Articles by SwimSwam Staff

Herasimenia wins three events at Turkey International

Belarus’s Aliaksandra Herasimenia, silver medallist in the 50 and 100 freestyle in London, won the 50 and 100 freestyle as well…

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Swiss Swimming Announces 10 swimmer team for 2013 Universiade

Swiss Swimming has announced the 10 athletes who have successfully achieved the requirements of the first phase of qualification and…

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Iceland Qualifies Four for Barcelona

Four Icelandic athletes qualified to swim at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona at the Iceland Championships in Reykjavík over the…

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Dutch select world championship team

Jacco Verharen, who took over the Dutch Technical Director role in November after coaching Ranomi Kromowidjojo to a double gold in London,…

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Q & A with World Championship Canadian Team Member Blake Worsley

Blake Worsley qualified for the Canadian Team for Barcelona in the 200 freestyle (1:48.80) and the 4 x 200 freestyle…

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34 Members selected to Canadian World Championships Team

The following is the official Canadian World Championships Team: Female Barbara Jardin, Montreal, 200 FR, 1:58.25 Sinead Russell, Burlington, Ont.,…

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Three Island Swimmers go under world best in the 1500 freestyle on the final day of Canadian World Championship Trials

The final night of the Canadian World Championship Trials started out with an amazing race in the women’s 800 freestyle….

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Fiona Doyle Breaks Irish Record on Day four prelims of the Canadian World Championship Trials

Women’s 200 IM The three medalists in the 400 IM qualified in the top three positions heading into the 200…

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Four more qualify for world championships in an exciting night of racing at Canadian Trials

On the third night of the Canadian World Championship Trials three more athletes were added to the team; Hilary Caldwell…

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Canadian World Championship Trials – Day three prelims

Women’s 400 freestyle Savannah King of the UBC Dolphins/Vancouver National Swim Centre qualified first in a time of 4:14.94 followed…

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ten more swimmers added to the Canadian World Championships Team

As predicted the women’s 100 freestyle was an incredible race with only 38 one-hundredths of a second separating first from…

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Danielle Kisser impresses at Can Am Trials

MINNEAPOLIS – Danielle Kisser of Surrey, B.C., made giant strides last year but just missed qualifying for the Paralympic team. On…

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Canadian World Championship Trials – Day two Prelims

Women’s 100 freestyle The women’s 100 freestyle should be a great race with only nine tenths of a second between…

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Ryan Cochrane swims world best while Noemie Thomas breaks 50 butterfly national record

The first night of the Canadian World Championship Trials in Victoria, BC started off with hometown boy and Olympic silver medalist…

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No tomorrow for Canada’s Para swimmers

MINNEAPOLIS – Paralympic champions Benoit Huot and Valérie Grand’Maison will be among Canada’s top swimmers competing at the Can Am…

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