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Beyond The Lane Lines: India’s Sajan Prakash Gets Promoted

Read on to find out more about smaller swimming stories from around the web in this week’s edition of Beyond the Lane Lines.

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Groves Calls Swimming AUS President Perkins ‘Irresponsible’

Read the latest updates on the ongoing saga involving swimmer Maddie Groves and her allegations of a problematic culture within Swimming Australia.

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Sprint Champions Manaudou & Blume Announce Engagement

Multi-Olympic medalists Florent Manaudou of France and Pernille Blume of Denmark have revealed their engagement on social media.

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Japan’s Shoma Sato Battled Hernia At Tokyo Olympic Games

20-year-old Shoma Sato owns 3 of the top 10 fastest performances ever in the men’s 200m breaststroke yet was a non-factor at the Olympic Games.

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CHSAA Facing Disabilities Act Complaint Filed By Diabetic Swimmer

The Colorado High School Athletic Association is facing a potential lawsuit involving an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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South African Sports Minister Confirms Schoenmaker Will Be Rewarded

There is an update in the back and forth of whether or not Olympic gold medalist Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa would indeed receive an award

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British Coaching Dynamo Jol Finck Moves To Nunawading (Australia)

The Nunawading Swimming Club located in Victoria, Australia has announced that Jol Finck has been appointed as the Director of Coaching.

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Rikako Ikee Races 200 Freestyle For 2nd Time Since Return To Competition

Leukemia survivor and two-time Olympian Rikako Ikee raced at a domestic meet this week, winning the women’s 200m freestyle event.

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Exclusive Chat With 18-Yr-Old Korean Freestyle Ace Hwang Sunwoo

Find out more about Korean young gun Hwang Sunwoo, the 18-year-old who finaled in both the 200m and 100m freestyle events in Tokyo.

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Japanese Olympic Medalist Kosuke Hagino Set To Retire From Swimming

Men’s 400m IM Olympic champion from 2016, Kosuke Hagino, has decided to hang up his goggles and retire from competitive swimming.

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Japan Has Two 15-16-Year-Olds Hit 4:18 LCM 400 IM At JOC

The National JOC Junior Olympic Cup is taking place this week in Japan, with a handful of teenagers standing out from the crowd.

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Head Coach Rohan Taylor To Lead Aussies Through Paris 2024

Swimming Australia has officially appointed Rohan Taylor as national team head coach through December 2024, meaning he’ll be there in Paris.

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The Official Tokyo 2020 SwimSwam Crossword Puzzle

The SwimSwam Crossword Puzzle is back, ready to challenge your brain now that the dust has settled from the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Atkinson To Receive Honorary Degree

Catch up on the latest edition of Beyond the Lane Lines, our collection of swimming stories collected from around the web.

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Yanagimoto & Ogata Double Up On Gold To Close Out JPN High School C’Ships

Check out what happened on the final day of action at the 89th Japan Inter-High School Swimming Championships from Nagano.

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