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Tes Schouten Clocks 1:05.71 To Reset Dutch 100 Breast On Final Day In Eindhoven

In Eindhoven, Schouten (second from left) followed up her Dutch national record-setting 200 breast on Friday with another gold medal win in the 100 breast.

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Four World Records Fall on Day Five of Para World Championships

Gabriel Bandeira broke the 200 IM SM14 world record to win his second gold medal of the meet and close the gap between the U.S. and Brazil in medal standings

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US Breaks 4×50 Mixed Medley Relay World Record on Day Three of Para Worlds

USA’s team of Ellie Marks, Leanne Smith, Abbas Karimi, and Rudy Garcia-Tolson (above) shaved .10 off China’s World record in the 4×50 mixed medley relay.

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Long Earns Paralympic Medal #29, Salei Wins 3rd Title for AZE (Day 10 Finals)

Raman Salei won his 3rd gold medal for Azerbaijan, bringing their medal count to 4 golds total. Meanwhile, Jessica Long is now a 29-time Paralympic medalist.

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Tokyo Paralympics Day 8 Finals: Jessica Long Earns Career Medal No. 27

USA’s Jessica Long became a 27-time Paralympic medalist while CAN’s Aurelie Rivard, BRA’s Maria Gomes Santiago, and CHN’s Zheng Tao picked up more golds.

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Antonio Fantin Breaks S6 Men’s 100 FR Paralympic Record for the Second Time

A trio of Paralympic records fell on day 8 prelims. Among them was Italy’s Antonio Fantin, who bettered his S6 men’s 100 FR two-day-old Paralympic mark.

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26-Year-Old Van Den Hoogenband Dutch Age Record Goes Down

The Dutch Short Course Championships saw multiple age group records fall through day 2.

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Dutchman Bas Takken Takes Down Silverman’s S10 1500 Free World Record

Dutch para swimmer Bas Takken took down the men’s S10 1500m freestyle record held by American Ian Silverman.

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Meet Records Continue to Fall on Final Day of 2018 Swim Cup The Hague

Mathys Goosen was among the meet record-setters on the final day of the 2018 Swim Cup The Hague.

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Stolk and Kamminga Set Meet Records at Swim Cup The Hague Day 2

Arno Kamminga went 59.69 in the 100 breast and Kyle Stolk went 49.21 in the 100 free, setting new meet records.

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