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Updated August 11 with world record splits
LEEDS, Great Britain, August 9. CANADA lowered both of the 400 medley relay world records to close the show at the British Short Course Grand Prix.
The Canadian foursome of Katy Murdoch (56.88), Annamay Pierse (1:03.39), Audrey Lacroix (57.29) and Victoria Poon (51.89) clocking a 3:49.95 in th...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 10. FIFTEEN world records in five days and the ringleader behind a surprising 200 IM in Washington state highlight today's news segment on
The Morning Swim Show.
Host Peter Busch runs down all the world records set over the weekend, from Jessica Hardy's new sprint breaststroke standards to the short course...
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LEEDS, Great Britain, August 8. WITH one world record already set in South Africa, today could get pretty busy in the short course world record books as Joanne Jackson smashed the women's 400 free standard at the British Short Course Grand Prix.
Jackson clocked a 3:54.92 in the middle distance event to knock more than a second off Laure Mana...
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LEEDS, Great Britain, August 7. AT the British Short Course Grand Prix, Annamay Pierse lowered her own world record in the women's 200 breast. Meanwhile, Canada's men's team broke the 800 free relay global standard.
Pierse smoked the course with a 2:16.83 to lower her world record of 2:17.50 set in March.
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LEEDS, Great Britain, August 6. FAST swimming did not end just because the FINA World Championships came to a close. The British Short Course Grand Prix had three near world record performances on the first night of action.
Fran Halsall put a charge into the women's 100 free with a sizzling 51.79. That swim just missed Libby Trickett's...
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, July 11. THREE more events featured Canadian records during the fourth day of competition at the Canadian World Championships Trials.
Victoria Poon took down the women's 50 free Canadian record twice throughout the day. First, she hit the wall in 25.12 during prelims to best her 25.35 set in June this year. She th...
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, July 9. THREE more Canadian national records took a tumble at the Canadian World Championships Trials held in Montreal this evening.
Thomas Kindler cleared his national record in the men's 50 fly with a time of 23.66. The performance beat his 23.81 set back in 2007. Joe Bartoch placed second in 24.03 with Eric Cant...
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, June 20. MICHAEL Phelps nearly shot down Ian Crocker's world record in the men's 100 fly at the Quebec Cup this evening.
Phelps ripped off a time of 50.48 to just miss Crocker's global mark of 50.40. Maybe that much ballyhooed moustache cost Phelps a chance at the world record this evening?
Phelps went o...
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, June 19. VICTORIA Poon of Montreal surprised herself, Friday as she broke the Canadian record in the women's 50-metre butterfly at the Canada Cup swimming competition.
Poon, one of Canada's top sprint freestylers, clocked 26.71 seconds and eclipsed one of the oldest national marks in the books. The previous reco...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 17. AFTER the final evening of long course meter swimming at the Charlotte UltraSwim, Dagny Knutson proved she's here to stay among U.S. women's swimming with her fou...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 17. CLUB Wolverine's Tyler Clary wiped out the oldest meet record on the books with a time of 1:59.14 in the men's 200 back during the final preliminary session of th...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 16. Victoria Poon helped the Club de natation des Piscine du Parc Olympique de Montréal earns its second relay gold and also broke her Canadian record in the women's 50-metre freestyle on Saturday at the Charlotte UltraSwim swimming competition.
In the women's 4X100 medley relay, Stephanie Horner, Michelle ...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 16. THE third evening of long course meter swimming at the Charlotte UltraSwim featured a dominant sprint performance and a breakout star's third gold medal.
Fred Bous...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 16. THE third day of long course meter action at the Charlotte UltraSwim featured a meet record in the men's 50 free. George Bovell provided the first 21-second performa...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 16. CANADIAN teams finished 1-2 in the women's 4X100 freestyle relay and Amanda Reason of Windsor, Ont., added another gold with a national age group record in the women's 100-metre breaststroke on Friday at the Charlotte UltraSwim swimming competition.
In the women's 4X100 freestyle relay, Montreal'...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 15. THE second night of long course meter finals came to a close at the Charlotte UltraSwim. The UltraSwim is part of the USA Swimming Grand Prix circuit.
While the stars...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 15. THE second day of long course meter action at the Charlotte UltraSwim featured the return of Michael Phelps after serving a three-month code of conduct suspension earlier this year.
After the first night of distance freestyle swimming at the stop on the USA Swimming Grand Prix series, all eyes were on Phelps as...
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TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, March 14. CANADIAN swimmers completed a drastic revision of the nation's short course record books with a swift final night of action at the Canadian Short Course Championships held in Toronto.
The much-touted Pontiac Wave world record bounty proved to be helpful as Annamay Pierse edged Leisel Jones' world recor...
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