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David Popovici Breaks National Record in the 100 Fly to Conclude Romanian Championships

2024 ROMANIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, April 5th – Sunday, April 9th Otopeni, Romania LCM (50m) Meet Site Start List Day…

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Amelie Blocksidge Celebrates 14th Birthday with British Title in 1500 Free (16:19.67)

Amelie Blocksidge celebrated her 14th birthday on Sunday with a national title in the 1500-meter freestyle at the British Championships. 

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Kinsman, Blocksidge Set British Age Records on Day 5 of British Champs

A pair of British teens took down national age records at the 2023 British Swimming Championships on Saturday evening.  

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Matt Richards Breaks 22 For First Time in 50 Free; Lowers Own Welsh Record to 21.98

At the 2023 British Championships, Matt Richards finished 3rd in the 50 free with a 21.98, resetting his own Welsh Record and going sub-22 for the first time.

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Marrit Steenbergen Becomes 1st Dutch Woman Sub-2:10 in 200 IM — Twice in One Day

Marrit Steenbergen took down the Dutch record in the 200 IM on the back half of an epic double in Eindhoven on Saturday. 

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Diogo Cancela Crushes S8 World Record in 200 Fly by 3 Seconds with 2:15.50 in Eindhoven

Portugal’s Diogo Cancela absolutely annihilated the S8 world record in the 200-meter butterfly during a time trial in Eindhoven on Thursday evening. 

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Colbert & Shanahan Poised For 200 Back Battle On Day 4 Of British Championships

Katie Shanahan will try to upgrade her 400m IM silver to gold tonight in the women’s 200m back event at the 2023 British Swimming Championships.

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Keanna Macinnes Posts 2:08.05 Scottish Record At 2023 British Swimming Championships

Macinnes took the Scottish record in the event from Hannah Miley, who held it for more than a decade at a 2:08.24 from back in 2009.

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David Popovici Resets Romanian Record Twice In 50 Fly, Finishing With 23.74

Popovici became the first Romanian swimmer under 24 seconds in the men’s 50 fly, clocking 23.96 in the prelims before getting down to 23.74 in the final.

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Seto Posts 1:56.62 200 IM, Mitsui 2:06.77 200 Fly On Day 3 Of Japan Swim

On day 3 of the 2023 Japan Swim, Daiya Seto put up the #2 time in the world in the men’s 200m IM while Airi Mitsui posted the #2 time in the women’s 200m fly.

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Katsuhiro Matsumoto Breaks Five-Year-Old Japanese Record In 100 Free With 47.85

Matsumoto becomes just the seventh swimmer from an Asian country to crack the 48-second barrier in the men’s 100 freestyle.

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13 Year Old Amelie Blocksidge Becomes National Runner-up With 8:38.33 800 Freestyle

With each swim, Blocksidge knocks more time off her personal best and British Age Record in the long course 800 freestyle.

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Monique Wieruszowski Breaks Longest-Standing LC New Zealand Record With 30.87 50 Breast

Monique Wieruszowski also broke the national record in the 100 breaststroke earlier on this week with her time of 1:08.74.

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2023 British Championships Day 2 Prelims: Goodburn Clocks 50 Breast Scottish Record

Archie Goodburn fired off a new personal best of 27.19 to take the top seed in the men’s 50m breast, logging a new Scottish national record.

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Thea Blomsterberg Blasts 2:22.61 200 Breast To Rank #1 In The World This Season

Thea Blomsterberg of Denmark registered a time of 2:22.61 to take the 200m breast gold at the Danish Open, posting the #1 time in the world.

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