Viktoria Gunes

2015 Swammy Awards: Viktoria Gunes, World Jr Swimmer of the Year

Turkey’s Viktoria Zeynep Gunes not only rose to the top of the world in junior swimming, she actually rose to the top of the senior level as well.

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2015 European Short Course Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh is proving once again that 30 years old looks good on him! He clocked a brand new European Record in the men’s 200 butterfly in 1:49.00, a time which translates to around 1:50.30-ish in LCM.

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2015 European Short Course Championships Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

2015 EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE WINGATE INSTITUTE IN NETANYA, ISRAEL Wednesday, December 2nd-6th Prelims at 9:30 am local (2:30…

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2015 European Short Course Championships Day 3 Prelim Live Recap

Katinka Hosszu gave her own world record a scare this morning in the 200 backstroke

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2015 FINA World Cup Dubai In Pictures

Take a tour through our visual highlight reel of the 2015 World Cup in Dubai, courtesy of SwimSwamDE reporter, Daniela Kapser.

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2015 FINA World Cup Dubai: Day 1 Prelims Recap

Britain’s Adam Peaty leads the charge in the men’s 50m breaststroke in Dubai.

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Dubai World Cup Preview: Here Comes Adam Peaty

Current 50m and 100m breaststroke world record holder, Great Britain’s Adam Peaty, will be joining the field in Dubai this weekend.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Gunes unstoppable at Junior Worlds

No swimmer had a better Junior World Championships meet than Turkey’s Viktoria Zeynep Gunes.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

In the finals of the women’s 200 breast, Turkey’s Viktoria Gunes obliterated the Junior World Record with a 2:19.64, closing in on Rikke Moeller Pedersen’s World Record of 2:19.11.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

With a new personal best time, Canada’s Taylor Ruck topped the prelims of the women’s 200 free in 1:59.34. Her previous best was a 1:59.79 from 2015 U.S. Junior Nationals.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 6 Prelims Preview

Taylor Ruck comes in with a 1:59.79, but has had some big swims to show she’s faster than she looks on paper. Earlier in the meet, she blazed to a 1:56.71 relay anchor, so look for her to challenge today.

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Aussies Still Hold Control Of Golds After Day 4 of World Juniors

Kyle Chalmers and Tamsin Cook helped bring the Aussie gold medal total to 7 after 4 days of competition at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Gunes wins 100 breast, 200 IM golds on day 4

Turkish star Viktoria Zeynep Gunes completed a tough double at day 4 finals, winning gold in the 100 breast and 200 IM – her second and thrid golds of the meet so far.

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Turkey’s Gunes Claims New Meet Record In 200 IM At World Juniors

Turkey’s Viktoria Gunes registered a new meet record in the women’s 200m IM. The yet-to-be-ratified WJR of Zhou Min from 2014 is still faster, however.

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2015 FINA Junior Worlds: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Minna Atherton, top seed in the women’s 50m backstroke, will be going for the all-distance sweep in the event, having already won gold in the 100 and 200 backstrokes.

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