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FINA World Championships 2019: Olympic medallist Tamas Kenderesi held back over sexual harassment allegations
•Hungarian swimmer Tamas Kenderesi has been banned from leaving the country for 10 days until the South Korean police investigate an incident in a nightclub

Swimming Australia rejects claims of lack of transparency over Shayna Jack's failed dope test
•Swimming Australia insisted on Sunday it followed the rules in dealing with a failed drug test by relay world-record holder Shayna Jack, rejecting claims it wasn't transparent about the "embarrassing" result.

FINA World Championships 2019: American sensation Caeleb Dressel counts flaws despite hat-trick of titles in one night
•Everything he touches turns to gold, but American swim sensation Caeleb Dressel beat himself up over a less-than-perfect start Saturday after completing a stunning hat-trick of world titles.

FINA World Championships 2019: Sarah Sjostrom sets pace as nightclub deaths overshadow world swim
•Eight swimmers were among the injured after a balcony at a South Korean nightclub collapsed in the early hours Saturday, sending party-goers plummeting over five metres onto people below.

FINA World Championships 2019: Australia clinch gold in women’s 4x200 freestyle relay, set world record
•The quartet of Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell and Emma McKeon knocked 0.58 seconds off the previous mark set by China at the Rome worlds in 2009.

FINA World Championships 2019: Caeleb Dressel retains men's 100 metres freestyle title, collects third gold of week
•The 22-year-old, who swept to seven world titles two years ago, clocked a blistering 46.96 seconds in Gwangju to win swimming's blue riband event in the second fastest time ever

FINA World Championships 2019: Michael Phelps acknowledges new world record holder Hungarian Kristof Milak as 'incredible'
•Hungarian 19-year old Kristof Milak breaks Michael Phelps' world record in 200 metres butterfly

FINA World Championships 2019: Britain's Adam Peaty unperturbed by world body's warning after podium snub aimed at China's Sun Yang
•Peaty said that FINA's warning for offensive behaviour against competitors won't affect him as he'll continue to speak out against doping

FINA World Championships 2019: USA's Caeleb Dressel clock's year's fastest time in 100 metres freestyle
•USA's Caeleb Dressel has already won two gold medals in the 4x100m relay and the 50m butterfly and looks on course to add to his medal haul in Gwangju

FINA World Championships 2019: Sun Yang, Duncan Scott warned by governing body over heated exchange after medal ceremony
•Duncan Scott, who tied for bronze in 200 metres freestyle event, refused to shake hands with gold medallist Sun Yang on podium after the playing of the national anthem or join him and the other medallists on the top step to pose for photos.


