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#3 in the World, Apostolos Christou Breaks Greek Record with 52.77 100 BK

Christou has been busy at these Championships thus far, having down the Greek Records in the men’s 100 free and the men’s 50 backstroke already.

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Persson Claims Top Seed With 200 Breast Swedish Record; Mattsson Improves

The men’s 200m breaststroke saw Sweden’s Erik Persson step up to the plate to take the top time in a new national record for tomorrow’s final.

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Alessandro Miressi Breaks Italian Record in Men’s 100 FR for a 3rd Time – 47.45

Incredibly, Italian star Alessandro Miressi broke the Italian Record in the men’s LCM 100 freestyle for the 3rd time at these European Championships tonight.

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Europeo día 3: Kolesnikov y Milak arrasan con récord de los Campeonatos

La tercera jornada del Europeo nos deja los récord del Campeonato de Kolesnikov y Milak, y el oro de la sueca Sophie Hansson en 100 braza.

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Kolesnikov Clocks 47.37 European Championships Record For 100 Free Gold

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov is on fire not only in backstroke but also in freestyle, taking the 100m gold in a new meet record.

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Germany Names 30 Aquatic Athletes To Roster For Postponed Olympics

Former world champion Marco Koch is among the 30 aquatic athletes initially named to Germany’s roster for this summer’s Games in Tokyo.

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CAS Sets Sun Yang Retrial Over Doping Incident for Next Week

The retrial has been set for May 25-27, and will be a private hearing, conducted through video, rather than in-person.

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Mityukov, Zhilkin Among Day 3 Scratches At 2021 Euros Finals

No swimmers with a top 8 seed scratched any events for finals at the European Champs, but the 2-per-nation rules have cleared out several top qualifiers.

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Glinta, Mityukov Among National Record Breakers In Men’s 100 Back Prelims

Robert Glinta reset his Romanian Record in a time of 53.32, marking his first best time in the 100 backstroke in three years.

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2021 European Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Follow along as world record holders Hosszu, Pellegrini, and Chupkov get things going on day 3 of European Championships.

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Olympian James Guy Re-Signs With FINIS

FINIS Inc. is proud to announce the re-signing of 2017 World Champion and 2016 Olympic Medalist James Guy. 

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Deichmann Completes Third Leg of 40,000km Triathlon: Cycling Through Siberia

Deichmann arrived in Vladivostok, Russia on Tuesday. After nine weeks of cycling through Siberia, he has completed 3/5 legs of his 40,000km triathlon.

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Rylov & Kolesnikov 100 Backstroke Battle Highlights Day 3 of European Champs

The men’s 100 backstroke battle between Evgeny Rylov and Kliment Kolesnikov highlights day three of the 2021 European Championships.

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Sophie Hansson Has Been Training Well But Shocked with 1:05 100 Breast in Semis

Sophie Hansson shattered the Swedish Record to win the second semi-final in 1:05.69, lowering her previous record of 1:06.17 set at the Swim Open Stockholm

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Tokyo 2020 Round-Up: 100 Days To Go Until Paralympic Games

With 100 days to go until the Paralympics begin, the logistics of the Games, including vaccination procedures, are still being worked through.

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