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Italy Enters Final Day Of 2023 European Junior Championships Atop Medal Table

Alessandro Ragaini of Italy helped his nation take gold in the boys’ 4x200m freestyle relay on the penultimate night of competition at 2023 Euro Jrs.

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Ramon Klenz Beats Chad Le Clos In 200 Fly At German National Championships

Check out the action on day three of the 2023 German National Championships, featuring 200m butterfly champion Ramon Klenz.

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Petar Mitsin Posts Huge Drop with 7:47.45 800 Free, Breaks Euro Juniors Meet Record

Petar Mitsin’s new lifetime best would be a U.S. boys’ 17-18 national age group (NAG) record ahead of Larsen Jensen’s 7:48.09 from 2003.

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2023 World Champs Previews: The Women’s 200 IM Shaping Up To Become A Must-Watch Battle

With four different women only separated by 0.3 seconds at the top, this year’s 200 IM World Championship race is going to be one for the books.

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Tajus Juska Becomes One of the Fastest 14-Year-Old 100 Freestylers Ever with 50.52

Only Romanian world record holder David Popovici (49.82) and England’s Jacob Whittle (49.97) appear to have been faster than Tajus Juska at 14 years old.

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2023 European Junior Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Turkey’s freestyle ace Merve Tuncel will try to capture her third consecutive 800m freestyle European Junior Championships title on day five in Belgrade.

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Israel Names 14 Pool Swimmers, 5 Open Water Swimmers to 2023 Worlds Roster

Israel’s top swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko was 5th at Worlds last year in the 200 IM, but faces an uphill battle against a loaded field.

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17-Year-Old Lana Pudar Crushes Euro Juniors Meet Record in 200 Fly with 2:06.26

17-year-old Bosnian Lana Pudar is now faster than the U.S. girls’ 17-18 national age group (NAG) record of 2:06.39 clocked by Regan Smith in 2020.

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Aussie Olympic Medalist Emily Seebohm Announces Pregnancy

Multi-Olympic medalist Emily Seebohm of Australia has announced she is pregnant with her first child, due this September.

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Euro Juniors Day 5 Prelims: GBR’s Matthew Ward Holds Steady In 100 Back

The trio of medalists from the boys’ 50m backstroke are hunting gold once again in the 100m back here in Belgrade, led by GBR’s Matthew Ward.

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Aussie Olympic Medalist James Magnussen Takes On ‘Dancing With The Stars’

Retired Australian Olympic medalist James Magnussen is competing on his nation’s edition of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ television program.

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Lorne Wigginton, UCSC 15-17s Break Canadian Age Group Relay Record

Lorne Wigginton, Aidan Norman, Nic Duncan, and Paul Dardis combined to break the Canadian National Age Record in the 200 medley relay by more than a second.

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Sprinting Into 200 Yards Events

Dean Farris has one of the fastest SCY 100 and 200 freestyles ever, but is being fast in the LCM 100 necessary to be fast in the LCM 200? See the data here.

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New Zealand Bypasses Traditional Pre-World Championships Staging Camp

Commonwealth Games champion Lewis Clareburt was named to the New Zealand roster for Fukuoka, but will not be attending any staging camp.

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Italy Moves To Top Of 2023 European Junior Championships Medal Table After Day Four

Day four of the 2023 European Junior Championships saw the nation of Italy overtake Hungary in the overall swimming medal table.

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