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Hamburg 2024 Releases Simulated Olympic Vision Ahead of Public Vote

Get a feel for what a Hamburg-hosted 2024 Summer Olympic Games could be like by watching a visual depiction of how the venues, parks and athletes’ village could appear.

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Keri-anne Payne Wins the FINA Marathon World Cup in Hong Kong

The Warrender Baths swimmer won the last World Cup of the series and will now continue working towards sealing qualification for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games next year.

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Former SMU Mustang Rangelova Up For ‘Miss Bulgaria In The USA’

Bulgarian-born Nina Rangelova is participating in the ‘Miss Bulgaria in the USA’ pageant later this month.

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#ThrowbackThursday: 1938 European Championships (Video)

Blast from the past, as we see footage from the 1938 European Swimming Championships.

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Why Great Britain’s Olympic Qualifying Standards Might Not Be As Crazy As They Seem

Great Britain’s selection system will cut the team’s size, sure, but it shouldn’t affect any clear medal hopefuls and gives the federation flexibility to put together a roster it feels good about, two major pluses in Olympic selection.

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UK Olympic Standards Are Beastly, Leave Lots of Room for ‘Discretion’

Fran Halsall is one of only 10 swimmers who would have hit British Swimming’s automatic Olympic qualifying standards in 2015.

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British Swimming Announces 2016 Performance Squads

British Swimming has announced its Podium and Podium Potential performance squads for 2016.  After extensive selection procedures, including an analysis…

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LEN Provisional Budget For 2015 Includes Growing Prize-Money Pots

At its meeting in Vienna (Austria), the LEN, “Ligue Européene de Natation), the governing body of swimming in Europe, announced…

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China Holds Off Brazil on the Final Day of the World Military Games

China and Brazil battled for the top spot in the medal standings…

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Denmark Named Hosts Of 2017 SC European Championships

The LEN Bureau voted on the host of the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships today in Vienna, Austria at the…

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Bonnet, Vien and Suo Post Competition Records at World Military Games

Charloette Bonnet of France, Nguyen Thi Anh Vien of Vietnam and Suo Ran all set new compeition records on the third day of the World Military Games…

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Want to be ultra successful in the pool, but you’re not getting there?

Here are the 9 things you have to do and 9 famous quotes to motivate you along the way…

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Copenhagen to Stage 2017 Short Course European Championships

At its meeting in Vienna, the LEN Bureau has allocated several events for the upcoming years. Most importantly, the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships will be held in Copenhagen (DEN).

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Podcast Preview: Scott, Benson, Murdoch & Stirling’s Secret Sauce

Duncan Scott (2nd from left) earned British Swimming’s ‘Emerging Athlete of the Year’ award, further cementing the University of Stirling as a threatening force on the international swimming scene.

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Bonnet and Dowgiert Set Records on Day 2 of World Military Games

Charlotte Bonnet of France and Anna Dowgiert of Poland both set new championship records on the second day of competition…

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