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Records Tumble Down on Day Three of 2017 European Junior Champs

Records continued falling on day three of the European Junior Champs! Hungary's Kristof Milak posted a new World Junior, European Junior, and Championship Record in the 200 fly, while Mona McSharry set a new Irish National Record in the 200 breast. Anja Kesely of Hungary finished the individual ev....

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The Week That Was: New Storylines Emerge At 2017 U.S. Nationals

This week gave the rest of the swimming world the first glimpse of what the US National Team will look like over the next four years at the 2017 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships. Take a look at the recap of that meet and the other major stories from this week in The Week That Was! https://you...

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Italy Seizes Men's 400 Medley Relay World Junior Record

Italy seized the men's 400 medley relay World Junior Record to close out the final session of the 2017 European Junior Championships. The Italian quartet of Thomas Ceccon, Nicolo' Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso, and Davide Nardini powered to a final time of 3:35.24 to over-turn the World Junior, Eur...

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Mona McSharry Downs 50 Breast Irish National Record

Mona McSharry of Ireland downed her country's National Record in the 50-meter breast, while swimming in semi-finals of the 2017 European Junior Championships. McSharry would go on to win the gold in the event later in the session with a time of 31.38, but her semi-finals swim of 30.91 was enough to ...

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British Swimming Roster of 37 Ready for 2017 European Junior Champs

A team of 37 young athletes will compete at the LEN European Junior Championships this week in what, for many, will be the first time they have flown the Union flag in international waters. And British Swimming Head of Elite Development Tim Jones believes the event, held in Netanya, Israel from 28 J...

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Nicolo' Martinenghi Lowers Own 100 Breast World Junior Record

Nicolo' Martinenghi continued to throw down swift times at the 2017 European Junior Championships by lowering his own 100 breast World Junior Record. Martinenghi had set the previous mark at a 59.31 while swimming at the 2017 Setti Colli International meet on June 23, 2017. The 16-year-old charged t...

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Moldova's Alexei Sancov Posts 200 Free World Junior Record

Alexei Sancov of Moldova finished ahead of the competition in finals of the men's 200 free at the 2017 European Junior Championships. The 16-year-old delivered a final time of 1:47.00 to claim gold and edge past the previous World Junior Record of 1:47.10, set by the USA's Maxime Rooney in August of...

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Mona McSharry Lowers 200 Breast Irish National Record

Mona McSharry of Ireland continued to turn heads at the 2017 European Junior Championships, setting her second National Record of the week in the 200 breast. While the 16-year-old finished second overall in the women's 200 breast with a time of 2:27.44, her time eclipsed the previous Irish National ...