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Pieter Timmers Snags Belgian Record In 100 Free Semis

Pieter Timmers of Belgium broke his own Belgian national record in the men’s 100m freestyle this morning in order to qualify fourth for the championship final.

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Bootsma, Cseh, Biedermann No-Show Individual Swims On Day Four Prelims

There were some glaring absences in the heats during the fourth day of competition at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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Team USA Smash 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay World Record in Prelims

The relatively new 4x100m mixed medley relay brought another world record for the Americans as they took the top seed heading into tonight’s finals where they’re the favorites for the gold.

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Yufei Zhang Breaks McLaughlin’s Jr World Record Swimming Beside Her

Yufei Zhang of China put forth a very dominant performance in the heats of the women’s 200m butterfly Wednesday morning in order to take the top seed and break American Katie McLaughlin’s junior world record.

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Katie Ledecky 1500m Free World Championships Post Race Interview

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Ledecky said that 200m free after the 1500 hurt a lot more than she thought it would…

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Watch Katie Ledecky Break her 1500m World Record – 15:25.48 – Race Video

RACE VIDEO: With a big push at the end, Ledecky touched in at 15:25.48 to take over two seconds off her newly-established world record of 15:27.71 that she set in prelims earlier in the meet.

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Watch Adam Peaty Break the 50m Breaststroke World Record – Race Video

RACE VIDEO: Watch Adam Peaty Break the 50m Breaststroke World Record.

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Katie Ledecky Breaks Own Day-Old World Record In 1500m Freestyle

Katie Ledecky of the United States put on an incredible performance to take yet another chunk off her own 1500m freestyle world record and take home her second gold medal of these World Championships.

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Jessica Ashwood Breaks Own Australian Record In 1500 Final

Jessica Ashwood of Australia broke her own 1500m freestyle national record during finals at the 2015 World Championships where she ended up fifth overall.

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Alia Atkinson Becomes First Jamaican Swimmer To Medal At LC Worlds

With her bronze medal performance in the 100m breaststroke Tuesday night at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Alia Atkinson became the first Jamaican swimmer to medal at a long course World Championships.

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Lauren Boyle Takes Down Oceanic Record To Grab Silver In 1500 Final

Lauren Boyle of New Zealand took down her own Oceanic record of 15:44.71 in the women’s 1500m freestyle final in order to finish second to American Katie Ledecky in 15:40.14.

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Adam Peaty Demolishes 50m Breaststroke World Record

Adam Peaty of Great Britain took home the top seed in the men’s 50m breaststroke after destroying Cameron Van Der Burgh’s previous world record of 26.62 that he set in prelims.

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Adam Peaty Is Just Thinking About Getting His Hands On The Wall First

Adam Peaty of Great Britain won the 100m breaststroke on night two of the 2015 FINA World Championships, taking down South African rival Cameron Van Der Burgh by just 0.07 seconds.

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Henrik Christiansen Takes Huge Chunk Off Norwegian National Record

Henrik Christiansen of Norway broke his own 800m freestyle Norwegian national record Tuesday morning in order to qualify for the final ahead of some of the top worlds competitors.

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Watch Sjostrom Break her 100 Butterfly World Record – 55.64 – Race Video

RACE VIDEO: Sarah Sjostrom re-broke her world record with a time of 55.64 in 100m butterfly at 2015 World Championships

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