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FINA Considering Instituting Minimum Age For World Championships

“For her, this is a game and it’s better for children to have fun at this and not start at age 10 to take marijuana or cocaine, smoking or drinking alcohol,” FINA’s president said in defending the presence of a 10-year-old entrant at Worlds.

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2024 Los Angeles Olympic Swimming Venue Would Be New Soccer Stadium

Organizers of the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Olympic Games have released their proposed venue plans, including a brand-new soccer stadium that would house the swimming & diving events.

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FINIS Launches The Posture Trainer

The Posture Trainer is a small, but mighty tool that can help improve head alignment for swimmers of all ages and abilities.

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Learn the Inverted Row for Your Swim Strength Program

The Supine Row, or Inverted Row as it is often referred to, adds a body weight pulling movement to the progression.

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Los Angeles projects $161 million surplus on Olympics before major city council meeting

Organizers of Los Angeles, California’s 2024 Olympic bid have projected a $161 million surplus on hosting the event, with a key city council vote coming up this week.

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Learn the Supine Row Hold for Your Swim Strength Program

The Supine Row Hold is an isometric exercise that is a great follow-up to the Band Bent-Over Neck Pull.

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USA Swimming Foundation and Swimming Saves Lives Foundation Partner

The USA Swimming Foundation and the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation, a subsidiary of U.S. Masters Swimming, have formed an affiliation of collaboration in support of learn-to-swim and water safety nationwide.

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IOC Releases Anti-Doping Rules for 2016 Rio Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee has released a rulebook of its anti-doping policies for next summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, complete with testing policies and potential punishments.

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5 Chemistry Lessons Every Swimmer Should Know

For student swimmers, back-to-school also means heading back to the pool. Here’s five swimming-related chemistry lessons to kick off the back-to-school season.

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Learn the Band-Bent Over Neck Pull for Your Swim Strength Program

Today we are introducing the Band-Bent Over Neck Pull. This is a good starting point in the body weight pullup progression as it negates the effect of gravity.

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Swim Job: Kingfish Swimming seeks new site Head Coach

Kingfish Swimming is a coach-owned team. The team has been competing since 2003 and has 200 members earning national level accomplishments.

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Race For Gold: SwimMAC Carolina (Video)

USA Swimming has released this Race For Gold video to give insight into one of the most successful club teams in the United States: SwimMAC Carolina.

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2018 Youth Games to Be First Gender-Equal Olympic Games

The IOC approved athlete quotas for the2018 Youth Olympic Games, which for the first time in Olympic history achieve gender equality with 1,893 women and 1,893 men set to compete.

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Fresh Swimming Talents to be Revealed at World Junior Championships

Heats will take place everyday at 10:00 and finals at 18:00 (local time). Daily Highlights will be available everyday on FINATV from 17:00-17:15 GMT and then on VoD.

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Angry Birds Line Of Aquatics Products to Launch at SwimOutlet.com

Rovio, creators of Angry Birds™ have agreed to a licensing partnership that will see SwimOutlet.com create a range of swimming…

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