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VIAREGGIO, Italy, November 14. IN a one-day short course sprint meet, Nick Thoman and Federica Pellegrini earned the top single-event performances at the Italian Grand Prix held in Viareggio.
In the men's splash-and-dash, Bryan Lundquist paced a trio of fast Americans at the top of the podium with a meet-record 21.32. Nick Brunelli (21.88) a...
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 11. THE second night of finals at the FINA World Cup stop hosted in Stockholm featured four more world-record performan...
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BOZEN, Italy, November 9. WHILE plenty of swimmers were competing at the Moscow stop of the FINA World Cup, a lot of international swimmers decided to call the Bozen International Swim Meet home prior to the Stockholm stop of the World Cup. The meet took place over short course meters.
The Netherlands' sprint group opened the meet with a 1-...
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DURBAN, South Africa, October 17. SWEDEN's Therese Alshammar popped the cork on the world record run with a global mark in the 100 IM duri...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 8. AFTER an exciting first day of swimming at the USA Swimming National Championships held at the IU Nata...
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Guest editorial by David Rieder
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 1.
SWIMMING World superfan David Rieder, who blogs on his site at
swimdr549.blogspot.com, provided us with the following analysis of recent groundbreaking swims from throughout the world.
Steffen and the World of Wo...
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PESCARA, Italy, July 1. WHILE Ous Mellouli of Tunisia was the early favorite for swim of the night with his African record in the men's 1500 free, Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer Faber gave the crowd a bookend world record to close down the show at the Mediterranean Games. Previously, Federica Pellegrini shot down the women's 400 free global...
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PARIS, France, June 21. THE final night of long course meter swimming came to a close at the Paris Open held in France.
Hungary's Evelyn Verraszto took a run at her national record in the women's 200 IM with a time of 2:11.64. She owns the Hungarian standard with a 2:11.04 from April. France's Camille Muffat touched second in 2:12....
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PARIS, France, June 20. THE first night of finals action at the Paris Open featured plenty of swimmers winning two gold medals at the long course meter meet. Additionally, a national record from Australia nearly met its match.
Australia's Libby Trickett smoked the field in the women's 50 free en route to a winning time of 24.21. The eff...
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PARIS, France, June 19. THE first evening of long course meter swimming featured sprint preliminary rounds at the Paris Open.
Australia's Libby Trickett topped a group of swimmers from The Netherlands in the women's 50 free qualifying. Trickett claimed the top seed in 24.86, while Marleen Veldhuis touched second in 24.89. Ranomi Kromow...
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COIMBRA, Portugal, May 31. THE second Coimbra International featured an international cast of swimmers competing over long course meters in the two-day event.
Amongst the men, Portugal's Diogo Filipe Carvalho won the 100 free (50.38), 200 breast (2:15.87), 50 fly (24.29), 100 fly (52.92) and 200 IM (2:00.02) for a total of five victories. A...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 6. THE second night of preliminary long course meter swimming at the Maria Lenk Trophy featured a few more South American records going up on the board.
Monique Ferreira began the second night of preliminary action with a South American record time of 1:59.78 in the women's 200 free. The effort beat her record of...
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By Hideki Mochizuki, Swimming World Japanese Correspondent
HAMAMATSU, Japan, April 18. The third day of the Japanese Long Course National Championships featured several records not only throughout the evening, but also during the preliminary session at the meet in Hamamatsu.
Junya Koga, who smashed the men's 100 back record with a ...
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SABADELL, Spain, April 18. TWO European records have fallen at the Spanish Short Course National Cup held in Sabadell over the past two days. Caraballo Alvarez and Aschwin Wildeboer both clocked continental records at the meet so far.
Alvarez touched out former national-record holder Sergio Garcia, 2:03.46 to 2:03.56, in the men's 200 brea...
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WIEN, Austria, February 26. THE Austrians have been active over the past week with a long course sprint meet on Feb. 23 along with its long course national championships being held in Wien this weekend.
At the sprint meeat, Markus Rogan continued his backstroke excellence by blasting his Austrian record in the men's 50 back.
Rogan posted ...
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NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia, February 13. THE first day of long course swimming took place at the New South Wales State Open Championships held in Australia. Ashley Delaney downed the Australian record in the men's 50 back as the highlight swim of the day.
Robert Hurley topped the men's 400 free with a time of 3:47.06 with Ryan Napolean...
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USTER, Switzerland, February 1. ASCHWIN Wildeboer threatened his world record in the 100 back at the short course meter Uster International meet held in Switzerland.
Wildeboer touched out American Peter Marshall, 49.97 to 50.15, as the duo took a run at Wildeboer's global standard of 49.20 set in Madrid in December. Marshall's effort al...
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