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University of Toronto’s Aleksa Gold Breaks Estonian Record in 200 IM

Aleksa Gold, who trains in Canada at the University of Toronto, raced in Latvia over the weekend, where she broke an Estonian Record in the 200 IM.

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2021 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Carson Foster or Luca Urlando? It was an agonizing choice for #1 recruit. But after one year… it’s Destin Lasco leading individual scoring.

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Rylov, Chikunova Lead Group of Seven New Russian Olympic Qualifiers On Day 3

2016 Olympic medalists Evgeny Rylov and Yuliya Efimova, along with newcomers Evgeniia Chikunova and Kliment Kolesnikov, qualified for the Games on Monday.

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USA Swimming Foundation Awards $507K In Grant Funding for Swim Lesson Providers

These grants will support programs offering free or reduced-cost lessons, providing an estimated 13,800 children with the opportunity to learn how to swim.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Rikako Ikee Makes Waves In Tokyo

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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Lakeisha Patterson Opens Australia Multi-Class Championships With 400 Free Win

Belgravia’s Patterson posted a time of 4:39.55 (840 points) – only a second off her gold medal world champs time in 2019.

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Chikunova, Sorokina & Klepikova Lower Russian Junior Records On Day 3 In Kazan

Anastasia Sorokina (center) broke the Russian Junior Record in the women’s 200 IM semi-finals in a time of 2:12.90.

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D-1 University of Evansville Will Reduce Swimming Scholarships to Save Programs

University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana, has announced an “institutional realignment” plan that includes cuts to athletics programs.

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Alina Zmushka Lowers Own Belarusian 100 Breast Record In Kazan

Competing at the Russian Olympic Trials, Zmushka clocked 1:07.37 in the women’s 100 breast prelims to extinguish her previous national record of 1:07.51

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Camden Murphy Almost Quit Swimming Before his Senior Year at Georgia

Ultimately, Murphy did come back to complete his 4th year on the team and ultimately go personal bests in both the 100 and 200 fly.

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Several Olympic Qualifying Events Canceled Due to Reported COVID-19 Concerns

The BBC obtained a FINA letter criticizing organizers of a diving World Cup competition for not having a sufficient plan to prevent COVID-19 transmission.

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Costanza Cocconcelli “Ho Lavorato Molto Per Arrivare Fino A Qui”

Costanza Cocconcelli è una delle giovani atlete che meglio ha espresso il suo potenziale durante gli ultimi Campionati Assoluti

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Matsumoto Rocks 1:44.65 Japanese Record In 200 Freestyle

World Championships silver medalist Katsuo Matsumoto just joined an exclusive club, hitting a sub-1:45 time in the men’s 200m freestyle tonight in Tokyo.

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See 2610 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

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Pernille Blume In Denmark, Out of the Pool, Recovering from COVID-19

Olympic gold medalist Pernille Blume returned to Denmark 2 weeks ago without explanation, but now reveals that she has been recovering from COVID-19.

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