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Wildin-Snedden and Gasson Win Third Gold at Oceania Championships

Acacia Wildin-Snedden and Helena Gasson both collected their third individual gold medals on Wednesday night at the Oceania Championships on…

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New Commercial Focuses on Cochrane and Bennett’s Relationship

In a new series of commercials by Sport Chek, which are entitled What it Takes (#WhatItTakes), Ryan Cochrane talks about his 13 year relationship with coach Randy Bennett who pasted away last April…

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New Zealand Dominates Day Two in the Pool of Oceania Championships

Gabrielle Fa’ amausili won the women’s 50 backstroke one of New Zealand’s eight victories on Tuesday evening…

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Plenty of Star Power at the 2016 Settecolli Trophy

Some of the biggest names in the field will include Olympic champions Ruta Meilutyte, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Daniel Gyurta and Cameron van der Burgh as well as World Championship gold medalists Gregorio Paltrinieri, Kanako Watanabe, Laszlo Cseh and Jennie Johansson…

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Australia Wins Six Events in the Pool on Day One of Oceania Champs

The Australian team picked up six gold medals in the pool on the first night of the Oceania Championships in Suva, Fiji…

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Radford Humbled By Support He Has Received Through the Appeal Process

Since Swimming New Zealand announced they would not be sending Kane Radford to the 2016 Rio Olympics he has received a huge outpouring of support…

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British Swimming Confirms Keri-Anne Payne’s Participation in Rio

British Swimming has officially confirmed that 2008 Olympic silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne will be a member of the British Olympic team in Rio…

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Website Created to Communicate Traffic Changes During the Olympics

The city of Rio has introduced a website to communicate changes to their transportation system, which will occur before and during the Olympic Games…

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Ireland Sending Three Swimmers to Compete in Rio

Swim Ireland has announced that they will be sending Fiona Doyle, Shane Ryan and Nicholas Quinn to represent the nation at the Olympics in Rio…

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Belmonte’s Boyfriend Accuses One of Her Teammates of Foul Play

Mireia Belmonte’s boyfriend Olympic rower Javier Hernanz has accused one of her teammates of using dirty tactics during the FINA Open Water Olympic Qualifier on the weekend…

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Larkin’s 2012 Olympic Experience Provides Him With Confidence for Rio

World champion Mitch Larkin discusses managing increased expectation, his 2012 Olympic experience and preparation headed into Rio…

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Sweden Releases Qualification Standards for World Short Course Champs

The Swedish Swimming Federation has released their qualification criteria for the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Windsor, Canada and the Nordic Championships in Kolding, Denmark…

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Spanish Olympic Team Member Castro has Successful Shoulder Surgery

Cesar Castro had surgery last week to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, an injury he suffered after qualifying for the Spanish Olympic Team…

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Dutch National Team Member Saskia de Jonge Retires at 29

Saskia de Jonge who first represented the Netherlands internationally in 2006 announced her retirement at the age of 29…

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Belmonte’s Focus Remains in the Pool

Mireia Belmonte failed to qualify for the 10 km in Rio finishing 28th at the FINA Open Water World Cup yesterday in Setubal…

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