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2017 World Junior Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Regan Smith will do battle with Taylor Ruck tonight in the women’s 100 back final, as well as on the lead-off of the mixed 400 medley relay.

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17-Year Old Deflina Pignatiello Breaks S. American Record in 800 Free

6TH FINA WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, August 23 – Monday, August 28, 2017 50-Meter Course Indianapolis (USA) Heats 9:30…

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2017 World Junior Championships: America Takes Lead Of Medal Table

American leads the World Junior Championships medal table through day 2.

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Regan Smith Downs WJR, Missy Franklin’s 15-16 NAG Record in 100 Back

Smith posted a 59.11 in the 100 back final to break Ruck’s day-old WJR and break Franklin’s 15-16 NAG of 59.18 from 2011.

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“It’s a Pretty Good Feeling” – Nandor Nemeth on 400 Free Relay Gold

It was not the Americans, nor the Australians. Not the Brazilians, and not the French. In the men’s 4×100 free…

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Americans Withdraw From 10k Open Water At WUGs Due To Conditions

USA Swimming has released a statement stating that they have come to a joint decision to pull out the four American representatives in the Open Water event at the World University Games.

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2017 World Junior Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Junior world record holder Kristof Milak will swim the 100 fly on day 2 of World Juniors in Indianapolis, coming off his silver medal performance at the World Championships in July.

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2017 World University Games: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

The women’s 200 breast final has five women qualified within eight tenths of a second at the top, led by Japan’s Kanako Watanabe.

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2017 SEA Games Day 4: Schooling On Target For Perfect 6-for-6 Golds

Singapore swimmers Joseph Schooling and Quah Zheng Wen have each earned 5 gold medals thus far in Kuala Lumpur, while Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has collected 6 medals overall.

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SEA Games Champ Nuttapong Ketin’s Doping Suspension Reduced 2 Years

Thailand’s Nuttapong Ketin has had his doping suspension reduced from 4 years to 2, allowing him to swim in this week’s Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur.

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2017 WUGs: Japan Surpasses USA For Most Golds Through Day 4

After tonight’s events, Japan has now taken over the lead in the gold medal count, but the USA maintains the lead in terms of overall medals with 14 medals to Japan’s 12.

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2017 World University Games: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Kosuke Hagino will hit the water in the men’s 200 back prelims on day 5 in Taipei.

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Kolesnikov is Again the Only Absence from Heats, on Day 2 of World Juniors

Kliment Kolesnikov of Russian Federation, who did not swim in Wednesday’s heats where he was top seed in the 100-meter backstroke, has also bowed out of Thursday’s prelims session, where he was #3 in the 200 IM.

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2017 World Junior C’ships: Japan Makes Its Medal Mark On Night 1

Japan leads overall medals with 3, led by a 1-2 finish in the women’s 400m IM.

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Oleksiak, Ruck Lead Canadian Women To WJR In 4×200 Free Relay

The Canadian women smashed the junior world record in the 4×200 free relay.

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