Articles by SwimSwam Staff

Five more swims three more wins for Hosszu at the Salnikov Cup

On the second night of the Salnikov Cup Hungarian Katinka Hosszu added three more wins for a total of seven…

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Sun Yang and Ye Schiwen look to win top sporting awards in china

Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen were both nominated for the top awards in Chinese Sport 2012 Anta CCTV Sports Personality of…

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Does anyone know the Hungarian word for rest?

Does anyone know the Hungarian word for rest? Because both Katinka Hosszu and Laszlo Cseh certainly don’t seem to. On…

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Tis the season for funding cuts; Swansea Centre in question; Aussies Prepare for funding review

In an article published by the BBC one of the areas that may be effected most by the cuts in…

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Fran Halsall refreshed and not worrying about funding cuts

After a disappointing 2012 Olympics in London Fran Halsall has learned a lot and has been focusing on enjoying herself…

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Swimming New Zealand Funding Cuts

Over the last quadrennial New Zealand Swimming has been considered a priority or ‘targeted sport’ by High Performance Sport New…

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Zhao, Pedersen and Kaneda break championship records while Lochte collects his 16th world short course championship Gold

Men’s 100 freestyle Earlier in the meet Vladimir Morozov broke the championships record in the 100 freestyle in the lead…

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American Laura Sogar Qualifies first in the 200 breaststroke – World Short Course Championships – Day 5 Preliminaries

Men’s 200 backstroke American Ryan Lochte qualified first in a time of 1:49.71, “I actually felt really crap this morning. All…

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World short course championships; Day 4 Preliminaries

Women’s 50 backstroke The women’s 50 backstroke saw the World Championships record holder Jing Zhao of China qualify first in…

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Forbes Dunlop to Lead Scottish Swimming

The following is a press release from Scottish Swimming Scottish Swimming today announced Forbes Dunlop as its new Chief Executive…

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Hosszu out of the 400 freestyle final

Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures

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Seto and Cseh set the stage in the 400 IM; Short Course World Championships Day Two

Women’s 100 freestyle Australia’s Marieke Guehrer qualified first in a time of 53.26. Yi Tang of China qualified second in a time…

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Olympic Champion Meilutyte sets championships record; Day one preliminaries

The 11th FINA Short Course World Championships began in Istanbul, Turkey earlier today. There will be 958 athletes from 162…

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FINA – All Olympic Doping Tests Negative

In a statement from FINA they have said all 518 doping tests carried out on athletes in aquatic events at…

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