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Podcast: Inside with Brett Hawke
Episode: Golden Age of Distance Swimming w/ the WIFFEN TWINS + Chikunova World Record
Description: Nathan and Daniel Wiffen joined us LIVE to talk about the golden age of distance swimming - and how cool it is to be an identical twin.
Fast Swims Around the World: Australian/Hungarian/Russian Champs + the Berlin Open
The swim of the week, and probably of the year thus far, came from Kazan. After a head-turning 1:04.92 100 breast, Evgenia Chikunova really dropped jaws with a masterful 2:17.55 200 breast world record. That swim absolutely eviscerated Tatjana Schoenmaker's 2:18.95 standard from Tokyo, and the splits were pristine: 32.13/35.15/35.19/35.08. The bodyline, the kick power, the effortless change of gear.
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