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2013 FINA World Championships Day 7 Finals Real-Time Recaps

Chad le Clos of South Africa won his first major international title in the 100 butterfly today in Barcelona winning in a lifetime best of 51.06. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Day 7 Finals Preview at the 2013 World Championships

Ryan Lochte handled his triple on Friday, but can he handle his single for a 4th gold medal on Saturday? (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 6 Prelims REAL-TIME Recaps

Golden girl Missy Franklin is 4 for 4 thus far here in Barcelona. She will swim her last preliminaries of the meet this morning, in her final individual event the 200 backstroke. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Medal Count: U.S., China Have Big Days to Solidify 1-2 Position

World record holder Liu Zige of China was golden last night in the women’s 200 butterfly (Photo Credit Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Euro Report – Day 5 – Spectacular Semis – Pedersen Passes Soni

For a second straight day the European contingent were not able find their way to the top of the medal podium. Tomorrow looks a lot more promising after seeing their performances in the semi-finals… (Photo Credit Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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2013 FINA World Championships: Day 5 Finals Preview

Ryan Lochte is still on the hunt for his first gold medal of the 2013 FINA World Championships, and perhaps his best chance comes on Thursday evening. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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2013 FINA World Championships, Day 4 FINALS REAL-TIME RECAPS

Missy Franklin has been nothing but golden at this meet. Though she scratched the 50 backstroke semifinal, her most vulnerable event, she is now three-for-three in finals with gold medals, swimming a 1:54.81 for victory in the women’s 200 free. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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2013 World Championships Day 4 Prelims Real-Time Recaps

Vladimir Morozov is 7th, 48.67, after the men’s 100 free prelim. Adrian is 12th, displaying he may still be battling illness. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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2013 FINA Worlds, Day 4 Prelims Photo Vault: Magnussen Loads 47.7 in 100 Free Prelim

James Magnussen clocks a 47.7 in the prelims of the 100 freestyle at 2013 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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Euro Report – Day 2 – Meilutyte was Incredible What Else is There to Say?

There is no debate that the story for the Europeans, the story of the day, the story of the meet so far is Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte… (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Day 2 Finals 2013 World Championships Photo Vault, Cesar Cielo Repeats!

Cesar Cielo celebrates a 50m butterfly win, again, at the 2013 FINA World Championships (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Medal Count: Australia “Wins” Day 2, U.S. Still Holds Lead

With three individual medals in tonight’s evening session, Australia came away with the W in the day 2 medal count. The Aussies garnered a medal in three of the four individual finals tonight, led by Christian Sprenger’s gold in the men’s 100 breast. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Katinka Hosszu 200 IM Worlds Winner, Post Race Interview

Day 2 Finals coverage of the 2013 FINA World Championships as reported by Braden Keith / swimswam – women’s 200…

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Ledecky’s Coach, Bruce Gemmell, Breaks Down Her Worlds Races – Video Feature

Day 2  swimswam coverage of the 2013 FINA World Championships as reported by Amanda Smith  – women’s 1500 freestyle: The…

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