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16-Year-Old Alexia Sotomayor Lowers Her Own Peruvian 50 Fly Record to 28.04

16-year-old Alexia Sotomayor lowered her own Peruvian record in the women’s 50-meter butterfly on Thursday in Lima, Peru.

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Coetze Clocks Two Meet Records, Andrew Scores 50 Fly Win On Day 1 Of Acropolis Swim Open

American Olympian Michael Andrew topped the men’s 50m fly field to open the 2023 Acropolis Swim Open in Athens, Greece this evening.

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Gabon Found Non-Compliant By WADA, Will Be Required To Compete Under Neutral Flag

The non-compliance comes as a result of the Gabon NADO failing to implement the 2021 version of the WADA Code fully within its legal system.

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Paris 2024 Announces Olympic Test Event Schedule

The swimming competition will not have an official test event, but instead will have an operational test in June 2024 at the Paris La Défense Arena.

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Qin Haiyang Continues Breaststroke Tear With 2:07.55

After scorching a 57.93 100m breast, Qin Haiyang produced a winning effort of 2:07.55 in the 200m distance at Chinese Nationals.

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Michael Andrew Entered In Eight Events At Canet Mare Nostrum (Updated With Psych Sheets)

Andrew has taken on his customary busy event schedule, with eight entries on the books for the two-day competition.

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Pan Zhanle Was Primarily A Distance Swimmer Before Recent Breakout

At the age of 14, Pan swam a time in the 1500 freestyle (15:33.48) that would rank #2 all-time in the boys’ 13-14 age group in the United States.

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David Popovici Donates World Championship Gold Medal To Cancer Campaign

Popovici melted his gold medal from the men’s 200 freestyle at the 2022 World Championships to help provide free genetic testing for children with cancer.

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Zhang Yufei Posts 56.48 100 Fly On Day Four Of 2023 Chinese Nationals

Olympic multi-medalist Zhang Yufei posted a time of 56.48, a new season-best, to rank #2 in the world in the women’s 100m butterfly event.

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14-Year-Old Gao Weizhong Clocks 16:01 In Women’s 1500 Free At Chinese Trials

Gao’s time is more than 10 seconds under the existing 13-14 NAG record in the U.S., and is just a half-second shy of the fastest ever for a 14-year-old.

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Chinese Men Get Back Into 4×200 Freestyle Relay Groove

Wang Shun was one of the members of the Chinese men’s 4x200m free relay which hit a 7:07 last night during the National Championships.

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Bahrain To Host 2023 IPC General Assembly

The event will take place September 27-29, 2023 in Manama, with more than 300 attendees from the IPC’s 209 members expected to attend.

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Li Bingjie Ties Asian Record In 400 Free, Fei Liwei Scores 14:46.59 1500 Free

21-year-old Li Bingjie tied her own lifetime best, Chinese record and Asian record of 4:01.08 in the women’s 400m free on night three of Chinese Nationals.

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Qin Haiyang Rips 57.93 To Become Third Man Ever Under 58 Seconds In 100 Breast (Video)

History was made tonight in China as Qin Haiyang became just the third man ever to delve into 57-second territory in the men’s 100m breaststroke.

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