Yulia Efimova

Russian Roundup: Fesikova’s Shoulder Injury, Grinev Will Race in October

Russian swimmer Anastasia Fesikova has shared more details about the shoulder injury that forced her to withdraw from the 2020 ISL season.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Rebecca Soni on Finding Your Rhythm as a Breaststroker

Soni goes deep into what is essential for being consistent with your training in breaststroke, even when it’s feeling out of rhythm.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jessica Hardy on World Records in Practice w/ Soni, Efimova

Hardy claims to have never been beaten in practice by her USC breaststroke contemporaries and training partners: Rebecca Soni and Yulia Efimova.

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Russia Aims for Pool National Championship Dates in October in Kazan

World Champion Evgeny Rylov (above) and the rest of the Russian team are scheduled to swim their first post-pandemic national championship in October.

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Nazionale Russa In Collegiale, In Quarantena In Attesa Dei Test

La nazionale russa inizia il collegiale di allenamento. I partecipanti sono stati messi in quarantena in attesa dei risultati dei test per il Coronavirus

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Jessica Vall: “me planteaba ser mamá en 2021, pero de momento pasará a 2022”

La campeona de Europa ha hablado abiertamente sobre el confinamiento, los momentos buenos y difíciles de su carrera, y sobre sus planes de futuro.

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Semifinal Shockers: 10 Epic Swims From Semifinals That Inspired Us

Here we count down some of the greatest performances from semifinal races of the last 20-ish years. These races are just as memorable as the finals.

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Russian Head Coach Chepik: We Cannot Stop Training for the Olympics

Russia’s top swimmers will continue to train for the Olympics after news broke earlier this week that their Olympic Trials would be postponed indefinitely.

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SwimSwam’s Top 15 World Swimming Moments of the 2010s

With the 2010-2019 decade officially ending, we’re looking back at the world’s top 10 swimming moments of the past ten years.

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Efimova: Le Regole Devono Essere Applicate A Tutti, Non Solo Ai Russi

Yulia Efimova dopo la sentenza WADA “Se si vogliono introdurre queste norme, devono essere applicate allo stesso modo a tutti gli atleti, non solo ai russi”

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Efimova: ‘Rules Must Be Applied Equally To All Athletes, Not Just Russians’

Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova says she shouldn’t be punished a second time for a doping ban she served five years ago, speaking to Russian media.

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Lilly King Breaks Yulia Efimova’s U.S. Open Record in 100 Breaststroke

Lilly King of the Cali Condors (above) has broken the U.S. Open Record in the 100 breaststroke in short course meters on Sunday at the ISL meet in Maryland.

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Russia Announce 30-Strong Roster for European SC Champsionships

The team will look to replicate their performance in the 2017 edition of this meet where they finished top of the medal table.

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Ranking The Top 15 Women From the 2019 FINA World Championships

Now that we’ve had a couple days to digest the results of the 2019 World Championships, we can reflect on the accomplishments of the top female swimmers.

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Federica Pellegrini Finishes Last World Champs As 9th-Most Decorated Swimmer

Italian Federica Pellegrini completed her final World championships as the 9th-most decorated swimmer with individual medals from the LC World Championships

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