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Through Day 4, Russia Tops Euros Medal Table

Anton Chupkov stole the show tonight with his stellar 2:06.80 200m breaststroke, giving Russia another gold through 4 days of the European Championships.

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2018 Euros Pick’em Day 4 Update: Leaders Emerge

2018 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS August 3-9, 2018 (swimming portion) Glasgow, Scotland Tollcross International Swimming Centre Meet Central Program Psych…

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Great Britain Decimiates European Record In Mixed Medley Relay

Great Britain broke their own European Record decisively to win the mixed 400 medley relay at the European Championships.

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2018 Pan Pacs Preview: Tricky Lineup Decisions For Day 1’s Mixed Medley

Coming before the individual events of all legs but the 100 breast, the mixed medley relay will set each federation up for some tricky ‘blind’ lineup decisions as the U.S. chases its own world record and Australia closes in on the Americans.

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Typhoon Shanshan Looms over Japan as Pan Pacs Approach

Typhoon Shanshan is bearing down on Tokyo as Pan Pacs are set to begin.

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2018 Pan Pacs Previews: Role Reversal For Ledecky In Women’s 200/400

Once the exciting young upstart looking to upset the world’s elite, Katie Ledecky is now the veteran presence looking to quell an uprising of young international talent in the women’s 200 free.

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France’s Charlotte Bonnet Breaks Euro Championship Record in 200 Free

Charlotte Bonnet moved to 11th in the all-time rankings on Monday in the 200 free.

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Chupkov Wins 200 Breast Gold In 2nd Fastest Performance Of All Time

Another day and another European Record goes down at the 2018 European Championships. Breaststroking ace Anton Chupkov of Russia roared his way to the wall first in the men’s 200m distance tonight in Glasgow, registering a winning time of 2:06.80.

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Kolesnikov Fires Off 52.53 100 Back WJR For Glasgow Gold (Video)

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov produced a new World Junior Record mark en route to topping the 100m back podium in Glasgow tonight.

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Nyls Korstanje Clocks New Dutch 50 Fly National Record

NC State commit Nyls Korstanje has broken his first individual LCM Dutch senior national record with an impressive showing in the men’s 50m fly at the 2018 European Championships.

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2018 Pan Pacs Previews: US/Brazil Battle Highlights Men’s Relays

The Americans should battle Brazil for the men’s 4×100 free relay gold… but we don’t know who will be on the American team. Even the status of 2017 World champ Caeleb Dressel (pictured) is in the wind.

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Ross Murdoch Shares Thoughts on Peaty WR, Selection-Esque Prelims (Video)

Kirill Prigoda was incredibly quick through 150 metres of the first semi-final, but Ross Murdoch made a huge push on the final 50 to edge him at the wall, 2:08.57 to 2:08.63

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2018 European Championships: Day 4 prelims live recap

2018 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS August 3-9, 2018 (swimming portion) Glasgow, Scotland Tollcross International Swimming Centre Meet Central Program Psych…

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2018 Pan Pacs: Biggest ‘Bump’ Opportunities for U.S. 2019 Worlds Team

With USA Swimming selecting its 2019 World Championships roster based on combined results of 2018 Nationals and 2018 Pan Pacs, this week’s Pan Pacific Championships’ meet-within-a-meet will be the competition between U.S. swimmers for top-2 billing in each event.

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Russia Swaps in Kolesnikov, Efimova, Morozov for Mixed Medley Final

To win, Vlad Morozov (above) will have to chase down 6 relays that, with female anchors, will likely be ahead of Russia when he leaves the block.

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