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Championship Records Crushed; Dressel Has Big Anchor on Day 1 in Dubai

American Ella Eastin enters the first finals session as the top seed in the girls’ 400 IM. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Pair of Championship Records Go Down in First Session of 2013 World Juniors

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte was nowhere near her World Record in the 50 breaststroke, but she did take the top seed. (File Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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All of the Links You Need to Follow the 2013 FINA World Junior Championships

Cierra Runge is one of some-900 participants at this year’s World Junior Championships. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Update: D’Arrigo Will Swim for Florida During 2013-2014 Season

Florida now has a ‘star’ for their 2013 recruiting class. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Top-Flight Recruit Andrea D’Arrigo Receives Release From Virginia; Will Train with Gregg Troy

Former Virginia commit Andrea D’Arrigo has received a release from Virginia, he wrote in a post on his personal website in July. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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FINA Junior World Championships Psych Sheets Released (Preliminary Version)

World Record holder Ruta Meilutyte has 7 entries in Dubai at the Junior World Championships, including the two events in which she’s the World Record holder. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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Rollason Having a Very Good First Year in Denmark

The 2013 FINA World Championships was the first time that the Danish national team operated under a new coaching structure and leadership… (Photo Credit Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Russia Sends Most of Dominant Euro Juniors Roster to World Juniors

The Russians dominated the European Junior Championships, and largely the same roster heads to Dubai to take on the world. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Danish Swimmer Dies of Drowning at Open Water Race

A Danish woman has drowned during an open water race in Denmark. (stock photo: Mike Lewis/OlaVistaPhotography.com)

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Seven-Time World Champion Lisogor Involved in Kidnapping Accusations in Liberia

Former World Record holder Oleg Lisogor’s name has been swirling in African and Ukrainian media in connection to an alleged kidnapping. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Three More Elite Russian Swimmers Provisionally Suspended; Double Digit Positives in Last Year

At least 10 Russian swimmers have received sanctions in the last year for positive doping tests, ranging from “warning” to a 6 year suspension. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Late August is Swimming’s Wedding Season: Trio of Swimming Superstar Weddings in Two Weeks

Anastasia Zueva (white dress) and Sergey Fesikov (black suit) was one of three mega-star swimming weddings from the past weekend, plus one American star got engaged. (Photo Posted to Fesikov’s Facebook, labeled courtesy: Georgian’s Swimmers Club)

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Seven More World Records on final night of IPC World Championships

Seven more world records were set on the final night of the IPC Swimming World Championships making it a total of 45 new world marks being recorded through out the seven day competition…. (Photo Credit: Janna Schulze)

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Sviderska and Vynohradets Both Collect Their Fifth IPC World Titles

Ukrainians Olga Sviderska and Dmytro Vynohradets both collected their fifth gold medals of the competition powering the Ukraine to an…

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An Amazing Eight World Records Broken in Montreal

Another swim, another championships and another world record those words are often heard when American Jessica Long is in attendance at an international competition so why should today be any different…

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