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WVU Swimming Embraces Special Team Member

A very special person has joined the West Virginia University Swimming & Diving team, as 5-year-old Wyatt Dewitt has been drafted to the Mountaineers.

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Masse, Oleksiak, Cseh & More Ready To Race In Uster

Strong Canadian and British contingencies are among the stars getting more pre-Commonwealth Games racing in this weekend in Switzerland.

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15-year-olds Join Van Der Burgh & Le Clos On South African CG Roster

South Africa’s youngest athletes on their entire Commonwealth Games roster include 2 swimmers, as the pair join veteran medalists Chad Le Clos and Cameron Van der Burgh.

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New Doping Protocol Bottles May Be Flawed

A new iteration of doping laboratory bottles is being scrutinized as a possible risk to sample integrity.

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Nakamura Clocks 48.13 100 Free At Kosuke Kitajima Cup

Japanese national record holder Katsumi Nakamura logged the world’s 2nd fastest 100m freestyle time of the season en route to becoming the Kosuke Kitajima Cup’s swimmer of the meet.

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2018 Kosuke Kitajima Cup: Monetary Stakes Raised

Daiya Seto, Yui Ohashi and world record holder Ippei Watanabe are just 3 of the Japanese stars ready to compete at this weekend’s Kosuke Kitajima Cup.

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Tokyo 2020 Travelers To Be Greeted By Airport Robots

Traveling to Tokyo in 2020 for the Summer Olympic Games? You may run into a fuzzy cat robot in the airport, ready to assist you.

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Swim Wales Selects Carlin, Jervis To Lead Commonwealth Roster

Olympic medalist Jazz Carlin heads up the 15 aquatic athletes across swimming, para swimming and diving named to the Welsh squad headed to the Gold Coast for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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Sandwell Selected As New Aquatics Center Site For Birmingham 2022

It was announced last December that Birmingham, England would be replacing Durban, South Africa as host city for the 2022…

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Jamieson Becomes Laureus Ambassador

What has Kiwi Olympian Lauren Boyle been up to since retiring? Find out in Beyond the Lane Lines.

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Throssell Nears PB In 200 Free To Close Out Western Aussie States

2018 WESTERN AUSTRALIA STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Friday, January 19th – Sunday, January 21st HBF Stadium LCM Meet Central Start Lists…

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Watch Cate Campbell Race To Near Exhaustion En Route To 200 Free PB

Hitting a new 200m freestyle PB at the end of a 3-day in-season meet, Cate Campbell was near exhaustion with a trio of freestyle victories in Sydney.

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Cate Campbell Completes Freestyle Trifecta With 200 Win At NSW

“I was told to attack it, that’s what I did,” Cate Campbell said of her 200m freestyle victory in Sydney to complete a trifecta of freestyle wins.

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D’Orsogna & Throssell Fly To More Gold At Western Aussie States

Both Tommaso D’Orsogna and Brianna Throssell were victorious on night 2 of the 2018 Western Australian State Open Championships.

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Winnington With Another Upset In Sydney, While McKeon Blazes Butterfly

After an impressive win in the men’s 400m freestyle on night 1, 17-year-old Elija Winngington broke out a 200m freestyle victory over seasoned competitors. Emma McKeon was also explosive, registering the 3rd fastest 100m fly in the world this season.

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