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2015 French Long Course Nationals: Day Three Finals – Lacourt, Stravius, Manaudou Post World’s Top 3 50 Back Times

Channeling her sadness at the loss of friend and training partner Camille Muffat into force, Charlotte Bonnet of Nice picked up her third gold medal of the meet, winning the 200 free in 1:56.86.

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Chris Walker-Hebborn Considered Quitting Swimming Post-2012 Olympics

Elite backstroker Chris Walker-Hebborn describes his thoughts on quitting after a disappointing London Olympics.

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2015 French Long Course Nationals in Limoges: Day Two Finals – Agnel Pops World-Leading 200 Free

Yannick Agnel won the men’s 200 free on Day Two of the French Long Course Nationals in Limoges, wearing his “Camille Muffat” cap.

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13-Year Old Sophie Smith Smashes National Age Record on Day 1 of Scottish Age Group Champs

13-year old Sophie Smith Smashed the age group record in the 1500 free on day 1.

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Eurosport Airs 14-Minute Homage to Passed Olympic Champion Camille Muffat

European news agency Eurosport has paid homage Camille Muffat with the touching video above. The nation’s swimming community gathered for the first…

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5 things backstrokers must do

World Championships siliver medalist David Plummer offers his advice to backstrokers. How many of you actually do “point five” on a regular basis?

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Belmonte Records World’s Second Fastest 400 Freestyle at Spanish Championships

Mireia Belmonte took the women’s 400 freestyle at the Spanish National Championships in a time of 4:04.99…

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2015 French Long Course Nationals in Limoges: Women Outshine Men on Day One

French butterflier Marie Wattel, from Olympic Nice Natation, won the 100 fly with 58.35.

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Ottesen Records World’s Second Fastest 100 Butterfly at the Danish Open

Jeanette Ottesen took the 100 butterfly at the Danish Open in a time of 57.23…

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2015 French Long Course Nationals in Limoges: Fan Guide

The brand new Aquapolis complex in Limoges will host the 2015 French Long Course National Championships.

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Florence and Romania to enter host bids for future World University Games

Two nations appear to be set to enter host bids for future World University Games events: Florence, Italy and Bucharest and Cluj, Romania.

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Meilutyte hits world’s second-fastest 50 breast time, Proud wins again in Sheffield Sunday

After putting up the second-fastest 100 breaststroke in the world this year on the first full day of the Premier Open Meet in Sheffield, England, Ruta Meilutyte added another breaststroking win on day 2.

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Rikke Moller Pedersen Puts Up World’s Best 200 Breaststroke

Rikke Moller Pedersen had the performance of the day at the Danish open posting a 2:21.60 in the women’s 200 breaststroke…

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Belmonte Records World’s Best 1500 Freestyle

Mireia Belmonte took the women’s 1500 freestyle with ease on the third day of the Spanish National Championships posting a 16:10.63…

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Vyatchanin Breaks Two Records for New Nation at 2015 Serbia Open

Arkady Vyatchanin, who now represents Serbia, broke his first national record at the Serbian Open over the weekend.

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