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Dutch Women Break World Record, Miss European Record in 200 Free Relay

Led by a blistering sub-23 anchor from Ranomi Kromowidjojo, the Dutch women broke the World Record, but not the European Record, in the 200 free relay.

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Manaudou to Stretch His Backstroke; Americans Swap All Four Relay Legs in Medley Finals

Florent Manaudou will see if he can stretch his 50 backstroke dominance into the 100 in finals of the men’s medley relay in Doha.

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Dutch Women Swap in Star Heemskerk to Women’s 400 Free Relay

The Dutch women already broke the World Record by 1.3 seconds in the women’s 200 free relay in prelims, going…

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Is this Owl Swimming Breaststroke or Butterfly?

Many thanks to Stephanie Entwistle for sending SwimSwam this video of a Great Horned Owl swimming!

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Japan’s Daiya Seto Breaks Meet Record In Prelims of 200 Fly at Short Course Worlds

Daiya Seto has been having a phenomenal week at Short Course Worlds, including a win in the 400 IM and…

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Dutch Women Shatter 4×50 Freestyle World Record In Prelims

Ranomi Kromowidjojo nearly broke 23 seconds with her second leg on the Dutch’s preliminary world record-setting swim in the 4×50 Freestyle Relay.

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Short Course World Championships Day Five Prelims Live Recap

Rikke Moeller Pedersen’s 200 Breaststroke, an event she holds the met record in SCM and the world record in LCM, will be one of the highlight races of the final day of competition at Short Course Worlds.

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Another Gold by Hosszu Leads Hungary to Top of Day 4 Medal Table at 2014 World Short Course Championships

With one more gold medal for Katinka Hosszu, Hungary has extended their lead in the “golds first” medal table at the…

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Ontario Junior International Day Two: Andrew Seliskar Takes Three Big Wins

2014 Ontario Junior International Toronto – Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre December 5-7 Psych Sheets Live Results Prelims – 9:30…

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Legendary Australian Swimmer Grant Hackett Registers For Swimming Comeback at 34-Years Old

According to Todd Balym of the Herald Sun, 34-year old Grant Hackett is planning a return to competitive swimming 8 months…

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Video Interview: Andrew Seliskar Breaks Down Ontario Junior International Day One

He later swam the 400m IM, where he blasted a 4:04 only to be disqualified for submerging on his back-to-breast transition.

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Pair of South American Sprint Records Go Down on Saturday at World Short Course Championships

Nicholas Santos’ silver medal in the 50 fly was one of two individual South American sprint records set on Saturday in Doha.

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2014 World Short Course Championships: Day Four finals live recap

Can Katinka Hosszu hadd to her 6 medals and 3 World Records on Saturday night? She swims the 200 IM.

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Team USA breaks World Record in 4×50 Mixed Free Relay to close SC Worlds Day 4

Josh Schneider, Matt Grevers, Madison Kennedy and Abbey Weitzeil went 1:28.57, with the 17-year-old Weitzeil bringing the team back from 3rd place to win gold and break the world record.

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Katinka Hosszu breaks 200 IM World Record for 4th gold of Doha SC Worlds

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu broke her 4th world record of the meet so far with a win in the 200 IM, taking down the record she set earlier this season on the World Cup Tour’s Dubai stop.

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