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Park Tae Hwan Officially Ruled Out Of 2016 Olympic Games

The KOC is indeed applying its 3-year doping ban to Park Tae Hwan, rendering him officially out of the 2016 Olympic Games.

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McEvoy In A ‘Good Position’ Headed Into Trials

Excitement is just about boiling over in Adelaide, South Australia, as the nation’s Olympic Trials meet is slated to kick off tomorrow, April 7th.

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2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 3 Finals Live Recap: Hagino Smokes 200 Free

Kosuke Hagino rocked the world’s fastest 200m freestyle time while competing at the Japanese Olympic Trials tonight.

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2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

The current women’s 200 butterfly World Champion, Natsumi Hoshi, will be in the pool today trying to claim a Japanese national title in the event in Tokyo.

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Fukuoka May Submit Bid For 2026 Asian Games

The host of the 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships, Fukuoka, Japan, is now among the possible sites in the running to host the 2026 Asian Games.

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Further ‘Evidence’ Eminem Improves Swim Performance

A University of Lethbridge student believes his class project has successfully bridged a connection between listening to music with underwater headphones and improving one’s swimming performance.

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IPC European Open Championships To Be Live-Streamed

The IPC has announced this week that fans everywhere can watch the approximately 450 swimmers representing 50 countries competing at the IPC European Championships via an online broadcast on the event’s official website.

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Osman Takes 2 Events At Dubai Int’l Aquatic Championships

The 2016 Dubai International Aquatic Championships (DIAC) got underway this week and Farida Osman (Egypt) already took 2 individual events.

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Kitajima’s Possible 5th Olympic Games Qualification Now Questionable

Kitajima qualifying for his 5th Olympics is not a sure thing.

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2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Finals Recap

15-year-old Rikako Ikee already scored a new National Record during semi-finals of the women’s 100m butterfly and followed that up with a big meet title-winning swim. Kosuke Kitajima, meanwhile, qualified for his 5th Olympic Games.

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Additional Key Personnel Resignations Plague Rio

Two key Brazilian personnel have announced their resignations on the heels of our report last month regarding the nation’s Sports…

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What It Means To Represent Australia In Rio

Emma McKeon is among the Aussie squad members speaking on what a Rio berth would mean to them in the context of Australia’s storied swimming past.

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Hackett On Age, Training, Upcoming Aussie Trials

Watch and learn from legendary Australian swimmer, Grant Hackett.

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2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

We’ll get our first glimpse of Ryosuke Irie as he takes on the 100 backstroke field on day 2 of the Japanese Olympic Trials.

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Run it Back: Recapping Russian and Chinese Doping Scandals

Russia’s Yulia Efimova tested positive for a second time – just one piece of a winding puzzle of doping in Russia and China early in 2016.

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