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Canadian Junior Championships Set To Kick Off Wednesday From Calgary

Regan Rathwell enters the Canadian Junior Championships entered in nine events, including the open water 3k and top seeds in the 100 and 200 backstroke.

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2019 EYOF: Grgic, Shanahan & Sabitova Among Day 2 Winners

Franko Grgic of Croatia put up his 2nd fastest 1500m freestyle ever to crack a EYOF Record and carry home gold tonight in Baku.

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Africa: Michael Houlie Fails To Advance Out Of 50 Breast Heats

Despite coming into the World Championships with the fourth-fastest time of 2019, Michael Houlie failed to advance out of the men’s 50 breast heats.

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Australia Continues To Break Out From 2017’s Shadow

Australia remains the only Oceanic nation on the board, with the Dolphins currently ranked 3rd in the medal table with 7 pieces of hardware in all.

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Americans Have Half The Hardware Through Day 3 Than At 2017 World C’ships

The U.S. leads the medal table in Gwangju through day 3, but the nation holds half the number of medals earned through this same time back in 2017.

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Duncan Scott Follows Horton’s Lead: Refuses Photos, Handshake with Sun Yang

The gold medalist Sun appeared to confront Scott after the podium ceremony as Scott refused to take group pictures with the medal winners.

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Danas Rapsys Shockingly DQed After Initially Winning Men’s 200 Free

Danas Rapsys of Lithuania was shockingly disqualified for ‘movement on the blocks’ after initially touching first in the men’s 200 freestyle.

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Carraro Wins Italy’s First-Ever Women’s 100 Breast World C’ships Medal

Martina Carraro earned bronze tonight in the women’s 100m breast, giving her nation of Italy its first-ever medal in the event at a World Championships.

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Watch Day 3 Finals Race Videos From the 2019 FINA World Championship

Check out the videos for the finals of the men’s 200 freestyle, women’s 1500, men’s 100 backstroke, women’s 100 backstroke, and women’s 100 breaststroke.

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2019 World Championships: Pancake Hot Take – Day 3 Finals

In terms of times posted, Day 3 was the slowest day of racing as a whole that we’ve seen at these world champs yet. So, I have to give Day 3 finals…

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Australia’s Iffland Completes Comeback, Repeats As High Dive World Champ by .15

Australia’s Rhiannan Iffland needed a massive 98-point final dive to complete a furious comeback and win her second-straight high diving gold by just .15.

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NORTH AMERICA: Women’s 100 Breast, Back Strong Points Amid Rollercoaster Day 3

North American women took four of the top six spots in the 100 back final Tuesday, but not in the order you’d quite expect.

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FINA World Championships Day 3 Photo Vault

Here’s a collection of photos by Rafael Domeyko from Day 3 of the World Championships, including Sun Yang and Adam Peaty.

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2019 Worlds: Upcoming Relays Trending Up/Down After 3 Days of Individual Swims

Three days in, we’re finding out who’s swimming well and who isn’t. We take a look at which relays are trending up and down based on individual swims so far.

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Rikako Ikee Responds To Fly Medalists’ Special Message From Gwangju

Japanese ace Rikako Ikee responds via Instagram story to the women’s 100m fly medalists’ message of solidarity from last in Gwangju.

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