Japanese Swimming

Thorpe Touches 13th in 100 Fly; Blair Evans Cracks All-Time Top-10

We’ll start the wrapup of day 2 in Beijing with the obligatory Ian Thorpe report, as he finished 13th in prelims…

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Four Meets in Four Weeks for Young Japanese Swimmers Lead to National Records, Several Top 10 Times

Whilst much of the international focus has been on big-time meets like the USA Swimming National Championships, the World University Games,…

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Final Thoughts from the 2011 World University Games

The World University Games are always a meet that must be viewed with an eye of skepticism. For many international…

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Oder's Slovenian National Record Among 4 Meet Records in 5 Finals on Day 5 at FINA Youth Worlds

Girls 1500 free Slovenia picked an opportune time to win their first every Youth World Championship medal, and made it…

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Japan's Kosuke Hagino Breaks Tyler Clary's Meet Record in Men's 400 IM on Day 5 at FINA Juniors

Day 5 at the 2011 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships, there are a slwe of shorter races kicking off, which…

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Brittany MacLean Breaks Through With First Gold at 2011 FINA Youth Worlds

There were 9 finals on day 4 of the 2011 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru, though 5…

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Rocco Potenza's Remarkable Time-Drop in Men's 1500 Concludes 2011 World University Games

Men’s 1500 free This men’s 1500 free ended up being a much better race than previously expected (the posted psych…

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FINA Youth Worlds Day 3: Evan Pinion, Lia Neal Set Meet Records

Day 3 at the FINA Youth World CHampionships was a light-night, with four sets of medals (and no relays) given…

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Japan's Watanabe, Australia's McEvoy Perform Well on Day 3 Prelims from FINA Youth Worlds

On the day 3 prelims of the 2011 FINA Youth World Championships, we saw yet another Meet Record go down,…

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2011 WUGs Final Day Preview/Start Lists: Heated Four-Way Battle in Men's 400 Medley Relay Caps Meet

Start lists are posted for the final day of the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China. Full start lists,…

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Virginia's McLean, Tennessee's Connolly Shine on Day 5 from WUG's

Men’s 200 freestyle In the past 6 months, Matt McLean has scored a ton of personal firsts that show why…

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2011 WUG's Day 4: American Women Set Relay Record, Ling Yu Sets 100 Fly Record

Day 4 of the 2011 Summer Universiade is in the books with some very exciting swims. After a record-less day…

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2011 WUG's Day 2: China's Yi Tang Sets Meet Record in 100 Free, Americans Get on Board with Three Gold Medals

Day 2 at the 2011 World University Games is complete, and we saw the Americans strike gold for the first,…

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5 Things to Watch for on Day 4 of the World Championships

Day 4 at the 2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships – Pool Swimming – will feature another very light preliminary schedule. The…

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Cracking the Shanghai Relays: Men's 400 Medley

Our final relay breakdown, just in the nick of time for tonight/tomorrow’s first prelims section, is also the last event…

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