Year: 2020
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Video: Kira Toussaint Takes Down World Record in 50 Backstroke
Heading into the semifinals of the International Swimming League season, one of the world records on alert was the women’s 50-meter backstroke. Indeed, that global standard went down on Saturday at the Duna Arena in Budapest, as the London Roar’s Kira Toussaint covered her two laps in 25.60 to better the 2014 mark of Etiene Medeiros. The Brazilian held the mark for…
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Shayna Jack’s doping ban halved after court finding | 7NEWS
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack’s suspension from the sport has been halved to two years. A court has found she didn’t intentionally take a banned substance.
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2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Asia Seidt: “Dear Swimming”
“Dear Swimming: You taught me it was OK to be a strong female leader in the world of sports.†2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Asia Seidt reflects on how the sport and her experience as a swimmer at the University of Kentucky changed her life.
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Uganda’s 13-year-old Swimming Star Husnah Kukundakwe on the Power of Sport | Paralympic Games
Husnah Kukundakwe (Uganda) a United Through Sport Youth Festival Ambassador, can testify about the life-changing experience of sport. To all the youngsters out there, hear her message!
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Atsushi Abe & Yumi Adachi’s amazing Mixed Duet Technical at Gwangju 2019 | FINA World Championships
Atsushi Abe and Yumi Adachi performed in the Mixed Duet Technical in the 2019 edition of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju and gave a beautiful interpretation to the story of a sailor and mermaid.
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Big Sense of Gratitude to the ISL League – Anton Mckee – Toronto Titans (Pinnacle Racing VT – PRVT)
Anton McKee shares with us his “big sense of gratitude to the ISL League” for what they are doing for the sport of swimming and for the continuity of professional swimmers like him. Anton has won three of the four matches in the 200 Breaststroke so far before the semi-final match. During the process, he…
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Matthew Welsh’s World Record at Barcelona 2003 | Men’s 50m Butterfly
Today we’re taking you back to an unexpected turn of events in the 50m Butterly from the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Australia’s Matt Welsh set a new World Record with a time of 23.43!