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Michael Phelps To Appear On The Today Show On Wednesday, 04/27

Set your DVRs to record the Today Show tomorrow, April 27th, as 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps is set to appear in a personal interview.

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FINA Puts Rio Olympic Relay Changes Up for Vote, Including Medical Waivers

Two proposed changes to relays at the 2016 Olympic Games have been included in a memo sent to international swimming federations from FINA.

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Bovell Collects Sprint Gold In Norway

Trinidad & Tobagoan George Bovell Bovell stuck to his bread and butter sprint events at the Marienlyst Open, clocking podium-topping times in both the 50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke.

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Schooling Wins SSA’s Male Swimmer Of The Year

Joseph Schooling and Tao Li each took home prestigious Singapore Swimming Association awards over the weekend.

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Fresh New Tokyo 2020 Logos Selected After Plagiarism Debacle

Tokyo 2020 organizers have revealed the new logos for their edition of the Summer Olympic Games.

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Park Makes Return To Pool With 1500 Freestyle Win In Gwangju

Fresh off his 18-month ban for doping, Korea’s Park Tae Hwan made his post-suspension debut in Gwangju at his nation’s Olympic Trials.

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British Champions Represent Clubs At 2016 League Cup Final

Britain’s 2016 National Arena Swimming League Cup Final concluded today.

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New Zealand Reveals Coaching Staff For Rio

Gary Hurring, Graeme Laing and Thomas Ansorg will be the trio of coaches headed to this summer’s Games for the New Zealand.

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Even Adam Peaty Struggles For Lane Space, As No Pools Open In Derby

Adam Peaty will now need to split training time between Repton and Loughborough as one of his training facilities in the City of Derby has just closed.

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Updating The Story Line On Russian And Chinese Doping

What’s the latest news regarding the ever-present subject of anti-doping? Find out here.

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Schoeman Falls Short Of 5th Olympic Games, Yet Marches On

South African Roland Schoeman fell just short of reaching his dream of a 5th Olympic Games appearance.

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Katie Ledecky Named To TIME Magazine’s ‘Most Influential People’

Katie Ledecky earns yet another accomplishment, this time as being part of TIME Magazine’s list of the world’s top 100 most influential people.

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Watch An Emotional Cesar Cielo In Post-Race Interview

Cesar Cielo said to the crowd, “I want to apologize to all of you. I gave it my all.”

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Britain Announces 2016 Olympic Roster: Peaty, Guy, Miley Among The 26

British athletes celebrate being named to the 26-member-strong 2016 Olympic squad.

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Grant Hackett Admits Himself Into Hospital

Another not-so-good piece of news is being reported regarding Aussie distance legend Grant Hackett.

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