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  • Ledecky shines in the 400m free & grabbed new record | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017

    Jul 23, 2017

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Katie Ledecky (USA) grabbed 2 GOLDS last night and she had already started the morning with a Championship Record in the 400m Freestyle! Later on, she would break her own time and smashed a new Championship Record (the 2nd in 1 day) and the GOLD medal in the same event. Her second GOLD arrived in the Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay representing USA!

  • Recap Day 9 #FINABudapest2017

    Jul 23, 2017

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    rokur
    in Diving, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo

    On day 9 of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Tom Daley triumphs over Chinese Olympic champion Chen in epic duel on the 10m. Team China wins first gold in Free Combination, Russian mixed duet back on top in synchro, and Dutch tipped out in waterpolo.

  • Daley triumphs in epic duel on the 10m | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017

    Jul 22, 2017

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    rokur
    in Diving

    Tom Daley pulled off a heroic victory, perhaps the win of a lifetime, when he bounced back from bitter Olympic disappointment to triumph on the 10m tower and regain the world crown he had won eight years earlier.

  • Recap Day 8 #FINABudapest2017

    Jul 22, 2017

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    rokur
    in Diving, Open Water

    On day 8 of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest, peerless Shi Tingmao retains 3m world title for gold number seven for China in diving. Cunha (BRA) repeats as woman 25KM champion, and Russia takes team free title to make it six in synchro.

  • Cunha (BRA) repeats as woman 25KM champion | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017

    Jul 21, 2017

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil won a come from behind battle for gold, retaining her title as world champion by soundly defeating the Olympic 10K champion Sharon van Rouwendaal.

  • Recap Day 7 #FINABudapest2017

    Jul 21, 2017

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    rokur
    in Diving, Open Water

    On day 7 of the 17th FINA World Championships, Xie brings China back on the golden trail in diving at the Budapest World Championships. The France open water team claims third gold winning mixed 5km Team Event, and USA, Greece, Italy and Hungary top groups in women’s water polo tournament.

  • Dóra Czigány with an Absolute Rocket | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017

    Jul 20, 2017

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    rokur
    in Water Polo

    Dóra Czigány of Hungary put the fans on their feet with an absolute rocket that blew past the Netherlands keeper!

  • Recap Day 6 #FINABudapest2017

    Jul 20, 2017

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    rokur
    in Competition

    On day 6 of the 17th FINA World Championships, Malaysia’s Jun Hoong Cheong scored a dramatic upset victory in a close final over the Chinese favourites to win the women’s platform diving title at the Budapest World Championships. Ashley Twichell won gold in open water, the Hungarian water polo team forced a draw against Italy, and Svetlana Kolesnichenko of Russia won the women’s solo free title today at the 17th FINA World Championships.

  • Atwater Beach drowning victim did not know how to swim

    Jul 20, 2017

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Atwater Beach drowning victim did not know how to swim

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