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2013 FINA World Championships Day 2: Real-Time Recaps

Ruta Meilutyte reacts with great emotion after breaking the 100m breaststroke Lithuanian, European, World Championship, and World Records in 1:04.35. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Sjostrom 100 Butterfly Worlds Winner, Post Race Interview

Sjostrom went out with a very even pace (26.40), put up a winning time of 56.53 that is her best time since that World Championship in 2009.(Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Meilutyte 100 Breast World Record, Post Race Interview

Meilutyte touched the wall in 1:04.35, breaking the Lithuanian, European, World Championship, and World Records in 1:04.35. (Image courtesy of FINA)

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Day 2 Finals 2013 World Championships Photo Vault, Cesar Cielo Repeats!

Cesar Cielo celebrates a 50m butterfly win, again, at the 2013 FINA World Championships (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Katinka Hosszu 200 IM Worlds Winner, Post Race Interview

Day 2 Finals coverage of the 2013 FINA World Championships as reported by Braden Keith / swimswam – women’s 200…

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Verschuren Withdraws From Finals Swimoff with McEvoy

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy will safely navigate to the final without a swim-off against the Netherlands’ Sebastiaan Verschuren. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Ruta Meilutyte Breaks World Record in 100 Meter Breaststroke

Ruta Meilutyte is now the youngest World Record holder in the world. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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Upsets Looming in Day 2 Finals Session (World Championships Finals Preview)

If the rest of the field doesn’t wake-up in the 100 backstroke semifinals, Missy Franklin could be swimming alone on her way to gold. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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History Repeats Itself in Men’s 4x100m Free

From the start, this was a back-and-forth, wild race at the 2013 FINA World Championships, but ultimately the outcome was the same as we saw in London. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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EUROPEAN RECORD: Ruta Meilutyte Breaks Continental; Meet Records

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte went the second-fastest 100 meter breaststroke in history on Tuesday morning, and that was just prelims. (Photo: VIctor Puig/Victorpuig.com)

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 1 Real-Time Recaps

“France celebrates the men’s 4×100 free relay as Adrian looks on…” (File Photo: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Australia’s Emily Seebohm Scratches 200 IM Final

Emily Seebohm has scratched the women’s 200 IM final as the 6th seed, pulling in Great Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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European Report Day 1 – Hosszu Impressive in the 200 IM; Costa Schmid Gives the Crowd a Reason to Cheer

Katinka Hosszu, who has been having an extremely impressive year… (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Lochte, Feigen to Swim on American Men’s 400 Free Relay in Finals

Ryan Lochte got his spot on finals, but he took the spot of who swam very well in prelims. That means that he needs to swim fast to prove it wasn’t a bad decision by the American coaches. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Americans Pull Up Romano; Coughlin for Finals in 400 Free Relay

YOU CANNOT QUESTION MEGAN ROMANO’S RELAY ABILITIES! Megan Romano stepped up on Sunday morning’s prelims at the 2013 FINA World…

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