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European Swimming Championships, Budapest, Day 2 Heats: Kristóf Milák Puts In 1:54 Opener & Greg Paltrinieri Scrapes Into 1500 Fight

May 18 – Day 2 action from the pool at the European Swimming Championships sees the start of the 200m butterfly campaign of pioneer of pace Kristóf Milák. For many national also doubles as a qualifying event for the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic […]

Craig Lord 2021-05-18 6 minutes

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Great Britain Claim First Gold In 4x100m Free Since Inaugural Crown In 1927, Hope, Hopkin, Wood & Anderson On National Record For Tokyo Ticket

Great Britain is not known for its 4x100m freestyle quartets unless you trawl back to the beginning of it all but Lucy Hope, Anna Hopkin, Abbie Wood and Freya Anderson...

Craig Lord 2021-05-17 8 minutes

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W400 Medley: Katinka Hosszú Matches Yana Klochkova For Record Fourth European 400IM Gold On Way To A Shot At Ukraine Star’s Quadruple Olympic Height

Katinka Hosszú will head to for the defence of the Olympic 200m and 400m medley crowns in Tokyo this July with several more lines penned in her history book, including...

Craig Lord 2021-05-17 6 minutes

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European Swimming Championships, Budapest, Day 1 Heats: Hosszu & Detti Claim Lane 4 For Finals As Peaty Leads The Charge In Heated 100 Breaststroke

May 17 – Day 1 action from the pool at the European Swimming Championships, which for many national also doubles as a qualifying event for the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The venue:...

Craig Lord 2021-05-17 6 minutes

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The Vortex (May 10-16): Tokyo Olympic Holding Camp Hosts Show Signs Of Stress As New Poll Has 60% Of Japan Saying ‘Cancel The Games’

A weekly day-by-day pool, digest and SOS Vortex of swimming news, views, top picks, Olympic snippets and links to coverage of the sport and related issues around the swim world. Please...

Craig Lord 2021-05-16 13 minutes

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Axel Reymond & Lea Boy Deliver Last Open Water Golds Of Europeans In Budapest To France & Germany Over 25km

Axel Reymond, of France, and Lea Boy, of Germany, celebrated gold in the 25km battles that brought the open water events to a close at Lupa Beach north of the...

Craig Lord 2021-05-16 3 minutes

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Zac Stubblety-Cook Rattles The Door To 2:06-Club & Matt Wilson’s Aussie Mark With 2:07.00 In Sharp Sydney-Open Showstopper

Not much is capable of knocking Kaylee McKeown and a 2:08.7 200IM off top billing in the pool Down Under this unrested season but a 2:07.00 career high over 200m...

Craig Lord 2021-05-16 2 minutes

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Lilly King & Michael Andrew, Defender & Pretender, In Fine Fettle Heading To Olympic Trials & The Tokyo Test Ahoy; Claire Curzan A Star In Waiting

A month out from U.S. Olympic Trials, Olympic champion Lilly King, on 1:05 and 2:21 at the helm of 100 and 200m breaststroke pace, and Michael Andrew confirmed their fine...

Craig Lord 2021-05-15 7 minutes

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Gregorio Paltrinieri Heads For Pool Party A Triple Champion After Italian Team Gold At Lupa Lake; Tom Daley & Matty Lee Take 1st Gold For GBR

Gregorio Paltrinieri, the Olympic 1500m champion, will head to the pool for seven days of racing at the European Championships in Budapest already a triple gold medallist after adding open...

Craig Lord 2021-05-15 5 minutes

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Kaylee McKeown Blasts 57.63 Commonwealth Record Just 0.06Sec Shy Of World 100 Back Mark

Kaylee McKeown threw down a Boxing Kangaroo of a gauntlet at the Sydney Open with a Commonwealth record of 57.63 in the 100m backstroke, the sizzling speed of it just...

Craig Lord 2021-05-15 3 minutes

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Gregorio Paltrinieri Sets Pulverising Pace In Last-Lap Pursuit Of Euro 10km Crown As Olivier Pips Wellbrock For Silver

Gregorio Paltrinieri stayed with the shoal, never too far from contention but always seeking to steer clear of the bash and splash of the shoal, until just over an hour...

Craig Lord 2021-05-13 10 minutes

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Sharon van Rouwendaal Goes Double Dutch Adding 10Km to 5Km European Open Water Title On Way To Olympic Defence

Sharon van Rouwendaal will arrive in Tokyo for the defence of the Olympic marathon crown as double European open water champion after she added the 10km title just before noon...

Craig Lord 2021-05-13 8 minutes

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Sharon van Rouwendaal Grabs First Swimming Gold At Budapest Euros Over 5km With Olympic Marathon Title Defence On The Horizon

Olympic marathon champion Sharon van Rouwendaal grabbed the first swimming gold of the European Championships for The Netherlands at Lupa Beach in north Budapest with a decisive 58mins 45.2sec victory...

Craig Lord 2021-05-12 7 minutes

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Open Water Shoal Feel The Slow-Burn Heat Of Progress In Gregorio Paltrinieri As Olympic 1500 King Takes Euro 5km Title

Gregorio Paltrinieri, the Italian 1500m freestyle champion, has been building open water strength since he made a change as good as a rest after becoming the first Italian man ever...

Craig Lord 2021-05-12 4 minutes

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FINA Inquiry Into Allegations Of Uzbek Olympic Qualifier Manipulation Points To ‘Fake Results’ At Other Meets

FINA is in possession of evidence for its inquiry into allegations of manipulation of results at the Olympic-qualification Uzbek Open last month that suggests the issue extends to other meets...

Craig Lord 2021-05-11 3 minutes

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Naples Named As Host Of First Phase Of International Swimming League Season III

The International Swimming League announced today that Naples, the third-largest Italian city and one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world, with a a key role in...

Craig Lord 2021-05-11 2 minutes

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Coach Chris Nesbit To Lead The Famous Carlile Swimming Team In Australia

Chris Nesbit, the Australian and Great Britain Olympic coach and head coach to England at the Commonwealth Games who served as mentor to the British Offshore program at the start...

Craig Lord 2021-05-10 4 minutes

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Japanese Opposition Leader Says ‘Safe Tokyo Olympics Impossible’ Despite Suga & IOC Assurances

The leader of Japan’s main opposition party said today that there is no way to safely hold the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer, questioning assurances given by Prime Minister Yoshihide...

Craig Lord 2021-05-10 2 minutes