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Russian Swimming Pres Sergey Naryshkin Resigns After New Appointment

Serrgey Nereshkin (right) meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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Gyurta Comments On Hosszu’s Hungarian Federation Criticism

A day after Olympic champ Katinka Hosszu publicly called for the resignation of Hungary’s swimming federation president, one of Hungary’s other iconic swimmers, Daniel Gyurta, weighed in on the controversy.

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Timmers Headlines 9-Strong Belgian Short Course World C’ships Roster

The Belgian Swimming Federation has released its 9-swimmer strong roster for the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships.

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British Swimming Releases 2017 Competition Qualifying Criteria

British Swimming has released its qualification criteria for the upcoming major senior and junior international competitions in 2017.

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Denmark’s Lasse Pittioni Commits to Swim for Virginia Tech

Lasse Pittioni of Ishøj, Denmark has committed to swim for the Virginia Tech H2Okies for the 2017-18 season.

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Katinka Hosszu Calls For Resignation of Hungarian Swim President

World record-holder and Olympic champ Katinka Hosszu called for the resignation of Hungarian Swimming Federation President Tamas Gyarfas in a Facebook post today.

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Mandy Bell Named City Of Derby Head Coach, As Mel Marshall Moves On

Mel Marshall, coach of Olympic gold medalist Adam Peaty, has announced the new Head Coach of her former City of Derby Swimming Club.

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Olympians Ready To Take On 2016 Danish SC Championships

Veteran breaststroker Rikke Pedersen is among the Olympic talent set to take to the pool this week in Denmark.

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British Para-Swimming Announces Performance Squads For 2017

A group of 49 athletes has been selected to join the British Para-Swimming Podium (13), Podium Potential (18) Programme and…

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Willmott, Hynd Named English Ambassadors for Commonwealth Games

In preparation for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, 30 athletes have been named to Team England’s Athlete Ambassador Program. Swimmers Aimee Willmott and Ollie Hynd, as well as diver Freddie Woodward, are included.

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Romanian Team Ready for SC World Championships

The Romanian team for Short Course World Championships has been selected.

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Dutch National Record Holder Moniek Nijhuis Announces Retirement

28-year-old Moniek Nijhuis from the Netherlands says goodbye to a long and successful swim career.

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Another Scottish Record Is Slain By The Hand Of Kathleen Dawson

Kathleen Dawson lowered her own Scottish National Record in the women’s 100m backstroke tonight while competing at the 2016 BUCS Championships.

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Loughborough Takes BUCS Title As Additional Records Fall

2016 BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS November 11th-13th, 2016 British Universities & Colleges Sport Championships Ponds Forge, Sheffield 25m (Short Course Meters) Meet…

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WATCH: Vlad Morozov World Cup Highlights Reel

Russian speedster Vlad Morozov took the 206 FINA World Cup series by storm, winning the overall men’s title with 640 points.

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