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World Junior Championships: Pieter Coetze Adds Meet Record, 200 Back Crown It was going to take something special to deny Ksawery Masiuk a sweep of the backstroke events at the FINA World Junior Championships. Pieter Coetze supplied that Saturday night, the sixth and final night of finals in Lima, P...

Jhennifer Conceicao Trims Her 100 Breast Record to Start Trofeu Brasil Jhennifer Conceicao trimmed a hundredth of a second off her Brazilian record in the women’s 100 breaststroke to start the Trofeu Brasil Championships in Rio this week. The meet will run from Monday through Saturday and serve as a...

Stephan Alexander Freitas Steverink is 15 and has a choice ahead of him: his mother is Brazilian, his father Dutch.  Will it be the maternal flag of 'Ordem e Progresso' or the paternal flag of Orange order? Born in 2004, young Steverink is among the best swiftest 1,500m freestyle swimmers in the wor...

FINA World Junior Championships: Diogo Matos Ribeiro, Not David Popovici, Sets Pace in 100 Free Prelims In a men’s 100 freestyle prelims loaded with medalists Saturday morning at the FINA World Junior Championships, it was someone other than the world record holder coming out on to top. Portugal spr...

Maria Lenk Trophy: Around Sam Short Meet Record, Brazil Qualifies 4 400 Freestylers for Worlds A guest appearance by Australian World Champion Sam Short was a harbinger for fast distance swimming on Monday at the opening day of the Maria Lenk Trophy in Brazil. Short won the men’s 400 freestyle win a...