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Mireia Belmonte, Hector Ruiz Headline Spanish Roster for 2015 FINA Open Water Championships

We’re used to seeing Mireia Belmonte throw down some stellar times in the pool, but the Spanish superstar can also be pretty fierce when it comes to open water.

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WATCH: Race videos from 5th and final day of 2015 European Games

Courtesy of Baku 2015 European Games on YouTube, we’ve got race videos of the finals from day 5 in Baku, including the Junior World Record 100 breast from Russia’s Anton Chupkov.

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Russians Break Another Junior World Record, This Time in 400 Medley Relay

A quartet of Russian swimmers have crushed the Junior World Record in the 400 long course meter medley relay on…

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Russia closes with 23 of 42 gold medals at 2015 European Games

It was a week of well-documented Russian dominance, and the 2015 European Games closed Saturday with Russia holding more than half of the gold medals given out in swimming.

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Israel catching sprint fever with gold, nat’l record from Kalontarov

It took up until the very last individual event of the 2015 European Games for Israel to earn a gold medal in swimming, but sprinter Ziv Kalontrov made it worth the wait.

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New world record set at Baku 2015 demonstration event

The campaign to introduce finswimming into the Olympic Games has not succeeded so far, but the dream lives on as far as governing body the Underwater Sports Committee (CMAS) are concerned.

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Russia’s Anton Chupkov Breaks 100 Breast Junior World Record in Baku

After his teammate Maria Astashkina broke the 200 breaststroke Junior World Record on Thursday, Russia’s Anton Chupkov broke the men’s mark in…

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2015 European Games Day 5 Finals Live Recap: New World Junior Record for Russia’s Chupkov

The Russian team capped off their tremendous 23 gold medal-winning performance over the course of these games with a new World Junior Record in Chupkov’s 100 breaststroke race, as well as in the men’s 400 medley relay event.

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European Games; Prelims Day 5

The final day of the swimming events at the European Games in Baku started off with the men’s 50 freestyle…

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Video: Robbie Renwick – Things Are Going In The Right Direction

Robbie Renwick swam his fastest 100 free since British Trials with a 49.81 at Scottish Nationals to take home his first individual victory of the meet.

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Video: Michael Jamieson – Next Year’s Olympic Games Are The Big Picture

Scottish swimming super-star Michael Jamieson picked up another national championship victory this Friday with a win in his top event, the 200m breaststroke.

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Video: Charlotte Henshaw Breaks SB6 European Record At Scottish Nationals

Charlotte Henshaw broke her own European record in the women’s SB6 Class 100m breaststroke Friday at Scottish Nationals with a time of 1:37.56.

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Dominant day 4 keys unstoppable Russian run at 2015 Euro Games

Perhaps Russia’s best performance came out of a semifinal and a heat. In the men’s 100 fly, Daniil Pakhomov twice rattled the Junior World Record.

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Jamieson Takes 200 Breaststroke at Scottish Championships

Michael Jamieson won the men’s 200 breaststroke in a final that included Ross Murdoch and Andrew Willis…

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German swimstar Florian Vogel rescues woman from drowning

According to different German press releases, German national swim team member Florian Vogel jumped into the river Isar in Munich on Wednesday to save a drowning woman.

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