International

Caeleb Dressel Breaks Phelps’ Elusive 100 Butterfly World Record in 49.50

American sprint star Caeleb Dressel broke his first individual long course World Record in the 100 butterfly, with a time of 49.50.

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Anton Chupkov Smashes 200 Breast World Record In 2:06.12

Anton Chupkov stormed home to overtake Australian Matthew Wilson and win the men’s 200 breast World title in a world record of 2:06.12.

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Taylor Ruck Scratches 50 Free On Day 7 Prelims of Worlds

Canada’s Taylor Ruck has scratched out of heats of the 50 free on day 7 prelims at the 2019 World Championships, per heat sheets.

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Buck, Fotherby & Rathwell Claim Second Wins On Day 2 Of Canadian Juniors

Regan Rathwell, Carter Buck and Justin Fotherby all picked up their second win of the competition on day 2 of Canadian Juniors in Calgary.

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ASIA: Xu’s 200 Back Scratch May Have Caused China to Miss out on a Medal

China made the decision to scratch Xu Jiayu from the 200 back semis in order to focus on the 800 free relay, but that decision may have cost them a medal.

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Jury Appeal Documents Show Unanimous Vote, Rationale For Upholding Rapsys DQ

The minutes from FINA’s appeal jury show a unanimous vote upholding the disqualification of would-be world champ Danas Rapsys.

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Australian Men Break 2009 Commonwealth Record In 800 Free Relay

Mack Horton threw down the fastest split in the field on the anchor leg to lead Australia to gold and a new Commonwealth Record in the 800 free relay.

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Duncan Scott Becomes First British Man Ever Under 1:45 in 2Free

Duncan Scott took bronze here in the 200m free individually, but just became the first Briton ever under 1:45 with his 4×2 relay lead-off stunner.

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Missy Franklin on Smith WR: ‘One of the Most Amazing Swims I’ve Ever Seen’

Franklin took to social media to congratulate Smith on breaking her seven-year-old record –– her last remaining in the books.

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Men’s 4×200 Free Relay Finals: Detti in For Italy, Pieroni/Haas Join USA

As the Italian and American line-ups feature an all-star line-up, Great Britain could have strong challengers to take down their 2 consecutive world titles.

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Marie Wattel Lowers French National Record In Women’s 50 Fly

Marie Wattel broke the French National Record in the semi-finals of the women’s 50 fly, putting up a time of 25.56 to lower the previous mark of 25.63.

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Andrei Minakov Becomes First Russian Sub-51 In 100 Fly

17-year-old Andrei Minakov became the first Russian man to break 51 seconds in the 100 fly, clocking 50.94 in the semi-finals at the World Championships.

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2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships: Day 6 Finals Preview

Both Caeleb Dressel and Sarah Sjostrom will have two swims this evening as they aim towards multiple world titles.

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2019 World Championships: Swiss 4×200 Chops 5.9 Seconds off National Record

Antonio Djakovic and the Swiss 4×200 lowered the national record by 5.9 seconds and punched their ticket to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on Friday.

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2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

Day 6 prelims include the men’s 100 fly, women’s 200 back, men’s 50 free, women’s 50 fly, women’s 800 freestyle, and men’s 4 x 200 free relay.

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