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Germany’s Marco Koch is Latest Addition to Euro Meet Lineup

2019 EURO MEET January 25th-27th, 2019 d’Coque, Luxembourg 50m (long course meters) pool Meet Website Former World Record holder Marco Koch…

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Tickets Now Available For British C’ships, Para Swimming Int’l Meet

Today is the day tickets for both the 2019 British Swimming Championships and British Para Swimming International Meet have hit the market, which means you can now try to get your hands on the best seats in the Tollcross International Swimming Centre house.

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Trainability Squad Launched At Swim Ireland’s National Center Dublin

Swim Ireland’s National Center in Dublin has announced the creation of a ‘Trainability Squad’ intended for part-time athletes.

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WADA Expert Committee Will Return to Moscow this Week

WADA says that the issues with accessing the data from the former Moscow Laboratory has been resolved.

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IOC Athletes Commission Releases Statement On RUSADA Missed Deadline

“As members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, we are extremely disappointed and concerned by the fact that RUSADA has missed the deadline of 31 December 2018 to hand over the LIMS data from the Moscow laboratory to WADA,” reads a portion of the group’s statement.

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2019 Euro Meet to Kick Off New ‘LEN Swimming Cup’

The first two public commitments to the LEN Swimming Cup are Hungarians Katinka Hosszu (above) and David Verraszto.

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Wilby, O’Connor, Scott Among Brits Headed To Arizona Altitude

Duncan Scott is among 18 British athletes headed to Flagstaff for altitude training this month.

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2018 Swammy Awards: Energy Standard, Europe’s Coaches Of The Year

Meet our 2018 Swammy Award winners for Europe’s Coaches of the Year.

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2018 Swammy Awards: National Development Award – Italy

Not only did Italy break a lot of National Records in 2018, but Italian swimmers posted times to put the rest of the world on watch. Who’s ready for some great showdowns in 2019?

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2018 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer of the Year Sarah Sjostrom

To see all of our 2018 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here.  2018 EUROPEAN FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR:…

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FINA Champions Series Will Be Hosted in US, Hungary, and China

According to Russian swimming legend Vladimir Salnikov, who is a member of the FINA Bureau, the three-meet series will be hosted in the US, China, and Hungary from March through May.

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2018 Swammy Awards: Steven Tigg, British Coach Of The Year

Duncan Scott’s coach at the University of Stirling, Steven Tigg, is SwimSwam’s British Coach of the Year.

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2018 Swammy Awards: Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year James Wilby

Great Britain now has the two fastest active breaststrokers in the world (Adam Peaty, middle; James Wilby, right), further emphasizing their huge medley advantage headed toward Tokyo.

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Russian Journalists Name Kliment Kolesnikov 2018 Athlete of the Year

Kliment Kolesnikov has been named one of the top 10 athletes of Russia in 2018.

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2018 Swammy Awards: Euro Male Swimmer of the Year Kliment Kolesnikov

Kolesnikov piled up a huge number of medals in 2018 and broke a World Record, even at only 18-years old.

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