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2016 Swedish Nationals Day 3: Sjostrom Scorches to 50 Free Win in 24.2

Day 3 of the 2016 Swedish Nationals brought plenty of exciting sprint action, including another win by Sarah Sjostrom in the women’s 50 free.

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Italy Takes Two on Day Three of the European Junior Championships

Italy had a strong showing on the third day of the European Junior Championships taking both the women’s 200 breaststroke and the men’s 100 freestyle…

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WATCH Sarah Sjostrom Swim 55.9 in 100m Fly (RACE VIDEO)

Race video above courtesy Sodertorn a-grupp. 2016 SWEDISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS July 6 – July 10, 2016 Norrköping, Sweden Competition Website…

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Kolesnikov Breaks Acevedo’s Junior World Record in the 100 Backstroke

Kliment Kolesnikov of Russia had the swim of the evening at the European Junior Championships setting a new junior world record in the first event…

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Swedish Nationals Day 2: Sjostrom Wins 100 Fly Gold in 55.9

Sarah Sjostrom racked up another win at Swedish Nationals, this time winning the women’s 100 fly with a blistering 55.95 to blow away the field.

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Great Britain Wins Four Gold on Day 2 of European Junior Championships

British swimmers took four events on the second day of the European Junior Championships in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary…

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Diener and Heintz made it into German Olympic roster

German Open 2016, Berlin Tuesday July 5th – Friday July 8th 2016 Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark (SSE), Berlin Competition…

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Scotland’s McLean & Brown Talk Euro Juniors Preparation

2016 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, July 6 – Sunday, July 10, 2016 Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary Prelims 9:30AM / Finals 5:30PM (Local…

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Watch Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Rock New British Record In 100 Breast

  Versatile British swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor recently broke GBR’s 100m breaststroke National Record while competing at the 2016 Scottish Open National…

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Seemanova Breaks National Record and Becomes First Czech Woman Sub 55

Barbora Seemanova broke the Czech National Record and was the first Czech woman to go under 55 in the 100 free at Euro Jrs.

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2016 European Junior Championships: Brandt Wins With Sub-3:50 400 Free on Day 1

Spain’s Hugo Gonzalez, a finalist at last summer’s Junior World Championships, qualified 3rd for the 100 back final with a 54.94. Gonzalez qualified to swim for Spain in Rio, where he’ll compete in the 200 back.

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Luxembourg’s Julie Meynen received her invitation to Rio

The “Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Natation et de Sauvetage FLNS “, Luxembourg’s Swimming Federation, announced today that Julie Meynen received an invitation by…

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Sjostrom Swims 1:54.34 in 200 Free Becoming New World Leader on Day 1

In the finals of the women’s 200 freestyle, Sjostrom crushed the competition by almost a full two seconds to clench the victory in a time of 1:54.34, the fastest time in the world this year.

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McSharry Claims European Bronze Medal; Ferguson through to Backstroke

Ireland’s Mona McSharry has won a European Bronze medal on the opening night of competition at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Hungary.

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Nielsen Posts a 59.19 in the 100 Backstroke at the Danish Open

Mie Ø Nielsen’s lead off swim in the women’s 4 x 100 medley relay was the top performance of the final two days of the Danish Open…

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