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2020 BUCS Championships: Day 1 Live Recap

Tonight’s opening session of the British Universities & Colleges Sport Championships (BUCS) swim meet features three relays and two distance events.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Dutch Olympian Dion Dreesens Retires

Catch up on various stories found around the web in this week’s edition of Beyond the Lane Lines. Dion Dreesens and trio of Kiwi swimmers highlight the news.

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World Jr Champion Papastamos To Make 2020 Debut At Greek Open

World Junior Champion Apostolos Papastamos is among the competitors set to race at the Greek Open Winter Championships this weekend.

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Breaststroke Battle Brewing, As JPN’s Shoma Sato Devises New Race Strategy

This weekend’s Konami Open may give Shoma Sato the chance to try out a new race strategy essentially nothing to lose and some cash and confidence to gain.

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Ruta Meilutyte Was Given a 2-Year Suspension by FINA in July 2019

FINA announced Meilutyte’s suspension this week, even though the hearing was held in July of 2019. Meilutyte announced her retirement in May of 2019.

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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Aquatic Facility Breaks Ground

The new aquatics facility to be used for swimming events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in host city Birmingham, England has broken ground.

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Stirling Looks To Deny Loughborough BUCS Long Course Title

Here comes Duncan Scott, ready to take on 3 individual events at the British Universities & Colleges Sports (BUCS) Championships this weekend.

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WATCH: Live Stream 2020 BUCS Long Course Swimming Championships

Duncan Scott will represent Stirling University at the 2020 BUCS Long Course Swimming Championships this weekend in Sheffield.

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Anti Doping Denmark Investigating Possible WADA Breach During Wildeboer Era

Team Denmark and the Danish Sports Federation have asked Anti Doping Denmark to look into if WADA rules were broken by former Danish coach Paulus Wildeboer.

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Portuguese National Records Fall At 2020 Lisbon International

The Jamor Nacional Sports Center hosted the 2020 Lisbon Int’l over the weekend, where national records bit the dust over the course of the 2-day affair.

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World Jr. Record Breaker Papastamos Forced to Move Training Grounds to Athens

Financial problems in his home pool on the island of Crete has led operators to shut down the heater. That has forced Papastamos to move to the mainland.

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Gorbenko Hacks 7+ Seconds Off Israeli Record In 400 IM

16-year-old Anastasia Gorbenko fired off a new Israeli national record in the women’s 400m IM over the weekend in Nice, France.

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Greece’s Kostas Englezakis Qualifies For 2020 Olympics In 800 Free

Greek swimmer Konstantinos Englezakis produced a silver medal in the men’s 800m free at the FFN Golden Tour, but he qualified for Tokyo in the process.

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Kathleen Baker Nabs 50 Back Gold, Laura Stephens Impresses In 200 Fly In Nice

The FFN Golden Tour stop in Nice wrapped up tonight, with American Kathleen Baker among the final night’s gold medal winners.

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16-Year-Old Boecekler Slices .11 Off 400 Free Turkish Record

While competing on day 3 of the FFN Golden Tour stop in Nice, France, Beril Boecekler fired off a new Turkish national record in the women’s 400m freestyle.

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