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Commonwealth Relay Medalist Nick Grainger Is M.I.A. From British C’ships

On the eve of the 2019 British Swimming Championships, the primary competition to determine the World Championships squad, a big name is missing from the start lists. That name is Nick Grainger. 

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British National Record Holder Imogen Clark Withdraws From 50 Breast

In an event-impacting turn of events, British national record holder Imogen Clark has announced she is withdrawing from the women’s 50m breaststroke event due to injury.

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Romanchuk and Wellbrock Both Break National Records in Stockholm

Mykhalo Romanchuk (above) broke both the Meet Record and the Ukrainian National Record in the men’s 800 meter freestyle.

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Hosszu Rocks Her Fastest 200 Fly Time Of The Season In Stockholm, Sjostrom 52.76 1Free

Katinka Hosszu pounded out the 4th fastest 200m fly time in the world tonight in Stockholm.

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Kregor Zirk Wipes Out Estonian National Record From 1980 Olympics

The 2019 Swim Open Stockholm is wrapping up today, but not before 19-year-old Kregor Zirk of Energy Standard made a major dent on the Estonian national record book. 

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Anton Ipsen: 2 1500 Bests, 2 Different Continents, 1 Week (Video)

Ipsen set Danish records in the 400 IM and 800 free just last week in Denmark, as well as set a (then) personal best in the 1500

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2019 British Swimming Championships Preview: Emerging Male Edition

Could teenager Jacob Whittle make it into some senior finals this week in Glasgow at the 2019 British Swimming Championships?

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2019 British Swimming Championships Preview: Emerging Female Edition

Tatiana Belonogoff is ready to emerge off the junior stage and into the senior spotlight this week in Glasgow.

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KNZB Announces First Wave Of 2019 World C’ships Qualifiers

Now that the 2019 Swim Cup – Eindhoven has concluded, the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) has announced the initial list of qualifiers selected to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Korea.

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Miss Automatic Sjostrom Knocks 53.02 100 Free Prelim For #4 In The World

After her seemingly automatic 23.91 winning 50m freestyle outing from last night, Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom was back at it on the final day of the 2019 Swim Open Stockholm.

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Eindhoven Closes With Kromo On Top In 24.48

Ranomi Kromowidjojo produced her fastest 50m free of the season to close Eindhoven.

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2019 French Elite Nationals: All the Links You Need

Fantine Lesaffre will be in Rennes to compete at French Nationals. She has already qualified to swim the 400 IM at Worlds thanks to her European title in the event last summer.

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Sjostrom Clocks 23.91, Coleman With Sub-25 PB In Stockholm

On the penultimate night the the 2019 Swim Open Stockholm, Sweden’s own Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom thrilled spectators with a big-time winning 50m freestyle time of 23.91.

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British Connection For Arkansas Swimmer Anna Hopkin Helped Lead To First Year Success

Anna Hopkin’s close relationship with head coach Neil Harper was one of the reasons she was able to have success in her first college season.

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2019 British Swimming C’ships Preview: Elite Women Edition

We’ve hammered out the selection policy details surrounding the 2019 British Championships that kick off on Tuesday, but let’s take a look at some the athletes taking to the Tollcross International Swimming Center pool in the biggest domestic meet of the year.

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