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Arkady Vyatchanin Pulls Out Of US Nationals Due To Shoulder Injury

Two time Olympic bronze medallist Arkady Vyatchanin will be pulling out of US Nationals due to a nagging shoulder issue after swimming his first event of the meet during day two prelims.

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Germany’s Marco Koch Denies Gyurta’s Four-Peat in 200 Breaststroke

Marco Koch claimed Germany’s first gold of the 2015 FINA World Championships with his win in the 200m breaststroke race today.

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Katie Ledecky Honored to Come Out on Top in 200 Free (Video Interview)

Katie Ledecky showed incredible range and proved that she is able to hang with sprinters as she won the women’s 200…

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Missy Franklin Confident that U.S. Will Defend 800 Relay Title in Rio (Video Interview)

“We wanted to bring back another gold in that relay.” That’s what Missy Franklin said in this interview, after the American women…

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Natsumi Hoshi Preparing for a Stacked 200 Fly Field in Rio (Video Interview)

Out very fast in the women’s 200 butterfly at the Kazan World Championships were American Katie McLaughlin and German Franziska Hentke. As…

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Yuanhui Fu is “Celebrating Big Time” After Winning 50 Back at Worlds (Video Interview)

Yuanhui Fu, who is just 19 years old, pushed herself to a very quick time to win the 50 back…

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Adam Peaty Reminds Us He Is Only 20 Yrs Old In Post-Race Interview

Adam Peaty became the first male to win both the 100m and 50m breaststroke events at the same world championships.

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Fran Halsall Says “It’s been a great night for British Swimming” (Video Interview)

The British men and women swam a fantastic mixed 4×100 medley relay, winning gold as well as setting a new…

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2015 World Championships Snaps Two Significant U.S. Winning Streaks

Two significant winning streaks were brought to an abrupt conclusion today, as the Americans went gold-less in the men’s 200m backstroke and 800 free relay events.

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Laszlo Cseh “Couldn’t Feel His Arms” In 200m Butterfly Final

Laszlo Cseh of Hungary (foreground of photo) describes his end-of-race pain in his gold medal-winning 200m butterfly on day 4 of Worlds.

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2015 World Championships Day 6 Finals Photo Vault- theswimpictures.com

Nathan Adrian (USA) posted World’s #1 time this year with fastest qualifying time out of the semi-finals of men’s 50m freestyle, 21.37, at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

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Lochte Says He Will Cherish His 200 IM Four-Peat For Life

Lochte clinched a four-peat in the men’s 200m IM event with his gold medal in Kazan yesterday.

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Thormeyer Wins 100 Free Gold on Day 2 of Canadian Nationals

17-year-old Markus Thormeyer took the title in come-from-behind fashion with a time of 50.21 seconds, beating Pan Am Games teammate Stefan Milosevic, racing for UBC Dolphin Association.

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Success In Both 50 and 100 Free Much Rarer Than In The Past

Nathan Adrian struggles in the 100 free and success in the 50 free shows just how tough that double is

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Sjostrom Sets Championship Record in 50 Fly

Sarah Sjostrom, who already holds the world record in the 50 fly, broke the championship record with her swim in the semi-finals this evening in Kazan.

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