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16-Year-Old Chikunova Swims World’s 8th Fastest 200 Breast This Season

On the last day of swimming at the 2020 Russian SC Champs, 16-year-old Evgeniia Chikunova swam to victory in the 200 breast with a 2:18.10 for gold.

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2020 Russian Swimming Cup Finals: Chupkov and Prigoda Battle it Out Again

The 2020 Russian Swimming Cup Finals are officially in the books, and the final day did not disappoint. 

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2019 European Short Course Championships Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov is set to take on the men’s 100m free/100m IM double to close out his European Short Course Championships.

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Oleg Kostin Breaks Russian 50 Fly Record Again in Saturday FInals

Anastasia Fesikova (above) defended her Russian title in the 50 back, while Oleg Kostin took out the Russian Record in the 50 fly.

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14-Year-Old Evgenia Chikunova Hits 2:21.0 200 Breast at European Junior Champs

Chikunova’s time is only 3/10ths off Team USA’s Annie Lazor’s world-leading time of 2:20.77 set at the Bloomington stop of the 2019 PSS in May.

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2019 World Champs Preview: Can the 200 Breast Winner Beat Annie Lazor’s Time?

Annie Lazor won’t be swimming at Worlds. With it being unclear whether Yulia Efimova, the defending World Champ, is swimming it — can the winner beat Lazor?

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2019 Mare Nostrum – Barcelona: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Katinka Hosszu will aim to sweep the women’s 400 IM across the 2019 Mare Nostrum Tour on day one in Barcelona. She’ll also contest the 100 fly

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Mare Nostrum – Monaco: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Yuliya Efimova will compete in both the women’s 50 and 200 breast finals on the final night of action at the Mare Nostrum stop in Monaco.

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Hosszu Swims A Triple At Day 2 Prelims Of Mare Nostrum – Monaco

Hungarian Katinka Hosszu swam three events during the second prelim session in Monaco, advancing to the final in the 100 back, 200 fly and 200 IM.

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Mare Nostrum Monaco: Katinka Hosszu E Daiya Seto In Rilievo-I Risultati Day1

MARE NOSTRUM 2019 – MONACO Monaco, 8/9 giungo 2019 Canet-en-Roussillon, 11-12 Giugno 2019 Barcellona, 15-16 Giugno 2019 Sito web del…

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Mare Nostrum – Monaco: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates of the 2019 Mare Nostrum Tour stop in Monaco. Michael Andrew will be in action in the 100 back.

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(Video): Yulia Efimova unsure if she will swim 200 breast at Worlds

Yulia Efimova explained to SwimSwam whether she will swim the 200 breaststroke at World Championships or not. Efimova placed 3rd in the event at Russian Nationals, what theoretically would leave her out from defending her 2017 world champion title.

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Estos son los 38 nadadores que Rusia lleva al Mundial de Gwangju

Los campeones del mundo en 2017 Anton Chupkov y Evgeny Rylov defenderán sus títulos, al igual que Yulia Efimova, que en los nacionales rusos se vio superada por una niña de 14 años.

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Russia Announces 38-Swimmer Roster for 2019 World Championships

Anton Chupkov will return in 2019 to defend his World Championship in the 200 meter breaststroke.

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