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19-Year-Old Anton Chupkov Lowers Russian 200 Breast Record In Rio Heat

Russian breaststroker Anton Chupkov took six more tenths of a second off his own Russian national 200 breast record, going 2:07.93 in heats of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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2012 Gold Medallist Daniel Gyurta Fails To Advance In 200 BR Heats

Defending gold medallist Daniel Gyurta failed to advance out of the men’s 200 breaststroke prelims this morning, finishing 17th.

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Joseph Schooling Sets 100 Free Singaporean Record in Rio Prelims

Schooling hit the wall in 48.27 to lower his previous record of 48.58, which he set at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.

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2016 Speedo Juniors: Day 2 Prelims Recap

Lucie Nordmann is top seed for tonight’s 200 backstroke final on Day 2 of 2016 Speedo U.S. Junior Nationals.

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Kyle Chalmers Breaks World Junior Record in 100 Free

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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Defending Gold Medalist Nathan Adrian Finishes 16th in 100 Free Prelims

Nathan Adrian came dangerously close to missing out on being able to defend his 100 free title, after finishing 16th in prelims Tuesday morning.

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Katinka Hosszu A No-Show For Women’s 200 Fly Prelims

Katinka Hosszu was a no-show for the women’s 200 fly prelims this morning.

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How Michael Phelps Spoils the Rest of Us

Pretty much everyone knows Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. They are titans of the sport, and they carry relevance outside…

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Duncan Scott Breaks Eight Year-Old British Record In 100 Free

Duncan Scott broke an eight year-old British record in the 100 free this morning to qualify 3rd overall for the final.

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2016 Olympics: Day 4 Prelims Photo Vault

Thanks to photographer Simone Castrovillari for these Olympic swimming photos.

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2016 Speedo Juniors: All the Race Videos From Day 1 Finals

Taylor Ault of La Mirada Armada won the women’s 800 free on the first night of finals at 2016 Speedo U.S. Junior Nationals.

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Day 4 Relay Lineups: Lochte Makes Rio Debut In 800 Free Relay Prelims

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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How Lilly King Taking Down Yulia Efimova Is Essentially Rocky IV

Last night, America’s Lilly King took down Yulia Efimova of Russia in the 100m breaststroke final in order to claim gold and back up her talk about Efimova’s previous positive doping tests.

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Rio 2016 Day 4 Scratch/Add List: Morozov in 1FR, Bardach in 2IM

As reported earlier, Russian sprinter Vlad Morozov has been approved to compete in Rio despite initially being banned as a result of being named in the MacLaren report.

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Le Clos Shadowboxes Phelps, Reminds Him of London 2012

In this article, Charles Hartley imagines what it was like inside the mind of Chad le Clos as he prepared for the mens semi final in the 200 fly last night.

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