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Medals Galore for Warrender on Day 4 of #SNAGS14

On the penultimate day of competition at the Scottish Gas National Age Group Championships at the Aquatics Centre in Aberdeen, Warrender Baths Club enjoyed a fantastic night of swimming securing a dozen more medals to add to their already impressive haul.

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FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2014 calendar: 3rd Leg is Done

3rd Leg, Setubal: Newcomer Jarrod Poort took out the men’s race in 1 hour 52 minutes, closely followed by regular performer Allan do Carmo, and 2012 Olympic silver medallist Thomas Lurz.

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Vrooman Takes Home Third Gold At Canada Cup

Lindsay Vrooman won her third medal of the competition taking the women’s 200 freestyle on the third evening of competition in Montreal…

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Syrian Olympian Azad Al-Barazi Swims For His War Ravaged Country

Azad Al-Barazi: “I still wanted to swim, and the only reason why is for the Syrian people, for the 140,000 plus people that died, 7,000 of them children. For the economic losses and for the 3 million homes destroyed…”

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Fratus Wins men’s 50 Free at Quick Invitational; Crimson Tide Sprint Group is Rising

The big show, and the race that brought the attention to the 2014 Richard Quick Invitational, was on Saturday night…

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Aussies Wrap Up Grand Prix As Part Of Their Final Push To Glasgow

The third competition in the Australians Grand Prix series of competition wrap up today in Brisbane. The competition format included many unusual over the two gathering…

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British Gas International closes with Proud, Quigley victories

Saturday morning saw the final session of the British Gas International Meet, which featured another solid win for Ben Proud and a runaway 200 back victory for Lauren Quigley.

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Le Clos, Schoeman, Prinsloo, van der Burgh Skipping Pan Pacs; Trip Will Be Fully Athlete Funded

According to a letter sent out by Swimming South Africa, Chad le Clos has not registered an interest to race Michael Phelps and crew at the 2014 Pan Pac Championships.

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Audrey Lacroix Posts Fast 200m Fly At Quebec Canada Cup

Day two of the Canada Cup in Montréal, Que. took place today, spotlighting some of Canada’s fastest athletes. The 200m…

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Russian Open Water Swimming 10K selects Team for European Champs

Russian open water swimmers competed in the Istra Resevoir on June 26th to contest their 10K national championships.  The top…

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Local Girl Masson adds to Another Night of Records #SNAGS1

After another electrifying evening, another set of records fell on day 3 of the Scottish Gas National Age Groups Championships being held at the new Aquatics Centre in Aberdeen.

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Belgium announces European Champs, Euro Junior Champs rosters

16 swimmers will head to Berlin for Euros, while 10 will make the trip to the Netherlands for the European Juniors.

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French Open team rosters announced, Hosszu, Cielo and Magnussen to compete

The French Open will bring together a whole field of tough international names, including Aussie star James Magnussen.

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Austria names 18 swimmers to European Junior Championships roster

Austria has announced its official roster for the European Junior Championships, with 18 swimmers heading a list that also includes 5 divers and 3 synchronized swimmers

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Proud takes another, Meilutyte breaks through at third British Gas International finals session

Friday morning brought the third finals session of the British Gas International Meet, with sprinter Ben Proud picking up another runaway win and Lithuanian breaststroker Ruta Meilutyte breaking through for her first win of the week in the 100 breast.

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