, completing sweeps in the men’s 200m backstroke and women’s 800m freestyle.

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2018 C’Wealth Games: Van Der Burgh Upsets WR Holder Peaty In 50 Breast

South African Cameron van der Burgh crushed Englishman Adam Peaty’s hopes of making it a 50m/100m breaststroke sweep in the Gold Coast.

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2018 C’Wealth Games: Ben Proud Produces 21.30 British National Record

England’s Ben Proud crushed the Commonwealth competition in tonight’s 50m free semi-final, taking the top seed in a new British national record of 21.30.

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Meet Records Continue to Fall on Final Day of 2018 Swim Cup The Hague

Mathys Goosen was among the meet record-setters on the final day of the 2018 Swim Cup The Hague.

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2018 Spanish Spring Open Day 2: Hugo Gonzalez Breaks Spanish Record

Jessica Vall became the 3rd swimmer to automatically qualify to the European Champs team through the 2nd day of the meet, coming in under the qualifying standards in both her prelims and semifinals swims of the 200 breast.

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Day 3 of Golden Tour Marseille Marked by NR for Bonnet in 100 Free

Nice’s Charlotte Bonnet wrapped up the 2018 FFN Golden Tour Camille Muffat – Marseille with a new French National Record in the 100 free, going 53.36 to win the final event of the weekend.

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Wellbrock, Johansson Lower 800 Free National Records In Stockholm

Florian Wellbrock broke his second German National Record of the meet in the men’s 800 freestyle.

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Charlotte Bonnet Breaks French 100 Free Record with 53.36 in Marseille

Nice’s Charlotte Bonnet wrapped up a solid meet in Marseille over the weekend with a new French National Record in the 100 free, going 53.36 to win the final event of the FFN Golden Tour Camille Mullat.

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2018 Commonwealth Games: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

100 back medalists Taylor Ruck, Kylie Masse and Emily Seebohm will do battle once again in the 200 back final on day 4 of the Commonwealth Games.

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Why the Commonwealth Games are Good for Swimming

The debate about the residual value of the Commonwealth Games as the Queen, the head of the Commonwealth, ages has…

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Duncan Scott Leads British Euro C’ships Qualifiers On Day 4 Down Under

Duncan Scott’s 48.02 more than comfortably slid under British Swimming’s qualifying mark of 48.93 for this year’s European Championships.

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