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Paralympic Champion Liz Johnson Announces Retirement

Paralympic champion Liz Johnson has retired from competitive swimming, ending a career that has seen her medal at the last 3…

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Piero Codia Breaks Italian 100 Fly Record At National Prelims

Italy’s Piero Codia broke a national record in heats of the 100 fly at the Italian Spring Championships, going 51.42.

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3 More Men Make Italian Olympic Squad, Pellegrini Adds 100 Free on Day 2

Italy has added two more men to it’s 2016 Olympic roster on day 2 of the Italian Championships, and Federica Pellegrini became the first woman to reach the nation’s Olympic standard despite already being qualified for the Games.

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2016 Russian Championships: Day 5 Finals Real-Time Recaps

2016 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS / OLYMPIC TRIALS April 16-23rd, 2016 Moscow, Russia Prelims 09:00/Finals 18:00 Local Time Prelims 02:00/Finals 11:00 U.S….

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2016 Italian Olympic Trials: Day 2 Prelims Recap

This morning, the Italian swimmers took on the women’s 50 fly, men’s 100 fly, women’s 200 breast, men’s 400 IM, women’s 100 free, and men’s 100 breast.

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Jamieson Ponders Retirement After Lackluster Trials Performance

Not having had the greatest outing at last week’s British Olympic Trials, Scottish swimmer Michael Jamieson looks to possible options for his future.

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Russian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Prelims Recap

This morning’s competition included the men’s 50 fly, women’s 100 free, men’s 200 back, women’s 200 breast, and men’s 200 IM.

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Popova and Andreeva Earn Spots on the Russian Olympic Team

Veronika Popova and Viktoriia Andreeva both qualified for the Russian Olympic team on Tuesday night…

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Who Is Thomas Fannon? (Hint: He’s British And He’s Fast)

Teenager Thomas Fannon (left) trains with Ben Proud at Plymouth Leander, the site of a small sprint hotbed in the making.

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4 Men Punch Rio Tickets On Day 1 Of Italian Championships

Luca Dotto, Simone Sabbioni and Gabriele Detti all officially added their names to Italy’s Olympic roster on opening night, with Gregorio Paltrinieri hitting a qualifying time as well.

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Andreeva Demolishes Russian 200 IM Record, Moves To 2nd In World

Victoriia Andreeva set a new Russian national record in the 200 IM at Russian Trials, moving up to second in the world.

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Simone Sabbioni Breaks Italian National Record in 100 Backstroke

2016 Italian National Championships and Olympic Trials April 19th-23rd, 2016 All races prelims/finals, except distance events, which are timed finals….

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2016 Italian Nationals and Olympic Trials: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2016 Italian Spring National Championships and Olympic Trials Dates: Tuesday, April 19 – Saturday, April 23, 2016 Times: prelims 9:00…

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Russian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Live Recap

There Olympic spots in the women’s 200 freestyle and 200 IM as well as the men’s 200 butterfly up for grabs on the fourth night of the Russian Olympic Trials…

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Morozov Tops 100 Free Field At Day 4 Prelims of Russian Trials

Vladimir Morozov had his first individual swim of the meet this morning in the men’s 100 freestyle.

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