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Pavoni “Did Everything He Could”, Still Falls Short Of GBR OLY Team

Winner of the 200 IM tonight in Glasgow, Loughborough University’s Roberto Pavoni clocked a FINA “A” cut, but fell short of the must stricter British Olympic-qualifying time.

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Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Happy To Be On The Plane To Rio (Video)

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor nabbed a spot on the British roster for Rio with her 200 IM outing tonight.

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Ben Proud: “You Can’t Back Off At The Olympics”

Ben Proud lowered his own British Record in the men’s 50m freestyle while competing at his nation’s Olympic Trials in Glasgow. Catch his post-race interview here.

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GBR Olympic Selection Tracking: Day 5 Stats

3 swimmers clocked British Olympic-qualifying times in Glasgow tonight. Check out the list of who’s in with one more day of competition left.

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2016 British Olympic Trials Day 5 Finals Live Recap: Carlin Makes It Happen

After missing out on the 200 free and 800 free individual qualifying marks, Bath University’s Jazmin Carlin claimed an Olympic berth in the women’s 400 freestyle race tonight in Glasgow.

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Danish Open Day 4: Joensen Roars to Second Straight Olympics

Danish Open Day 4 2016 (Olympic, European Championship and European Junior Championship Qualifying) April 13-17, Bellahøj Swimming Stadium Prelims: 10…

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Krasnykh Stands as Lone Olympic Qualifier on Day 1 of Russian Trials

Aleksdandr Krasnykh was not expected to make the Russian Olympic Team in the 400 free, but he showed up and had the swim-of-his-life on Saturday evening in Moscow.

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Watch Ben Proud Rock 21.65 British Record In 50 Free Prelims

Catch him if you can! Ben Proud scores new British Record in 50 free, clocking 21.65 in Glasgow this morning.

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2016 Russian Championships: Day 1 Finals Real-Time Recaps

There’s not much expectation for day 1’s finals, but in the men’s 100 breaststroke semi-finals, Kirill Prigoda will try and regain his 2015 record-breaking form after qualifying just 11th in prelims.

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Ben Proud Breaks British 50 Free Record in Saturday Prelims

Ben Proud knocked another tenth-of-a-second from his British Record in the 50 free.

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Kiril Prigoda Skates into Semis on Day 1 of Russian Olympic Trials

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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FINA Denies Efimova’s Request For Provisional Suspension To Be Lifted

Yulia Efimova’s request for her suspension to be lifted has been denied by FINA.

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Russia Changes Olympic Qualifying Rules, Giving Efimova Hope

U.S. based Vlad Morozov leads the way into the 2016 Russian Championships and Olympic Trials that begin Saturday in Moscow.

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Vladimir Putin Says Meldonium Not a Performance-Enhancer

Putin says he doesn’t believe Meldonium should be outlawed, and that further studies should have been done on how long it takes the substance to leave the body.

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WADA Revokes Moscow Lab Accredidation, Suspends Lisbon

The World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) has revoked the accredidation of the Moscow Antidoping Center in Russia due to non-compliance with…

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