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GBR Announces Six Competitors for Open Water Worlds

Six swimmers will be representing Great Britain at this summer’s Open Water World Championships in Hungary.

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Mixed Relay Will ‘Add Spice’ To Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Per Adam Peaty

“It’s something that would make things [at the Olympics] a little bit more fun,” says Olympic gold medalist Adam Peaty of the mixed relay added to Tokyo 2020

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Frederick Bousquet To Compete On Season 2 Of France’s Ninja Warrior

Freddy Bousquet is set to compete on the 2nd season of France’s ‘Ninja Warrior’ show.

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British Swimmer, Coach Clive Rushton Passes At Age 69

British Olympic swimmer and longtime coach Clive Rushton has passed away from cancer at the age of 69.

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3 Meet Records In Less Than An Hour For Sjostrom In Monaco

Get a glimpse into how Sarah Sjostrom went from race-to-race, firing off eye-popping times along the way.

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VT Keeps Rolling: Polish Sprinter Natalia Fryckowska Commits for 2018

Natalia Fryckowska of Poland has put her name into a quickly-growing class of 2022 for the Virginia Tech women. She was…

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Germany sets tough nomination standards for World Championships

German National Championships and World Championships Trials Thursday, June 15 – Sunday, June 18 LCM Schwimm- und Spunghalle im Europasportpark…

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2017 Mare Nostrum Monaco – Welcome To The Sarah Sjostrom Show

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom already brought the house down yesterday in Monaco with a wicked-fast 56.20 100 fly, but she also fired off incredible 50m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle marks today.

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2017 Mare Nostrum Monaco Day 2 Prelims: The Brits Are Here

James Guy missed Monaco day 1, but is back for action on day 2, claiming the top seed in the men’s 100m butterfly.

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Guy, O’Connor, Walker-Hebborn Bumped Off Overbooked Flight to Monaco

Three of Great Britain’s bigger stars missed the opening day of the Mare Nostrum tour opener in Monaco after they were bumped off of an overbooked flight.

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2017 Mare Nostrom Monaco: Battles Brewing On Day 1 Prelims

Aussie speedster James Magnussen made his post-Rio debut today in Monaco, notching the 2nd seed in the 100m freestyle in 49.29.

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Florent Manaudou To Commentate At World Championships

Florent Manaudou, Olympic Champion in the 50 free at London 2012, will be commentating World Championships in Budapest this summer. …

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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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Mireia Belmonte and Seven Others Head to Budapest on Spain Worlds Team

Belmonte comes in with medal potential in multiple events– she’s in the world top 20 in all six of the events that she swam at Spanish Nationals, and is world #3 in both the 400 IM and 1500 free.

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