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Canada Looks To Expand Medal Potential With Distance Coach Mark Perry

Open water/distance coach Mark Perry’s addition to Swimming Canada is part of John Atkinson’s plan to expand Canada’s medal potential.

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06/08/17 In Briefs: Penny’s Old Pool & Stirling Award Nominations

Read about the smaller swimming stories from around the globe in this edition of ‘In Briefs.’

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Cascade Swim Club Breaks 13-14 Canadian NAG Record in 200 Medley Relay

Four boys from the Cascade Swim Club in Calgary have broken a Canadian national age group record. Matieu Cyr, Cole Pratt, Kian Pratt,…

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Kylie Masse: “World Record is definitely a goal going forward” (Video)

Canadian backstroke star Kylie Masse (1:00.34), the Olympic bronze medalist in this race, took off on the back half to outpace the rest of the field

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What The FINA World Cup Changes Really Mean For Swimmers Like Hosszu

The World Cup superstar and triple Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu has no qualms making her opinions of the new FINA changes known.

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2017 FINA World Cup Limiting Number of Races Per Swimmer Per Stop

FINA will be limiting the number of races each swimmer will be able to enter per stop this year. The change will have a major effect on Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu’s event schedule, after she entered nearly every race at nearly every stop last year.

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Nicol Closes Mel Zajac With World’s 9th Fastest 50 Breast

Rachel Nicol threw down a 30.84 PB in the 50 breast to move into 9th in the world at the Mel Zajac Jr. International in Vancouver.

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Funk, Smith Cruise To 200 Breast Victories On Day 2 Of Mel Zajac

Kierra Smith coasted to a win in the women’s 200 breast at the Mel Zajac International meet in 2:25.25.

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Thormeyer Opens Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet with Multiple Golds

Canadian Olympians Markus Thormeyer and Hilary Caldwell put on a show in the 200 back to open the session.

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Swimming Canada Looks Towards Future Of Para-Swimming

There is real excitement among Swimming Canada and its partners as they look towards to the future of Para-swimming in…

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Mel Zajac Meet Preview – Shaping up to be Canada vs. USA showdown

UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia May 26th-28th, 2017 Meet site (with past results) Psych sheets Live results Last week…

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54th Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet – New UBC Aquatic Centre

2017 Mej Zajac Jr, International UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia May 26th-28th, 2017 Meet site (with past results) Psych…

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Martha McCabe Retires, Announces New Initiative

Two time Canadian Olympian Martha McCabe announced her retirement yesterday. At the same time, she is launching a new initiative, Head to Head.

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Taylor Ruck Moving to Canada To Train With High Performance Centre

Two-time Olympic medalist Taylor Ruck is moving up to Canada to train with the High Performance Centre – Ontario.  Lead…

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Battle Of The Teen Titans: Ikee Targets Oleksiak In Budapest

Budapest is set to be a possible preview of Tokyo 2020 in terms of Japanese Rikako Ikee and Canadian Penny Oleksiak battling across multiple events.

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