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British Swimming Confirms Funding for Tokyo and Paris Games

British Swimming has welcomed the confirmation from UK Sport of its funding allocation in the build up to Tokyo 2020 and through to Paris 2024.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Siobhan Haughey Is The Asian Female Swimmer Of The Year

Congratulations to Hong Kong’s 23-year-old Siobhan Haughey for earning the 2020 Swammy Award for Asian Female Swimmer of the year.

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Anastasiya Shkurdai Takes BLR SCM 200 Back Record From 2:08.4 To 2:04.8

Shkurdai took almost four seconds off the Belarusian 200 backstroke national record between prelims and finals, culminating in a 2:04.80.

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British Para-Swimming Championships Return to Sheffield

British Swimming is delighted to announce its flagship para-swimming event will take place at Ponds Forge in 2021.

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SSPC: Tom Dean Describes Surprisingly Fast VO2 Freestyle Set with James Guy

Tom Dean divulges what practice has been like lately with his training partner James Guy and gives us an example of the work they’ve been putting in the bank

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Jensen & Bro Check-In With 100 Free Lifetime Bests In Denmark

Denmark’s Julie Kepp Jensen and Signe Bro made some noise in the women’s 100 free at the Danish Short Course Championships.

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15-Yr-Old Benedetta Pilato Qualifies For 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

15-year-old Benedetta Pilato of Italy just made her nation’s Olympic team in the women’s 100 breaststroke with a new national record to boot.

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Gorbenko Hits FINA ‘A’ Cut With 54.38 In 100 Free At Israeli Olympic Qualifier

Anastasia Gorbenko swam under the FINA “A” cut and should be in line for an Olympic berth with a 54.38 in the 100 free at Israel’s Olympic qualifier.

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Minakov Goes Lifetime-Best 22.5 Fly On Day 4 of Russian SC Champs, Shaves WJR

18-year-old Andrei Minakov chopped almost a half-second off of his career-best 50 fly, coming within a tenth of the world junior record benchmark.

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Zodiac CNAB Beats An Brescia For Group B Lead At LEN Champions League

In a battle of 2-0 teams, Zodiac CNAB knocked off An Brescia to retain the Group B lead through the end of preliminary round 1.

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Kamminga Quietly Clocks 2:01.43 SCM 200 Breast As 6th Best Performer

Arno Kamminga gave himself a holiday gift of a new Dutch national record in the short course men’s 200 breaststroke in Amsterdam.

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Thomas Ceccon Scorches 52.84 100 Back Italian Record

19-year-old Thomas Ceccon crushed a big-time personal best in the 100 backstroke, producing a new Italian national record in the process.

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Ilya Shymanovich Lowers Own SCM Belarusian 200 Breast Record In 2:02.77

Shymanovich’s time of 2:02.77 lowers his own Belarusian Record of 2:02.86 set during November’s ISL final.

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19-Yr-Old Daniel Wiffen Clocks LCM 1500 Irish Record

Through just day 1 of the 4-day Irish Winter Meet, Daniel Wiffen fired off a new national record in the men’s 1500m freestyle.

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Shkurdai Doubles, Shymanovich Hits Fastest 50 BR Split Ever To Open BLR Champs

Ilya Shymanovich’s breaststroke split of 25.04 on the men’s 200 medley relay in Brest is the fastest in history.

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