Mare Nostrum

Mare Nostrum Stop #2 Preview: Brits arrive to load up Canet entry lists

Though this stop of the circuit will not include female money-earning leader Katinka Hosszu, there are still loaded fields in each event as some of the top British, Canadian and Polish athletes will make their Mare Nostrum debuts in Canet.

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Hosszu Breaks Hungarian Record; Adrian Swims Season Best in 50 Free on Day 2 at Monaco

Katinka Hosszu has stamped her name on an 18th individual Hungarian Record to finish the 2014 Mare Nostrum’s first stop in Monaco.

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Deibler Goes 52.86 for Top Seed in Men’s 100 Fly Prelims on Monaco Day 2

After 5 Meet Records were broken on day 1 of the 2014 Mare Nostrum series, it looks like a couple…

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Adrian Wins 100 Free, 5 Meet Records Go Down on Day 1 of 2014 Mare Nostrum-Monaco

Nathan Adrian picked up a win in the 100 free and pushed through as the top seed in the 50 free on day of the 2014 Mare Nostrum-Monaco meet.

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Grechin Ahead of Adrian For Top Seed in Men’s 100 Free at Monaco

Katinka Hosszu swam well in a relatively limited schedule on Saturday morning, including a top seed in the women’s 200 free.

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SwimSwam Preview: Mare Nostrum series begins in Monaco this weekend, 50,000€ up for grabs

Japanese backstroker Ryosuke Irie is one of a number of international swimming stars set to compete this weekend on the first stop of the whirlwind weeklong Mare Nostrum tour .

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Start Lists for 2014 Monaco Mare Nostrum Stop

Double butterfly World Champion Chad le Clos will be racing at the 2014 Monaco stop of the Mare Nostrum series.

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 5 Finals REAL-TIME RECAPS

James Magnussen returns to the top of the 100 free mountain winning the 2013 FINA World Championship! (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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2013 Worlds Preview: A Humbled Magnussen and Resurgent Russia

All signs abroad are that James “the Missile” Magnussen has his sights set on a 100 freestyle gold in Barcelona. (Photo: Swimming Australia)

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Ottesen Gray records a world’s best; Pedersen sets Danish record

On the final session of the Mare Nostrum Tour in Canet Jeanette Ottesen Gray swam a blazing 25.56 to win…

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Stravius Goes 53.1 in 100 Back; Pedersen 2:21 in 200 Breast on Day 1 of Canet Mare Nostrum

Felipe Lima posted this shot of the Canet pool from day 1 of the 2013 Mare Nostrum series.

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Meilutyte one one-hundredth of a second away from Euro Record

After having a spectacular day of racing yesterday, where she broke the European record in the 50 breaststroke winning the…

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Ruta Meilutyte Gets 2nd European Record in a Week at Barcelona Stop

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte now owns both sprint records on the Continent.

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Muffat and Meilutyte post world’s bests in Monaco

On the second night of the Mare Nostrum competition in Monaco Olympic champion Camille Muffat dominated the field in the 400 freestyle…

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European Mare Nostrum Series to Start Saturday

With the World Trials approaching, the name “Mare Nostrum” is also in the air.  But what is this “Mare Nostrum”…

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