Florent Manaudou

Golden Tour Finals Day 1: Manaudou World’s New Number One

Florent Manaudou now tops the world in the men’s 50m freestyle, as he clocks 21.89 on Day One of the Golden Tour – Nice Finals.

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Coach’s Eye: New Backstroke Start Wedges Resulting in Higher Hip Height on Backstroke Start

The impact of the new backstroke start wedges was immediately clear at Winter Nationals and SC Worlds.

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2014 Swammy Awards: Male Swimmer of the Year

In the end there wasn’t much separating Kosuke Hagino and Chad le Clos…

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2014 Swammy Awards: Top 14 Swims of 2014

To see all of the 2014 Swammy Award winners, presented by TYR, click here. 2014 HONOREES: Top 14 Races of…

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2014 Swammy Awards: European Male Swimmer of the Year Florent Manaudou

Florent Manaudou of France had a tremendous year, experiencing great success at both the European Championships in Berlin and the World Short Course Championships in Doha…

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Hosszu makes $106,000 individually at SC World Champs, top 10 money-earners list

4 World Records and 8 individual medals netted Katinka Hosszu $106,000 at the 2014 Short Course World Championships.

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RACE VIDEO: Cielo edges Manaudou in 100 Free scm World Championships

Race Video is courtesy of Universal Sports Network, a SwimSwam partner.

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2014 World Short Course Championships: Day Five Finals Live Recap

Sarah Sjostrom looks to provide some excitement on the final evening of the 2014 World Short Course Championships…

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Short Course World Championships Day Five Prelims Live Recap

Rikke Moeller Pedersen’s 200 Breaststroke, an event she holds the met record in SCM and the world record in LCM, will be one of the highlight races of the final day of competition at Short Course Worlds.

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2014 World Short Course Championships: Day Four finals live recap

Can Katinka Hosszu hadd to her 6 medals and 3 World Records on Saturday night? She swims the 200 IM.

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Florent Manaudou Sets Second World Record in 50m Backstroke in Doha

Florent Manaudou set his second world record in as many events on Saturday in Doha, Qatar. The Frenchman broke American Peter Marshall’s 2009 world record of 22.61 with a 22.22 performance. Manaudou broke the 50 freestyle world record last night.

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Short Course World Championships Day Four Prelims Live Recap

Florent Manaudou will get a chance to race in the 100 free today after setting a world record yesterday in the 50.

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World Record Race Video: Watch Florent Break the 50 Free World Record

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10 Big Things from Us & You: Day 3 of the 2014 Short Course World Championships

The Netherlands took gold with a new world record in the 4×100 free relay on day 3. But they didn’t even enter the 4×50 medley relay, despite holding the fastest time in world history. Why not?

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