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Australia Tops Medals Table for 5th Straight Day at Junior Worlds

While the Russians and Americans have as many medals, 8 golds leaves the team from Australia atop the medals table…

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Australia Breaks Junior World Record In 400m Freestyle Relay

Fresh off a silver medal performance in the 50m backstroke, Minna Atherton helped her Australian teammates to a gold medal and new junior world record in the 400m free relay to close out day 5

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Fa’Amausili Beats Atherton; Takes Back Junior World Record in 50m Back

New Zealand’s Gabrille Fa’Amausili (right) retained her 50m back junior world title, and took back her junior world record from Australian rival Minna Atherton

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Pedro Spajari Breaks 100m Freestyle Championship Record In Semi-Final

Brazil’s Pedro Spajari broke American Caeleb Dressel’s 100m freestyle championship record of 48.97 leading the semi-finals in a blistering 48.87

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Italy’s Quadarella Breaks Four Year Old 1500m Championship Record

Slovenia’s Tjasa Oder saw her 1500m freestyle championship record get broken on the 5th night of finals at Junior World Championships by Italy’s Simona Quadarella

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USA, Italy and Brazil set lineups for Raia Rapida sprint showdown

Anthony Ervin is back to head the U.S. roster at Brazil’s made-for-TV Raia Rapida sprint format meet.

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South Africa Powers Through Day 1 of FINA Junior World Championships

Competition was very stiff as the young charges showcased their talent and strived for excellence.
Mzansi’s Mariella Venter made the semi-finals of the 100m backstroke.

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Algerian Rosters Announced for Jr Worlds, African, Mediterranean Games

Algeria has announced its rosters for the upcoming Junior World Championships, the Mediterranean Beach Games, as well as the African…

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Italy in, Australia out for 2015 Raia Rapida format meet in Brazil

The United States, Brazil, South Africa and Italy will compete in the 2015 edition of the Raia Rapida meet, a sprint format meet in Brazil in September.

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SwimSwam’s World Championships Honors and Superlatives

Katie Ledecky is our female swimmer of the meet, with 5 gold medals and 3 world records to show for her efforts in Kazan

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World Championships By the Numbers: Finals composition by continent

Sarah Sjostrom helped Europe dominate as a continent, with nearly half the aggregate finals lanes featuring a swimmer from Europe.

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Lacourt Set to Take His Second Gold in Chartres

Camille Lacourt put up the morning’s fastest 50 backstroke time of 25.41…

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Hosszu Qualifies as Top Seed in Three Events in Chartres

Katinka Hosszu put up the morning’s fastest times in the 200 freestyle, 200 IM and 100 butterfly…

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10 Ways to Make a Travel Meet Successful

Going on a swimming trip intro-state or overseas is exciting and fun, but you also want to set yourself up to be able to perform. Here a few tips to ensure you can still stand up and produce that time you are capable of–even when you are on the road.

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Le Clos: “Phelps’ World Records Have Been On My Mind Since London”

Chad Le Clos says Michael Phelps is a huge threat to his Olympic goals.

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