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2015 FINA Junior Worlds: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Viktoria Zeynep Gunes of Turkey, who won gold in the women’s 50m breaststroke, posted the top time by a large margin in the heats of the 100m breaststroke on Thursday morning in Singapore.

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Michael Andrew Cracks Junior Worlds Meet Record with 25.1 50 Back

Andrew’s heavy schedule lead to some serious fatigue throughout the session in day 2 finals, but it did lead to something good on day 3 prelims: A new meet record in the 50 back.

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2015 Junior World Championships: Day 3 Prelims Preview

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers is the top seed in the boys 50 free on day 3.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Castiglioni hits her stride in Italy

It’s not often a swimmer gets an immediate shot at redemption. But Italy’s Arianna Castiglioni did just that at the Italian Age Championships.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Atherton ties junior world record on day 2

Australia’s Minna Atherton beat junior world record-holder Claire Adams head-to-head and tied her record while taking gold in the girls 100 back at day 2 finals.

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FINA Says No Further Action Required in Sun Yang Altercation

Sun Yang absolved of any wrongdoing by FINA in relation to warm-up pool altercation at World Championships.

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Minna Atherton Breaks Emily Seebohm’s National Age Record

Australian Minna Atherton has broken a historic National Age Record.

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Russia Registers New World Junior Record In Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay

Anton Chupkov’s sub-minute breaststroke split helped steer his Russian mixed 400 medley relay team to the top of the podium.

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USA women undefeated in major 800 frees this summer after Schmidt’s Jr Worlds win

Sierra Schmidt has reason to dance: she and her American teammates have won every major 800 free title this summer.

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Australia’s Minna Atherton Ties Junior World Record With 100 Back Win

Australian age group standout Minna Atherton tied American Claire Adams’ junior world record time of 59.58 Wednesday night in order to claim gold and also break the championship record in the event.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 1 Highlights Video

FINA has put together a video package with highlights from the first day of action at the 2015 Junior World Championships.

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Learn the Supine Row Hold for Your Swim Strength Program

The Supine Row Hold is an isometric exercise that is a great follow-up to the Band Bent-Over Neck Pull.

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Daniil Pakhomov Leads 100 Fly Semifinals With Championship Record

Daniil Pakhomov of Russia broke the championship record in the men’s 100m fly semifinals Wednesday night in order to take the top seed heading into finals over some of the best competitors worldwide.

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Robert Glinta Re-Breaks Own Championship Record In 100 Back For Gold

Rising Romanian backstroke star Robert Glinta managed to stay on top of his game in order to claim gold and set a new championship record in the men’s 100m backstroke final Wednesday night.

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Two New Canadian Deaf Records set at 2015 World Deaf Swimming Championships

Team Canada set 2 new Canadian deaf swimming records in the final day of the 2015 World Deaf Swimming Championships in San Antonio, Texas.

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