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Surgery For Emily Seebohm

Aussie superstar Emily Seebohm has revealed she is suffering from Endometriosis, resulting in surgery this month.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Africa Male Swimmer Of The Year – Video

With 2 Olympic silver medals from Rio and a short course world record, Chad Le Clos is your African Male Swimmer of the Year Swammy Award winner.

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Swimming Canada’s Stat-Based Talent ID System Predicted Oleksiak

Penny Oleksiak was identified as a potential podium earner when she was just 14 years old.

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Exclusive: Brazilian Matheus Santana Makes Move To SwimMAC Elite

One of Brazil’s young sprint stars, Matheus Santana of 2014 Youth Olympic Games fame, is headed to Charlotte to train under 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Head Coach David Marsh.

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Swimming New Zealand Names New CEO

Swimming New Zealand welcomes its new CEO from Tennis NZ.

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Olympic Champion Mack Horton To Take On Pier To Pub Open Water Race

Winner of the men’s 400m freestyle event in Rio, Mack Horton, will be trying open water on for size in a prestigious event slated for early January.

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City Of Derby Plans State-Of-The-Art Pool For 2020

Adam Peaty’s home, City of Derby, is set to see a brand new pool open in 2020.

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Team Efimova Moves Ahead As Russian Joins ‘Sport And Law’ Organization

Team Efimova moves one step closer to formation, while Yulia joins Russia’s ‘Sport and Law’ organization.

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Rockingham Awarded Western Australia’s Third High Performance Center

The Western Australian Swimming Association, Inc. and Western Australia Institute of Sport and Swimming Australia Limited (SAL) announced the ‘South HPTC’ is slated to open early 2017.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Asia Female Swimmer Of The Year

Rie Kaneto proved that age is just a number this year with her gold medal-winning Rio performance at 27 years of age.

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After 60 Years, Swimming Australia And Speedo Part Ways

After a 60-year partnership, Swimming Australia and swimwear company Speedo will be parting ways.

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European Champion Sebastiaan Verschuren Announces Retirement

Sebastiaan Verschuren, 200m freestyle champion at the 2016 European Championships, announced his retirement today.

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Marc Sanchez Wins Five At Spanish SC Nationals

Marc Sanchez of Spain cleaned up at his nation’s short course championship meet over the weekend.

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Park Tae Hwan Finds New Home & Fresh Start Under Tim Lane At Warringah

Breaking out from under the suspension cloud, Korean World Champion Park Tae Hwan kicks off his re-energized career with the help of Tim Lane in Australia.

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Amsterdam Swim Meet: Kamminga Clocks New Dutch Record In 200 Breast

Catch highlights from the 2016 Amsterdam Swim Meet, which included a national record by breaststroker Arno Kamminga.

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