Articles by Braden Keith

Austin Vacek Transferring from Texas to Texas A&M

Austin Vacek, a swimmer who once drew an “He’s going to make me famous” from University of Texas head coach Eddie Reese,…

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Mexico City to Host 2017 IPC World Swimming Championships

The IPC has announced that Mexico City will host the 2017 International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships. Originally, Mexico City…

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Commonwealth Star Erraid Davies Ruled Ineligible for Paralympics Again

Erraid Davies, whose smile after becoming the youngest Commonwealth Games medalist in history in 2014 brought the hearts of Scotland…

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Russia Requests Retests to Be Thrown Out After “B” Samples Prove Clean

Russian Sports minister Vitaly Mutko has demanded that the 55 positive tests that resulted from an IOC program to re-test doping…

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5-Time Paralympic Medalist Stephanie Millward Reclassified to S8 Category

5-time Olympic medalist is expected to be reclassified to the S8 category, SwimSwam has been told by an anonymous source,…

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Suo Ron Wins 100 Breaststroke at Chinese Summer Nationals (Day 3)

2016 Chinese Summer Nationals Ganzhou, China June 6th-9th, 2016 50 meter (long course) pool Live results (Choose “By grouping query results,”…

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Silverman, Coan Both Due for Reclassification After 2 of 3 Tests

American Record holders Ian Silverman (above) and MacKenzie Coan are on course to be reclassified before the U.S. Olympic Trials at the end of the month.

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Wang Lizhuo Breaks 100 Breast Chinese Record on Day 2 of Summer Champs

China’s Wang Lizhou has broken his own Chinese National Record in the 100 meter breaststroke, making this his third-straight clearance of the mark.

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Abood, Magnussen, Roberts Added to 2016 Australian Olympic Roster

James Magnussen won’t get the opportunity to defending his Olympic silver medal in the 100 free this August, but he will get the chance to help Australia revive its 400 free relay in Rio.

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Qatari Swimmer Makes History Again As First Two-Time Female Olympian

In 2012, Nada Arkaji made history when she became the first-ever female Olympian from Qatar, a small Middle-Eastern oil rich nation….

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Conor Dwyer, Katie Ledecky Win PSS Titles, DiRado Gets the Car

Conor Dwyer finalized his third-straight Arena Pro Swim Series title this past weekend with 8 more points in Santa Clara.

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Ian Silverman, Erraid Davies to Try for Reclassification in Berlin

Ian Silverman was ruled not disabled enough to compete in freestyle events in Paralympic swimming, but will take a last shot at overturning that decision this week in Germany.

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Santo Condorelli Returns to Training Under Sergio Lopez Until Rio

Canadian swimmer Santo Condorelli has returned to training under Sergio Lopez, who was his coach while he was in high school…

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WATCH: Caeleb Dressel Swim 22.09 at TNAQ Invite

TENNESSEE AQUATICS JUNE INVITATIONAL Dates: June 3-6 Location: Allan Jones Aquatic Center (University of Tennessee), Knoxville, TN Meet Information Psych…

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