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Canada, U.S. In Talks With World Aquatics About Hosting World Cup Events In 2025

USA Swimming and Swimming Canada have both confirmed they are currently in talks with World Aquatics to host at least one World Cup event in 2025.

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Binghamton Rolls To Sweep of Wagner

The Bearcat men won 189-110 while the women were victorious by a 167-129 margin. 

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 1/18/2025

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2025: Women’s #100-91

Helena Rosendahl Back breaks onto the list of Top 100 women for 2025 after earning gold at the Euro Championships and silver at 2024 LC Worlds in the 200 fly.

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Olympic Champion Daniel Wiffen Considering Joining NCAA: “Only Cal”

The reigning Olympic gold medalist in the men’s 800 free, Wiffen is considering joining his twin brother, Nathan, at Cal in the fall.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 40.6% Pick Rio Olympic Success As Hosszu’s Biggest Achievement

Hosszu’s career at the top of the sport spanned two decades, but her defining moment came over the course of one week in August 2016 at the Rio Olympics.

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World Champion Anastasia Gorbenko Joins Louisville, Will Be Competition Eligible In 2026

The 21-year-old Gorbenko is heading to Louisville for the second semester and will be eligible to compete in the NCAA after one year of enrollment.

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arena Swim of the Week: Kaelyn Gridley Blasts 58.14 100 Breast For New Duke Record, #3 In NCAA

Gridley broke the Duke Record for the second time this season in 58.14, moving her into 3rd in the 2024-25 NCAA rankings.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Katie Grimes Wins 200 IM By .01 To Cap Perfect College Debut

Racing in her first meet at the University of Virginia, Grimes went three-for-three, highlighted by her win over teammate Aimee Canny by .01 in the 200 IM.

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RUSADA Reports Decrease In Positive Tests, But Uptick In TUE Requests & Whereabouts Failures

A RUSADA spokesperson said that 102 positive tests were registered in 2024, decreasing from the 150 reported in 2023 and 135 in 2022.

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House of Representatives Passes Bill To Bar Trans Athletes From Female School Sports

The House passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” on Tuesday, though it was a divided vote, 218 to 206, almost entirely on party lines.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024

Tomoyuki Matsushita (left) was unranked last year but won silver in the 400 IM in Paris, while Leon Marchand (center) backed up is #1 ranking with four golds.

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Pepperdine Swimmer & Diver Lose Everything In Palisades Fire; Team Relocated Indefinitely

Pepperdine juniors Anna Ryan and Viivan Vallely lost everything as their Malibu apartment on the PCH was hit by the Palisades fires.

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Churchie Swim Club Head Coach Richard Sleight Taking Legal Action For Unfair Dismissal

Anglican Church Grammar School axed Sleight and assistant Liam Smith after opting to outsource Churchie Swim Club operations to Rackley Swim Club.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 1/11/2025

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrate sswimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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