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Beyond The Lane Lines: End Of Year Awards Round-Up

Anton McKee has been named Male Swimmer of the Year in his native nation of Iceland. Read more in this week’s edition of Beyond the Lane Lines.

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High-Level International Meets For January 2021

January 2021 is essentially here, which means we’re finally seeing the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on the horizon.

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Sakci Snares 100 Breast Victory At Turkish Short Course Championships

ISL breaststroke star Emre Sakci got it done for gold tonight in the 100 sprint at the Turkish Short Course Championships.

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Xinhua: Swiss Tribunal ‘Overturns’ Sun Yang Ban, Matter Will Return to CAS

China’s state-run news outlet Xinhua says Sun Yang’s 8-year ban has been overturned. WADA says the case will return to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Swimming Canada Releases Initial List of Athletes Eligible For Trials Invite

Taylor Ruck will be eligible to race up to five events at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Trials.

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Top Italian Swimmers Quarantining As COVID Positives Follow Championships

Elena di Liddo and Benedetta Pilato have tested positive for the coronavirus just days after the Italian Open, causing others to quarantine pending results.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Kaylee McKeown Earns Oceania Female Swimmer Of The Year

Kaylee McKeown produced some of the most impressive swims worldwide over the course of the 2020 calendar year, including a short course World Record.

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Merve Tuncel Trained By Italy’s Gjon Shyti (WJR 1500 Race Video)

Watch 15-year-old Merve Tuncil of Turkey fire off a new World Junior Record in the women’s short course meters 1500 freestyle in Instanbul.

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ITA Launches Long-Term 10-Year Storage Plan for Doping Samples

The ITA announced a plan on Monday to store collected anti-doping samples for 10 years in a single facility to allow for re-analysis.

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2020 Swammy Awards: CAC Female Athlete of the Year, Alia Atkinson

Atkinson finishes 2020 ranked 2nd in the world in the 100 SCM breaststroke (1:02.66) and 3rd in the world in the 50 SCM breaststroke (28.88).

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13-Year-Old Jefimova Sets Senior Estonian Record With 1:05.62 100 Breast

Estonian’s quickest swimmers wasted no time at the 2020 Short Course Swimming Championships, downing a collective total of 7 senior national records.

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Turkish Short Course Championships Day 3 Record Round-Up

The Turkish short course record book is being overwritten with nearly every race in Instanbul this week. Read what happened on night 3 in this post.

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15-Yr-Old Merve Tuncel Beats World Junior Record 1500 Benchmark Time

The 2020 Turkish Short Course Championships saw a monster swim take place on day 3 at the hands of 15-year-old Merve Tuncel.

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4 Spanish Relay Records Fall At The Copa De España Meet In Castellón

At the conclusion of the Copa de España meet in Castellón, Spain, a total of four Spanish records were broken, all of which took place in relay events.

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Meet Record From Shymanovich Wraps Up Vladimir Salnikov Cup

You read earlier about Andrei Minakov’s European Junior Record in the 100 fly but read what else happened in St. Petersburg tonight.

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