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IOC Levies Sanctions Against Belarusian Olympic Committee; Belarus’ President

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who is also the head of the country’s National Olympic Committee, has been barred from all IOC activities.

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20 Years Of Speedo Fastskin

The modern Fastskin story started at the 1992 Olympics when Speedo started to explore how the fabrics could reduce drag…

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5 Spanish Swimmers Qualify For Tokyo 2020 At Castalia Castellón

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte qualified for her 4th Olympic Games, hitting qualification times in both the 800m and 1500m freestyle events over the weekend.

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Rotterdam Roundup: Dutch Olympic Qualifiers After Selection Phase 1

Take a look at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games individual qualifiers stemming from the Netherlands, with the 2nd phase of selection coming next year.

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Israel’s Polonsky Qualifies For Tokyo In 200 IM; Noe Ponti Hits Another PB

Israel’s Ron Polonsky matched the FINA ‘A’ qualifying time exactly needed for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

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Zamorano & Belmonte Head Up Open Castalia Day 2 Prelims

Mireia Belmonte already qualified for her 4th Olympic Games in the 1500m free but will look to add the 400m IM on day 2 in Castalia.

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Toussaint Gets Under 59.0 For First Time (Updated with Video)

Dutch racer Kira Toussaint just keeps getting faster, nailing a new national record n the women’s 100 back this morning Rotterdam.

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Klepikova Downs Kameva’s 50 Fly Russian Jr Record To Close Out Junior Nats

Daria Klepikova came in strong on the final day of racing at the 2020 Russian Junior Nationals to break Maria Kameneva’s Russian junior record in the 50 fly.

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German National Teamer Julia Mrozinski Signs NLI with Tennessee for 2021-22

Versatile Julia Mrozinski from Germany has signed an NLI to swim for Tennessee next fall. She has SEC A-final-ready times in the 100/200 free and 200 fly.

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Belmonte, Vall & Gonzalez Clear Olympic Qualifying Marks In Castellón

Check out the action from Castellón, where Mireia Belmonte, Jessica Vall and Hugo Gonzalez each made their marks on just day on2.

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Heemskerk Retains 100 Free Olympic Spot; Corbeau Hits 59.5 100 Breast

Read on to find out the 2020 Olympic implications of today’s swims at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet (RQM) in the Netherlands.

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Future Wolfpack Swimmer Noe Ponti Clocks 1:56.48 200 Fly Swiss Record

It was another big day for NC State commit Noe Ponti of Switzerland, as the 19-year-old fired off his 2nd national record in as many days.

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Belmonte Is In The Water At Spanish Olympic Qualifying Meet

Although absent from Team Iron for ISL season 2, Spanish Olympic champion Mireia Belmonte is racing this weekend in her home nation.

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Watch Arno Kamminga Become World’s 4th Fastest 200 Breaststroker

Yesterday Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands joined the 2:06 club of men’s 200m breaststrokers, just the 4th man ever to do so.

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Rotterdam: Schouten Shaves .04 Off Dutch Record In 100 Breast Prelims

Firing off her 2nd national standard in as many days, Tes Schouten produced a new lifetime best in the 100m breast today in Rotterdam in a time of 1:06.92.

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