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Ferraioli Ties Italian Record While Pellegrini Cracks Top Five

Erika Ferraioli tied the women’s 50 freestyle Italian record while Federica Pellegrini posted a 1:52.89 to win the women’s 200 freestyle in Viareggio…

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Bolzano International Swimming Photo Vault

Many thanks to RAFAEL DOMEYKO – RAFAELDOMEYKO.COM – for capturing these great swimming photos from Bolzano, Italy.

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Orsi Records Top Five Time in Bolzano

Marco Orsi won the men’s 50 freestyle in a time of 21.23 which puts him fifth in the world rankings…

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Katie Meili Takes Two at the Bolzano International

Katie Meili won both the women’s 50 breaststroke and 100 IM on the first night of the Bolzano International…

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Italy To Test Their Best

With an eye on the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio the Italian Swimming Federation will be running their top athletes through a series of testing protocols over the next few weeks….

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Marco Orsi Records Italian Textile Best

Last weekend at the Bermen Cup European Short Course Championship 100 freestyle bronze medalist, Italian Marco Orsi recorded an Italian…

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All 31 Legal Relays Clear Indiana’s World Records in Last Prelims Session of 2013 Euro SC Championships

Above, the Danish women are seen celebrating their World Record in finals from an earlier relay. In prelims on Sunday, they broke another, by 19 seconds.

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Pellegrini Breaks Two National Marks In Viareggio

After breaking the Italian national record in the 200 backstroke on the first day of competition at the Trofeo Mussi…

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Italy Sending Sizable 29-Swimmer Roster to World Championships

The Italian Federation is one of the last major programs to announce their 2013 World Championships roster. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Four more wins for Italy at Mediterranean Games

One the second night of competition at the Mediterranean Games in Turkey, Italy added four more wins for a total of nine in the competition. In three of those wins they finished in the top two spots. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Ruta Meilutyte lights it up on the first night of Mare Nostrum

Ruta Meilutyte won the 100 breaststroke destroying the field by almost three full seconds in a blazing 1:05.20 setting meet…

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Le Clos Headed to Europe for Big Summer Meet Season; Pair of Bulldogs Too

Chad le Clos (above) is part of a loaded field that will compete in Europe over the next month. Also on the list is a pair of Georgia Bulldogs. (Photo Credit: Staccioli/Arena)

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Pellegrini Wins 200 Free on Day 4 of Italian Sprint Nationals

Federica Pellegrini hasn’t entirely given up the middle distance freestyles. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Pellegrini Wins 100 Backstroke on Day 1 of 2013 Italian Spring Nationals

The 2013 Italian National Championships began Tuesday at the huge swim center in Riccione, and will serve as the selector…

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Seto and Cseh set the stage in the 400 IM; Short Course World Championships Day Two

Women’s 100 freestyle Australia’s Marieke Guehrer qualified first in a time of 53.26. Yi Tang of China qualified second in a time…

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