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For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds

13 April 2024

For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds

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Kane Follows has lit up the pool on night four at the New Zealand Swimming Champs in Hastings
	13 Apr 2024: Kane Follows has lit up the pool on night four at the New Zealand Swimming Champs in Hastings... more

Lewis Clareburt's easily won the national 200 metres butterfly title with a time of one minute 57.06, at the nationals in Hastings
	12 Apr 2024: Lewis Clareburt's easily won the national 200 metres butterfly title with a time of one minute 57.06, at the nationals in Hastings... more

Frustration from swimmer Lewis Clareburt, despite setting at New Zealand record at the national championships in Hastings
	12 Apr 2024: Frustration from swimmer Lewis Clareburt, despite setting at New Zealand record at the national championships in Hastings... more

To the national swimming championships in Hastings..
	11 Apr 2024: To the national swimming championships in Hastings..... more

Swimmer Hazel Ouwehand has powered to the New Zealand 50-metre butterfly record at the national championships in Hastings
	10 Apr 2024: Swimmer Hazel Ouwehand has powered to the New Zealand 50-metre butterfly record at the national championships in Hastings... more

There's a critical shortage of swimming teachers across the country
	2 Mar 2024: There's a critical shortage of swimming teachers across the country... more

Former Olympic swimmer Moss Burmester believes Erika Fairweather's push for the Games podium might be a matter of when not if
	20 Feb 2024: Former Olympic swimmer Moss Burmester believes Erika Fairweather's push for the Games podium might be a matter of when not if... more

Swimmer Lewis Clareburt believes his move to Auckland has been justified with a maiden world championship in 400-metre individual medley
	19 Feb 2024: Swimmer Lewis Clareburt believes his move from Wellington - where he couldn't always get a 50-metre lane - to Auckland has been justified with a maiden world championship in the 400-metre individual medley at Doha... more

New Zealand swimmers Erika Fairweather and Eve Thomas have finished 3rd and 4th in the 800 metre freestyle final at the World Champs in Doha
	18 Feb 2024: New Zealand swimmers Erika Fairweather and Eve Thomas have finished 3rd and 4th in the 800 metre freestyle final at the World Champs in Doha... more

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