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FINA Publishes Official Qualifying Procedure For Aquatics Events At Paris 2024

Relays will now qualify through the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka (top 3) and the 2024 edition in Doha (remaining 13) in order to compete in Paris.

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Australian Swim School Coach Arrested On Online Child Grooming Charges

A high school teacher and swim coach in Caringbah, Australia has been charged with sexually grooming a teenage boy online.

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Guinea Bissau Swimming Federation Hosts “Dash For Cash” Event

The competition was held in a 23.7-meter pool and featured 27 athletes racing.

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Kieran Smith Clocks 8:02 800 Free At CT LC Senior Championships

The time marked the fourth-fastest of Smith’s career, having been 7:59.27 in January 2021 at the Pro Swim Series stop in San Antonio.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 60.9% Think USC & UCLA Leaving Pac-12 Is Bad For NCAA Swimming

The move leaves just five schools in the Pac-12 that sponsor both a men’s and women’s swimming & diving team.

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PIAA Takes First Step In Allowing High School Athlete To Be Paid With NIL Plan

During its board meeting on Wednesday, the PIAA approved on first reading a NIL policy that will allow high schoolers to profit off their image.

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arena Swim of the Week: Shaine Casas Hits Blistering 50.56 100 Fly In Austin

Casas’ swim makes him the fourth-fastest American ever and would’ve won silver at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/15/2022

Up-and-coming age group swimmers made major strides at some of the meets held last weekend across the United States.

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Aiden Hayes Drops 52.45 100 Fly Best Time During Prelims At Columbia Sectionals

Hayes, 19, looked smooth en route to finishing in a time of 52.45, improving on his previous best of 52.67 set at the U.S. Olympic Trials last year.

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Brendan Burns, Anna Peplowski Hit Lifetime Bests At Purdue Closed Invite

Burns produced a PB of 2:02.37 in the men’s 200 backstroke, getting under his previous mark of 2:02.44 set at the Speedo Summer Championships last August.

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USA Swimming Announces 2023 Domestic Calendar, Including World Trials In Indy

USA Swimming has announced a 10-meet domestic schedule for 2023 that includes the World Championship Trials and four Pro Swim Series events.

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Former IOC Vice President Says Russia & Belarus May Be Banned From Paris 2024

Former VP and current IOC senior member Craig Reedie says Russia and Belarus could end up being banned from competing at the 2024 Olympic Games.

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USA Swimming Athletes Received $4.5 Million In Grant Money From USOPC In 2021

As of the end of 2021, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) had $898.6 million in total assets.

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Brazilian Winter Junior Champs Canceled After High Number of Athletes Turn Up Ill

The meet was canceled on Thursday after 97 of the 540 participants were reported to have symptoms that included fever, vomiting and nausea.

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Canadian Record Falls, Brooklyn Douthwright Shines At Ontario Summer Championships

Rising Tennessee sophomore Brooklyn Douthwright won four events at the Ontario Summer Championships last weekend in Toronto.

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