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Race Videos: Day 2 Preliminary Heats From The Commonwealth Games

Day 2 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games features the men’s 200 freestyle, women’s 50 freestyle, men’s 100 breaststroke, women’s 100…

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FINA Cancels Junior Open Water World Championships Set for Eilat, Israel

FINA is looking at Hungary as a possible replacement host for the 2014 World Open Water Junior Championships.

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14 Swim Jobs You Might Love

Do you have a job? Do you like your job? If not, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our big swimming family!

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WATCH: All of the Day 1 Finals from 2014 Commonwealth Games

As SwimSwam’s Mitch Bowmile outlined late on Thursday night on the first day of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the swimming was…

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Records Continue To Fall On Day Two Prelims Of Commonwealth Games

As eventful as yesterdays prelim session was at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, the prelims this morning might…

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WATCH: Every day 1 Semi-final from the Commonwealth Games

Check out race videos of all semifinals from the first night of the Commonwealth Games, including Alia Atkinson’s Games Record in the 50 breaststroke.

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RACE VIDEOS: Day 1 preliminary heats from the Commonwealth Games

Can’t get enough of the Commonwealth Games? SwimSwam has you covered with this collection of race videos from day 1 prelims in Glasgow.

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Watch the Australian Women Break the 4×100 Free Relay World Record

WR SPLITS: BRONTE CAMPBELL (53.15), MELANIE SCHLANGER (52.76), EMMA MCKEON (52.91), CATE CAMPBELL (52.16) – 3:30.98

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Commonwealth Games Day One Finals – Live Results

Hannah Miley started off the first night of swimming in Glasgow taking Scotland’s first gold winning the 400 IM in a time of 4:31.76…

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Australia Leads Commonwealth Games Swimming Medal Count After Day 1

After day 1 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, the Australian team is leading the pack with 8…

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Cunha nips Jennings in Open Water photo finish to claim World Cup lead

Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha won a nailbiter at the Lac St. Jean, Canada stop of FINA’s Open Water 10K World Cup to take over the lead in the points standings. Meanwhile Germany’s Andreas Waschburger picked up the men’s win on what’s been a German-dominated tour so far.

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Ryan Cochrane claims gold with fastest time in the world

Cochrane captured Canada’s first gold medal of the 2014 Commonwealth Games Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland, defending his 400m free gold medal with a Canadian record 3:43.46, the fastest time in the world this year.

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Golds, Records, And Glory – A Historic Day At The Commonwealth Games

After that it was all Murdoch as he took absolute control of the race turning first at the 150m wall. Jamieson was just a fraction of a second behind him at the turn, but Murdoch managed to pull away from the previous Scottish record holder and touch the wall in 2:07.30 just off of the world record held by Japanese swimmer Akihiro Yamaguchi.

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Montreal will host FINA World Masters Championships July 27 to August 10

A total 7’794 competitors, representing 101 countries, will gather to Montreal. More than 6’000 swimmers will hit the pool at the Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex, on Ste-Helene Island while another 1’370 will take to the open water in the rowing basin located on Notre-Dame Island.

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Australian Women Crush World Record in 400 Free Relay

The Campbell sisters bookended a new World Record at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

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