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Belmonte Breaks Her Second Meet Record at the Spanish Open

After setting a new competition record in the 800 freestyle on the first day of the Spanish Open Mireia Belmonte set her second meet record on Saturday evening posting a 4:36.89 in the women’s 400 IM…

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Cseh Hits 3rd-Fastest 100 Fly In World This Year At 2016 Euro Meet Day 3

Laszlo Cseh proved his relevance in his signature 100 fly today, winning the event in a meet record 51.40.

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Hosszu, Bianchi, Zevina Post Meet Records At Day 3 Euro Meet Prelims

Day 3 of the 2016 Euro Meet is shaping up to be an exciting one, after Katinka Hosszu, Ilaria Bianchi, and Daryna Zavina each broke meet records in prelims.

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Belmonte Returns to Action Winning the 1500 Free at Spanish Champs

Mireia Belmonte took the women’s 1500 freestyle in a time of 15:46.64…

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Ruta Meilutyte Posts World Number One Time in Canet

Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte dominated the women’s 100 breaststroke recording a time of 1:05.46…

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17 Spanish Swimmers to Compete at the Mare Nostrum Event in Canet

17 Spanish swimmers including European Championship medalists Mireia Belmonte, Judit Ignacio and Duane da Rocha will compete in Canet…

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Costa Picks Up Four Gold at the Spanish University Championships

Melanie Costa took gold in the 50, 100, 200 and 400 freestyle at the Spanish University Championships…

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Czerniak Posts World’s Top Time in the 100 Butterfly in Malaga

Konrad Czernaik provided the highlight on the second day of the Spanish Championships in Malaga posting a 51.37 in the men’s 100 butterfly…

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Costa Comes Away From Catalonia With Four Gold

While many of the top Spanish swimmers are at a three week altitude camp in Sierra Madre one of the country’s top women was flexing her muscle at the Catalonia Open Championships this past weekend….

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2014 European Championships: Day 5 Live Prelims Recap

Federica Pellegrini will get an opportunity to flex her muscles in her trademark race, the 200 freestyle. She will face plenty of competition including Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu and Sweden’s Sarah Sjoestroem along the way though.

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European Championships Preview – Women’s Backstroke

Mie Nielsen will be shooting for gold in both the 50 and 100 backstroke in Berlin…

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Spain Announces Roster For 2014 European Championships

Spain will bring 24 swimmers to Berlin in August for the European Championships.

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Mireia Belmonte Takes Over The Top Spot In The 400 IM

On the second day of the Spanish National Championships in Palma Mireia Belmonte of Spain took over the top spot in the world rankings in the women’s 400 IM…

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Manaudou And Balmy Post Top Five Times In Sabadell

Both Florent Manaudou and Coralie Balmy of France posted times that rank in the top five in the world at the fourth stage of the Catalan Circuit of Trophies Swimming in Sabadell, Spain…

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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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