Short Course World Championships

Nakamura Becomes Fastest SCM Japanese Man Ever

24-year-old Katsumi Nakamura fired off the fastest 50m freestyle time ever by a Japanese man.

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Carraro Breaks Italian Record For 3rd Consecutive Time In 50 BR Final

Martina Carraro broke the Italian 50 breast records in the heats, semi and final, culminating in a bronze medal.

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Japan Lowers Asian Record In Mixed Free Relay In Prelims And Finals

Katsumi Nakamura led off Japan’s mixed 4×50 free relay that reset the Asian Record once again.

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Americans Set Another Relay World Record In Mixed 4×50 Freestyle

Mallory Comerford and Kelsi Dahlia both split 23.4 as the Americans broke the world record in the mixed 4×50 freestyle relay.

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Kelsi Dahlia Shatters Her 200 Fly American Record, Now #4 All-Time

Kelsi Dahlia broke her American Record in the 200 fly and became the 4th fastest performer in history.

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Li Zhuhao Lowers Own Asian Record In Men’s 100 Fly Semis

Li Zhuhao took out his own Asian Record in the men’s 100 fly semi-finals.

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Koseki Sets Asian Record, Moves To #5 All-Time In 100 Breast

Yasuhiro Koseki broke his own Asian Record to win bronze in the men’s 100 breast.

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Cameron van der Burgh Breaks Championship Record, Wins 100 Breast Gold

Cameron van der Burgh won the men’s 100 breast eight years after winning it for the first time.

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Chinese Women Crack Asian Record Once Again In 4×50 Medley Relay

Suo Ran was nearly seven-tenths better on breaststroke as the Chinese women broke the Asian Record in the 4×50 medley relay once again.

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Day 2 Relay Lineups: Comerford, Dahlia To Swim Double Duty At Finals

Kelsi Dahlia and Mallory Comerford will swim on both relays at day 2 finals in Hangzhou.

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No Scratches For Day 2 Finals at 2018 Short Course Worlds

There are no scratches on day 2 of the Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, despite some swimmers set up for tough triples.

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2018 SC World Championships: Day 2 Finals Preview

The men’s 100 back might be the race of the meet. Since 2015, Matt Grevers, Kliment Kolesnikov and Xu Jiayu have all broken the world record in this event, while Ryan Murphy broke the vaunted long course world record.

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2018 SC Worlds: Day Two Prelims Live Recap

Women’s 100 freestyle meet record holder Femke Heemskerk of the Netherlands will be competing in that event this morning after throwing down a stupendous split on the Netherlands’ 4×100 relay yesterday.

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Erin Gallagher Breaks Own 100 Free African Record, Advances To Semis

South African Erin Gallagher broke the African Continental Record in the women’s 100 free prelims.

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2014 World Champ Chad Le Clos Misses 200 Free Final In Hangzhou

Chad Le Clos ended up finishing 10th in the 200 free in a time of 1:43.19.

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