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American Kylie Mitchell Just Misses Podium on Day 1 of 2014 Junior OW World Champs

The start of the course in Lake Balaton at the 2014 Junior Open Water World Championships in Hungar.

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Norwegian National Team Swimmer Does Three Rubik’s Cubes, Underwater, in One Breath

Norwegian National Team swimmer Marius Rodland is also very good at Rubik’s Cubes.

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Back Injury Forces James Magnussen to Withdraw from Prudential Singapore Swim Stars

The current 100m Freestyle World Champion, James Magnussen (AUS) has withdrawn from this Friday’s Prudential Singapore Swim Stars due to…

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Eurosport To Broadcast Prudential Singapore Swim Stars Live in 51 Countries

Among the 12 Olympic Champions and 21 World Champions lined-up are James Magnussen (Australia), Katinka Hosszu (Hungary), Jessica Hardy (USA) Rūta Meilutytė (Lithuania), Nathan Adrian (USA), Fabien Gilot (France), and Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark).

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Halsall and Carlin Up for Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Month

Fran Halsall and Jazz Carlin have both been nominated for Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Month…

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Hungarian Money Machines: Hosszu and Gyurta add five-figure bonuses on day 1 of Dubai World Cup

Daniel Gyurta jumped into the World Record game, earning a $10,000 bonus alongside his countrywoman Katinka Hosszu. The two now lead all money-earners on the World Cup circuit this year.

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Start Lists for 2014 Dubai World Cup Stop, Meet Begins Sunday

Full Doha World Cup results. Full Dubai World Cup heat sheets/start lists. Full Dubai World Cup entries list (in ranked…

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Year of the Seahorse: FINA unveils Bahoor, 2014 World Champs mascot, in Doha

FINA’s 2014 Short Course World Championships will be represented by its new mascot, presented at the Doha World Cup stop yesterday.

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Katinka Hosszu Gets a Hat Trick: Breaks All 3 IM World Records in One Meet

Katinka Hosszu has two World Records on Thursday, and three total in the last two days.

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Russia’s Olga Klyuchnikova Suspended for 6 Months for “Violating Anti-Doping Rules”

Olga Klyuchnikova has been suspended from competition and formal team training until the end of November by the Russian Anti-Doping Association.

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Le Clos Takes Top Seed in 100 Fly, Hosszu Qualifies for 4 Finals on Day 2 at Doha World Cup

Chad le Clos continues to keep a light schedule in Doha, but in the 100 fly took the top seed over American Tom Shields.

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Katinka Hosszu Breaks 2nd World Record, Swims 57.25 in 100 IM in Doha

Katinka Hosszu has now broken two World Records in two days in Doha, Qatar.

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David Verraszto runs afoul of Hungarian federation with comments about importance of European Championships

Hungarian swimmer David Verraszto reached the top of the podium in Berlin last week at the European Championships, but the gold medal might not mean as much to him as you’d think.

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Katinka Hosszu Breaks World Record in Women’s 200 SCM IM

For the third time in her career, Katinka Hosszu has broken the World Record in the women’s 200 SCM IM.

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