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2024 Mare Nostrum – Monaco: Day 2 Prelims Recap

Olympic champion Kristof Milak is in the hunt for more Mare Nostrum hardware, claiming the top seed in the men’s 100m fly for tonight’s main event.

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Canadian National Runner-Up Kesa Taivassalo Commits to South Carolina

Taivassalo ranked 2nd in the Canadian 15-16 age group in 2023 in the 200 breast and will bolster South Carolina’s breaststroke group upon her arrival.

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SwimSwam’s 2024 Olympic Preview Magazine With The Walsh Sisters Cover Is Ready To Ship

Get ready for the U.S. Olympic Trials and the Olympic Games with SwimSwam’s 196 page Olympic Preview print magazine.

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High-Level International Meets For June 2024

The month of June is just about upon us which means we have the U.S. Olympic Trials, Australian Olympic Trials and the European Championships on the docket.

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Sydney Pickrem’s Coach Explains Her Paradoxical Improvements in the 200 IM

Sydney Pickrem qualified for the Canadian Olympic Team with a big best time in the 200 IM. She had a dynamite split on the breaststroke leg, but paradoxically, it wasn’t really the breaststroke improvements that made that happen.

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How Does the Canadian Women’s 4 x 100 Medley Relay Stack Up After Trials?

Coming out of the recent Canadian Olympic Trials, see how the Canadian women’s relays are shaping up heading into Paris.

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Swimming Canada Announces Rosters For 2024 Junior Pan Pacs, Open Water World Juniors

Backstroke standout Madison Kryger will be one of 30 swimmers representing Canada at the 2024 Junior Pan Pacs, scheduled for late August in Canberra.

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2024 Mare Nostrum Canet: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Frenchman Maxime Grousset will try to capture gold in the men’s 100m free after taking the top seed this morning in a time of 48.80.

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2024 Mare Nostrum Canet: Day 2 Prelims Features Honda’s 1:56.25 200 Fly

Reigning world champion Tomoru Honda of Japan put up a strong 1:56.25 200 fly to take the top seed on day two action of the 2024 Mare Nostrum Canet stop.

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2024 Mare Nostrum Tour Canet: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Olympian Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong is slated to race the women’s 100m breast and 200m free during day one finals of the Canet stop of Mare Nostrum.

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2024 Mare Nostrum Canet: Day 1 Prelims Saw Grousset Take Two Top Seeds

The 2024 Mare Nostrum Tour kicked off from Canet this morning with host nation swimmer Maxime Grousset making his presence known in two events.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 52.6% Think Canadian Women Have Best Medal Hopes In Medley Relay

The Canadian women have won a medal in the medley relay at four consecutive World Championships to go along with the Tokyo Olympics.

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2024 Mare Nostrum Canet: All The Links You Need

The 2024 Mare Nostrum Tour kicks off on Saturday, May 25th with action unfolding from Canet, featuring Swedish Olympic speedster Sarah Sjostrom.

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Canadian Olympian Ruslan Gaziev Suspended 18 Months for Whereabouts Failure

Canadian anti-doping authorities have suspended Tokyo Olympic swimmer Ruslan Gaziev for 18 months after he committed three “whereabouts failures” last year.

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World Aquatics Confirms That Relay-Only Swimmers Don’t Get Bonus Events at the Olympics

While she is already on the Canadian Olympic Team as a relay swimmer, Penny Oleksiak will have to hit the “A” cut or wait for “B” cut invites to…

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