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Park Issues Apology After Receiving FINA’s Doping Suspension

After being handed an 18-month suspension by the FINA Doping Panel stemming from a positive doping test back in September…

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Infostrada’s 2016 Rio Virtual Medal Table Has United States on Top of Total Medal Count

By applying an objective algorithm, Infostrada Sports predicts overall medal outcomes, as well as individual winners at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

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Cate Campbell Suffers Mild Ankle Sprain 10 Days Out from Aussie Trials

Australian speedster, Cate Campbell, rattled her Dolphin teammates’ nerves a bit earlier today, as she suffered a mild ankle sprain just…

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Community Mourns Loss of Lockport High School Swimmer Who Died on College Visit

SwimSwam sends its condolences to the friends, family, and community of Michael Dmochowski. A Lockport, New York-based high school swimmer…

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Swimming Canada Announces Parapan Am Games Swimming Roster

Today, Swimming Canada has announced its roster of 40 para-swimmers selected to compete at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games….

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Youth Olympian Joanna Evans Highlights Bahamas’ 2015 CARIFTA Roster

The Bahamas Swimming Federation has announced its 36-member team, which will be heading to the 2015 Caribbean Free Trade Association…

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Pollution of Guanabara Bay Still Major Concern 17 Months out from 2016 Rio Games

Earlier this year, Pieter van den Hoogenband tweeted out a disturbing photo of Copacabana, where the Open Water and Triathlon swims are set to take place in 2016; Grave concerns are also being expressed over Guanabara Bay, the site of windsurfing and sailing at the Rio Olympics.

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Day 1 ACC Round-up: Virginia’s Leah Smith Earns Redemption with NCAA Record in 500 Free

2015 WOMEN’S NCAA DI CHAMPIONSHIPS: ACC Round-up What you need to know: Thursday, March 19 – Saturday, March 21 Greensboro…

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IOC to Conduct Additional Doping Tests on Samples Retained from Beijing Olympics

In light of intelligence gathered from recent positive doping cases, as well as pervasive accusations pointed at several sporting federations…

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SwimMAC Elite’s Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Honored by Bahamas Swimming Federation

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace earned “Senior Swimmer of the Year” honors by the Bahamian Swimming Federation.

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Hamburg Set to be Germany’s 2024 Olympics Bid City

Could the 2024 Olympic Games see Hamburg, Germany as its host?

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SwimMAC Elite Stars Put On Show in the Bahamas

Ryan Lochte, Cullen Jones, Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace and others from SwimMAC Elite wowed the crowd in the Bahamas this past weekend.

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Australia’s Blair Evans Back to Racing Form

Injury is a swimmer’s worst enemy, as Australia’s Blair Evans can unfortunately testify. The Perth swimmer is getting back into…

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Ocean County College’s Swim Program Set to Dissolve Effective August 2015

“Ocean County College has also announced that we will no longer be competing with our Men’s and Women’s Swim Programs…

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Proposed FINA Amendments Abolish Bureau Age Limits; Create New Role of VP

Current FINA President, Julio Maglione would be able to potentially run for a third and final term as head of FINA until the year 2021 under a proposed amendment.

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