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Kiwi swimmers make Glasgow a historic standout

Swimming writer Dave Crampton salutes five medal winner Erika Fairweather and a strong team performance in the pool, and anticipates next month's Pan Pacific champs

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Comm Games Day 3: Fairweather wins SILVER and third medal

Erika Fairweather swims to her third medal in the longest race in the pool and the Silver Ferns score a crucial victory on Day 3 of the Glasgow Games

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Comm Games Day 2: NZ swimmers stacking up the medals

Your morning LockerRoom catch-up on all the medals, personal bests and qualifying by Kiwi women at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games

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Comm Games Day 1: Semi-sweet first medal for Erika Fairweather

Dunedin swimmer Erika Fairweather breaks the ice as the NZ Team start their Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign with double silver in the pool

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Where is she now? Swimmer Phillippa Langrell

Swimmer Phillippa Langrell won 30 national titles and some of her records stood for 20 years, but she retired at 22, the same age as current star Erika Fairweather

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Back in black – and mining for gold, silver and bronze

Big names in Kiwi swimming get their chance for Commonwealth Games medals in Glasgow, and others get in through the back door of relays

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‘I haven’t got time to be a boring old fart’

A national treasure: She's nearly 90 years-old, 4ft 9in, has a swimming competition named after her and is still officiating at national champs. Dave Crampton meets the remarkable Mary McFarlane

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Aussie superstar breaks her own 200m world record

Mollie O'Callaghan has extended Australia's golden run of short-course world records in Toronto, bettering her own 200m freestyle mark in remarkable fashion.

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First-time Winners and Historic Victories at World Aquatics Championships

Exciting firsts at the World Aquatics Championships as Siobhán Haughey, Tomoru Honda, and others secure their first long-course world titles in Doha.

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Erika Fairweather wins world championship

Otago middle distance swimmer Erika Fairweather can now call herself a world champion, after winning the 400m freestyle title at the World Aquatics championships in Doha yesterday; also qualifying for the Paris Olympics in a New Zealand record time. Until yesterday, nobody from New Zealand had ever won gold at…

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Swimming's young and restless

Just back from the World Aquatics swimming championships in Japan, teenager Summer Osborne has now left for her next big test, the world junior champs in Israel

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Erika Fairweather's world: a podium, two finals and an historic swim

Swimmer Erika Fairweather not only wins a coveted world championships medal but competes in a second final and makes NZ history, reports Dave Crampton

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Edwards back following that black line in the pool

Swimmer Chelsey Edwards nearly gave the sport away twice, but with help from a pyschologist and a new training environment she's back competing for NZ

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Backstroker happy to stay in the Bay to reach Paris

Emma Godwin aims to be just the second Kiwi female from the provinces to swim at a senior long course world champs, and become an Aquablack. And she's determined to get to the Paris Olympics, but not to move to a big city to do so.

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