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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 8 Prelims Preview

Katinka Hosszu will look to her win her third World title in the women’s 400 IM, and her third medal of the meet on the final day

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 7 Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the seventh day of the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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Laszlo Cseh Becomes First Man To Medal In All Three Same Stroke Events

Hungarian swimming star Laszlo Cseh become the first swimmer to ever medal in all three same stroke events (excluding freestyle) at one edition of the FINA World Championships saturday night.

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Mehdy Metella Breaks French Record In 100 Fly Final

Mehdy Metella of France broke Clement Lefert’s 100m butterfly national record Saturday night during finals in order to touch fifth in his best major international showing in the event to date.

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 7 Finals Preview

Tom Shields will look for his first World Championship medal in the 100 fly after tying for the top time in the semi-final going 51.03

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FINA World Championships: Day 7 Prelims Live Recap

The Campbell sisters will be at it again with the 50 freestyle today, but they may face some competition from Great Britain’s Fran Halsall and the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo.

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Seven National Records Fall In Heats Of Women’s 50m Breaststroke

Plenty of national records fell in the heats of the women’s 50m breaststroke including five from swimmers who will represent their countries in tonight’s semifinals.

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Sankovich, Tribuntsov Break National Records In 50 Back Heats

Three national records fell in the heats of the men’s 50m backstroke this morning, including two swimmers with past or current affiliation with the NCAA.

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Miguel Ortiz And Guilherme Guido To Swim-Off For Semifinal Spot

Miguel Ortiz of Spain and Guilherme Guido of Brazil will face off for a spot in tonight’s 50m backstroke semifinals after tying for the 16th seed with a time of 25.29.

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Feemke Heemskerk No-Shows 50m Freestyle Heat

Feemke Heemskerk of the Netherlands skipped her 50m freestyle heat this morning where she was the 10th seed overall and slated to swim beside 100m freestyle champion Bronte Campbell.

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 7 Prelims Preview

Sun Yang and Gregorio Paltrinieri will battle it out in the 1500, with the prelims going off on day 7 and the final on day 8

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the sixth day of the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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Arkady Vyatchanin Pulls Out Of US Nationals Due To Shoulder Injury

Two time Olympic bronze medallist Arkady Vyatchanin will be pulling out of US Nationals due to a nagging shoulder issue after swimming his first event of the meet during day two prelims.

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Success In Both 50 and 100 Free Much Rarer Than In The Past

Nathan Adrian struggles in the 100 free and success in the 50 free shows just how tough that double is

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Katinka Hosszu Takes Out 24-Year Old Krisztina Egerszegi Record

Katinka Hosszu now holds 10 out of 17 Hungarian National Records in long course.

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