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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Katie Ledecky will race for gold and try to upend her own world record in the 400 free tonight.

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Sarah Sjostrom Smashes 100 FR World Record In 51.71 On Relay Lead-Off

Sarah Sjostrom became the first woman under 52 seconds in the 100 free leading off the Swedish 400 free relay in 51.71.

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Dressel Scorches 47.2 100 Free for New American Record

The former American Record of 47.33 done by Dave Walters in 2009 finally went down, as Dressel flipped in a scorching 22.2 en route to a record-breaking 47.26 on the 400 free relay leadoff.

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FINA President Appoints Hungarian to Executive Post

Tamas Gyarfas, whose federation is hosting this summer’s World Championships, has been appointed to the FINA Executive.

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Cate Campbell-Less Aussie Women Battle To Silver In 4×100 Fr Relay

Sans sister C1, Bronte Campbell fired off a monster 52.14 split on her nation’s 4×100 freestyle relay to help secure silver in Budapest.

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Minnesota Record-holder Jack Dahlgren Verbally Commits to Mizzou

Jack Dahlgren from Victoria, Minnesota has verbally committed to the University of Missouri, where he will join his sister, rising junior Kylie Dahlgren.

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Comerford Downs 100 Free American Record as USA Downs 400 FR Relay American Record

After Comerford’s record-breaking 52.59 leadoff, the Americans went on to win the 400 free relay and take down the American Record in 3:31.72.

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Katinka Hosszu’s Iron Lady Brand Has Own Store at World Champs

Hungarian superstar Katinka Hosszu‘s ‘Iron Lady’ brand has opened its own store at the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships. Separate from…

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Brazilian ‘Old Guys’ Finally Get Their Relay Medal

2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Day 1, South American Recap Sunday, July 23rd – Sunday, July 30th Budapest, Hungary…

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2017 FINA Worlds: USA Takes Early Lead in Medal Table

The USA broke ahead in the medal table on night 1 of pool swimming competition at the 2017 FINA World Championships.

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FINA World Swimming Championships Day 1 Photo Vault

So much action on deck and in the water in at the FINA World Swimming Championships.  SwimSwam’s photographer Mike Lewis is…

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NA Recap: 5 American, Yet No World Records For U.S. On Day 1

Caeleb Dressel broke two American Records on day 1 in Budapest.

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Hungary Erupts for Relay Bronze, Blazes New Trail for the Coming Years

Katinka Hosszu’s swims weren’t the most impressive from Team Hungary today in Budapest.

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Chad le Clos Scratching 200 Free On Day 2 Of Worlds, Sources Say

Several sources tell SwimSwam that Rio Olympic silver medalist Chad le Clos will be scratching out of tomorrow’s 200 freestyle. He’s currently seeded 5th.

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2017 Worlds Day 1 Africa Roundup: Van der Burgh Scratches 100 Breast

Arguably the biggest storyline from the continent of Africa on day 1 was one that didn’t happen: Olympic champ Cameron van der Burgh elected to scratch the 100 breaststroke prior to heats, taking out what was very likely the continent’s biggest medal threat of the first two days.

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