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2024 Japanese Olympic Trials: Ohashi Not A Sure Thing To Take 400 IM Slot

Yui Ohashi won Olympic gold in the women’s 400m IM at the 2020 Games but will have some work cut out for her to repeat an Olympic bid in the event.

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2024 Japanese Olympic Trials: Carnage Coming In Men’s 200 Breaststroke

With the Japanese Olympic Trials beginning on Sunday, we’re hyping up a few of the select races, starting with the ultra-competitive men’s 200m breaststroke.

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Storied Japanese Coach Nori Hirai’s Suspension Lifted, Olympic Coaching Still Possible

Storied coach Norimasa Hirai was suspended six months by the Japanese Swimming Federation, a ban which expired at the end of February.

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Man Arrested For Impersonating Daiya Seto In Explicit Social Media Content

As Olympic medalist Daiya Seto readies for this month’s Japanese Olympic Trials, he dealt with an unfortunate social media-related harassment situation.

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Singaporean Olympic Hopeful, Cal Commit Nick Mahabir Dealing With Incurable Virus

In the midst of a record-setting summer, Mahabir struggled physically and later learned he contracted the Epstein-Barr virus.

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Olympic Relay Invites Set Following Worlds Performance

The qualifying invites for the 2024 Olympic relay teams are set following the performances posted at Worlds, with 29 countries securing an invite.

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High-Level International Meets For March 2024

Check out the lengthy list of competitions headed our way for the month of March, with more to come in April, May and June as we gear up for Paris.

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Keep This Handy: Paris 2024 Olympic Trials Dates Worldwide

We are officially entering Olympic Trials season around the world, with qualifying competitions gearing up already in the month of March.

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SPIRE Academy Swimming Admissions Guide Details

Have you ever considered boarding school to focus on your academics and athletics?

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China Leads All-Sports Medals Table at 2024 World Aquatics Championships

China took first in the overall medal rankings at the World Championships with the most golds while the U.S. and Australia trailed behind in 2nd and 3rd.

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Aussie Emma McKeon Logs 50 Fly Personal Best Plus 53.00 100 Free Post-Injury

29-year-old Emma McKeon returns to form while competing in two events on opening night of the 2024 Victorian Open Championships.

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Key Swimmer Entries For March’s Japanese Olympic Trials

Reigning 2024 world champion Tomoru Honda is among the big hitters heading to the all-important Japanese Olympic Trials slated for March.

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Mike Unger Of WA:”You Have To Convince People To Follow Your Sport One Person At The Time”

Mike Unger, Senior Advisor for World Aquatics and former COO of US Swimming speaks about the challenges of organizing the 2024 World Championships in Doha

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Gold Medalist Hwang Sunwoo Reflects On Korea’s Historic World Championships

20-year-old world champion Hwang Sunwoo reflects on his 200m freestyle gold medal, as well as his nation’s 800m free relay victory.

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Top 10 Swimming Performances at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Only one World Record fell at the 2024 World Championships – but it was a big one. Teenager Pan Zhanle took down the men’s 100 free record…

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