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China’s Zhang Yufei Breaks World Cup Record in 100 Fly; Beats 3 Big Rivals in Athens

25-year-old Zhang Yufei, the defending World Champion in the 100 fly, beat out three big rivals and broke Sarah Sjostrom’s World Record on Sunday.

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2023 World Cup Athens Day 3 Prelims: Sjostrom & Andrew Cruise In Multiple Events

American Michael Andrew made two finals for the last night of action in Athens. He’ll be taking on the 50m fly and 100m back.

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2023 World Cup Athens Day 2 Prelims: Aussie Simpson In The 100 Free Spotlight

Australian Cody Simpson earned silver last night the 100m fly and will try to upgrade to gold in the 100m free, owning the top seed in 48.99 out of the heats.

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2023 World Cup Athens Day 1 Prelims Recap: Clash Of The Women’s 50 Free Titans

World Record holder Sarah Sjostrom looks primed to repeat her 50m freestyle gold medal-worthy performance from the first stop of the World Cup series.

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Seto, Matsumoto & Ohashi Head Up Japan SC Championships Entries

National record holder Daiya Seto is among the entrants headed to the Japanese Short Course Championships which begin on October 21st in Tokyo.

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IOC Suspends Russian Olympic Committee for Absorbing Ukrainian Sports Organizations

The ROC lost access to IOC funding after breaching the Olympic Charter by absorbing Olympic Councils in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.

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United States, Host Nation Greece Beef Up Rosters For 2023 World Cup In Athens

U23 Championships gold medalist Stergios-Marios Bilas is among the host nation swimmers expected to race at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Athens.

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LIVEBARN Race of the Week: Qin Haiyang Ties His Own Asian Record in the 100 Breast

Qin Haiyang ripped a 57.69 100 breast as part of his Berlin breaststroke sweep. The time tied his Asian record and set a new World Cup record.

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32-Yr-Old Satomi Suzuki Lowers Women’s 50 Breast Japanese Record To 30.10

After reaping two individual silvers at this year’s Asian Games, Satomi Suzuki raced domestically and posted a new 50m breast national record.

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Zhang Yufei & Qin Haiyang Both Named MVP Of 19th Asian Games

Chinese swimming powerhouses Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang were both named overall MVP of the Asian Games which just concluded in Hangzhou.

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Siobhan Haughey Smashes 52.02 Asian Record In 100 Free, #3 Performer All-Time

Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong just fired off the fastest 100m freestyle of her career, a time of 52.02 to break her own Asian Record.

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Scoring Leaders, Likely Winners After Day 2 of the Berlin Swimming World Cup

Australian Kaylee McKeown (above) is the front-runner to win the $12,000 first place prize in Berlin, though Sarah Sjostrom has an outside chance.

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Jefimova Breaks a World Cup Record, Kohler Leads a Loaded Field at Berlin Day 3 Prelims

Teenager Jeneli Efimova took out a 2015 World Cup Record in the 50 breast that was previously held by World Cup queen Alia Atkinson.

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Sarah Sjostrom Holds Off Zhang Yufei for New World Cup Record in 50 Fly (25.06)

Sarah Sjostrom just barely edged out Zhang Yufei (25.14) with a winning time of 25.06, taking down her own World Cup record of 25.22 from 2018.

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Siobhan Haughey Breaks Katinka Hosszu’s World Cup Record in 200 Free (1:55.10)

25-year-old Olympic silver medalist Siobhan Haughey erased Katinka Hosszu’s World Cup record in the 200 free on Saturday with a winning time of 1:55.10. 

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