International

Block, Snodgrass Win Gold on Day 1 of Canadian Nationals

Jason Block won men’s 200-meter breaststroke at the Canadian Swimming Championships on Thursday, posting a time that would have won the Canadian Team Trials this spring.

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2015 World Championships Day 5 Finals Photo Vault- theswimpictures.com

Ryan Lochte (USA) is World Champion in the men’s 200m IM with 1:55.81 at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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Mitch Larkin Sets NEW Australian Record En Route to 200 Back Top Seed

Australia’s Mitch Larkin took home the gold in the 100m backstroke earlier in the 2015 World Championships meet and immediately…

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Yufei Zhang Re-Breaks Junior World Record in 200 Fly

Yufei Zhang’s bronze medal in the women’s 200 fly also broke her junior world record which she sat in yesterday’s semi-final.

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Sarah Sjostrom Leads Off Relay With Fourth Fastest 200 Free Ever

Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden led off the Swedish 4x200m freestyle relay with the fourth fastest 200m freestyle ever recorded.

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Shallow Water Blackout: One Man’s Second Chance At Life

If you are not familiar with Shallow Water Blackout (SWB), it is essentially when a person “faints” while doing hypoxic swim training, free diving or playing breath holding games in the water.

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Historic 100m Freestyle Final Full Of Firsts, American Drought Continues

The men’s 100m freestyle final showcased a historic amount of first for the sport of swimming that show just how internationally versatile swimming is becoming.

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Anton Chupkov Sets New World Junior Record in 200 Breaststroke

Russia’s Anton Chupkov, who set the 100m breast World Junior record last year at 1:00.84 which still stands today, has broken…

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Ryan Lochte Takes Fourth Straight 200m IM World Championship Title

Upon touching first in the men’s 200m IM at the World Championships American Ryan Lochte became one of the only male swimmers to ever four-peat an event at worlds.

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USA Swaps 3 of 4 Legs for Finals of Women’s 4×200 Free Relay

Teammates Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky will be looking to lead USA to its first relay gold medal of the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships this evening in Kazan, Russia.

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Santo Condorelli almost medals in 100 Free at World Championships

Two of the newest names in Canadian swimming made their mark Thursday at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia….

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Daniel Wallace narrowly missed World Championship medal

Daniel Wallace was narrowly denied a maiden World Championship medal as he finished an agonising fourth in the 200m Individual Medley on day five of Kazan 2015.

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Luthersdottir, Shi To Swim-Off for 200 Breast Final

Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir and Jinglin Shi will compete in a swim-off to determine who will swim in tomorrow’s final of the women’s 200 breast at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships.

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Marcin Cieslak Betters Polish Record In 200m IM, Finishes Sixth

Marcin Cieslak of Poland broke his own national record in the men’s 200m IM Thursday night in order to finish sixth in the final with a time of 1:58.14.

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Mexican Swimmers Claim Universiade Entry Error Led to Falsified Times

New information has come to light about the suspicious World Championship entry times from the Mexican Federation.

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