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Belmonte Misses 200 Fly Finals, Won’t Defend Title

Mireia Belmonte will be unable to defend her title in the 200 fly after finishing 19th in prelims at the 2016 Short Course World Championships.

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Penny Oleksiak Takes Down Canadian Record To Lead Heats

With chants of “Penny, Penny, Penny” coming from the Windsor school children in the crowd, Oleksiak didn’t disappoint, stretching to the wall with a huge last 25 in order to take down the previous Canadian record and put up the fastest time of the heats.

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Jordan Sloan Sets Irish Record in 200 Freestyle

Irish swimmer Jordan Sloan set a new national record in the preliminaries of the 200 free Wednesday in Windsor.

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Matias Koski Takes Down 24-Year-Old National Record In Heats

Matias Koski took down the Finnish national record in the men’s 200m freestyle this morning, touching in at 1:43.68 in order to win his heat and set him up for a spot in tonight’s final.

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Ali DeLoof Becomes 3rd-Fastest American Ever in 50 Back

American backstroker Ali DeLoof has been looking quite strong through the first three sessions of the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships

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Dylan Carter Takes Top Seed In 200 Free, Breaks National Record

Dylan Carter smashed the Trinidad national 200 free record by almost 2 seconds this morning to take the top seed at SC Worlds.

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Taylor Ruck Takes Down World Junior Record With 200 Free Bronze

Last night Taylor Ruck made a statement to pick up Canada’s first medal of these home championships with a third place finish in the 200m freestyle.

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800 Free #2 Seed Boglarka Kapas Scratches 800 Free Prelims in Windsor

2016 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS December 6th – December 11th, 2016 Windsor, Ontario, Canada WFCU Centre SCM (25m) Prelims: 9:30…

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2016 Short Course World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Tonight, we’ll crown the world champions in the men’s 400 free, 200 fly, 200 IM, and 400 free relay, as well as the women’s 200 free, 400 IM, and 400 free relay.

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Numerous National Records Fall On Day 1 Of SC Worlds

Andreas Vazaios cracked his own 200 IM national record on day 1 of SC Worlds.

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2016 Curso Corto Campeonato Mundial: Resultados Día 1°

Hoy empezó el campeonato mundial de la FINA y el primer día de la natación.

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2016 Short Course Worlds: Team USA Leads Day 1 Medal Table

Following the 1st day of competition, Team USA leads the medal tables with 5 total medals, including a gold from the women’s 400 free relay, 2 silvers from Ella Eastin and Tom Shields, and 2 bronzes from Madisyn Cox and the men’s 400 free relay.

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Canadian Women’s 400 Free Relay DQed After Swimming The Wrong Order

The Canadian women were forced to relinquish their silver medal after getting disqualified for swimming in the wrong order on the 4×100 free relay.

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Taylor Ruck Smashes Canadian Record In 200 Free

Taylor Ruck smashed the Canadian record in the 200 free, clocking 1:52.50 for the bronze medal at SC Worlds.

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2016 Short Course World Championships – Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

American Josh Prenot will take on a stacked men’s 200 IM field that includes teammate Michael Andrew, Chinese powerhouse Wang Shun and Japan’s Daiya Seto this morning in Windsor.

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