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Belmonte Caps Spanish Open Nationals With Two More Wins; Ortiz Upsets WR Holder

Mireia Belmonte finished her National Championship meet with her 5th and 6th event titles.

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Bruno, Miguel Ortiz Each Win at Penultimate Session of Spanish Open Championships

Miguel Ortiz now ranks 15th in the world in the 100 SCM backstroke in 2013.

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Zamorano Breaks Two Spanish Age Records; Sanchez Crushes Meet Records on Day 1 of Spanish Open Championships

Day 1 of the 2013 Spanish Open short course meters championship meet is in the books, and Mireia Belmonte-Garcia wasn’t the…

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World Cup Wrap Up; Final Day In Beijing

The final evening of the 2013 FINA World Cup Series in Beijing should provide the audience with some exciting racing….

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Beijing World Cup Day One

Women’s 800 freestyle World record holder Mireia Belmonte of Spain started out the night with a victory in the 800…

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Coutts Breaks Two Commonwealth Records In Tokyo

The 2013 FINA World Cup Series has been incredible with 18 world records being broken in stops in Eindhoven, Berlin,…

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World Cup Numbers After Singapore

Katinka Hosszu and Chad le Clos once again highlighted the list of top performers in Singapore.

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Day 1 in Singapore Sees Two World Record Performances

South Africa’s Chad le Clos took down one of two World Record swims in Singapore.

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Katinka Hosszu Wins 200 Freestyle At Doha World Cup – Race Video

Katinka Hosszu fought her way back to the front from 5th place after the first 50 to win the 200 freestyle at the Doha World Cup.

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Sjoestroem Collects Three Wins On The First Night In Moscow

Women’s 100 breaststroke Lithuanian superstar Ruta Meilutyte once again showed that she is the best 100 breaststroker to have ever…

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Spanish Coach Of Year Goes To José Antonio del Castillo

The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation has announced that Jose Antonio del Castillo has won the Alejandro Lopez Trophy, which goes…

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Hosszu and Beltmonte Garcia set World Marks on Day Two in Berlin

Yesterday seemed like an anomaly, a day at a World Cup event without Katinka Hosszu breaking a world record… (Photo Credit: Victor Puig)

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Euro Report – Day 4 – Korzeniowski and Pellegrini Not Quite Enough For Gold

Day four was the first day of the competition that we did not see a European swimmer on top of the podium at the 2013 FINA World Championships, Pawel Korzeniowski and Federica Pellegrini came close… (photo credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Medal/Record Count: le Clos, van der Burgh Golden for South Africa

Chad le Clos was one of three medalists for South Africa on night four of the 2013 FINA World Championships (photo credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Euro Report – Day 3 – Friis was Fabulous

On most days the event winners would be the athletes we would highlight, but on this day Danish swimmer Lotte Friis, who won the silver in the 1500 freestyle stole the show…(Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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