Europe

Rudin and Coates win gold and silver at World Juniors

Britain celebrated their first medals of the FINA World Junior Championships in emphatic fashion with gold and silver both coming in the Women’s 400m Individual Medley thanks to Rosie Rudin and Georgia Coates.

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Serbian Water Polo player Nikola Radjen suspended 4 years for cocaine use

Serbian Water Polo player Nikola Radjen’s suspension has been announced as 4 years, per FINA. Radjen tested positive for cocaine earlier this year.

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Ben Lecomte To Swim 5,500 Miles Across Pacific Ocean

At the end of September, Lecomte plans to start his 5,500 mile journey from Tokyo to San Francisco.

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Italy in, Australia out for 2015 Raia Rapida format meet in Brazil

The United States, Brazil, South Africa and Italy will compete in the 2015 edition of the Raia Rapida meet, a sprint format meet in Brazil in September.

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GBR Olympic Coaching Staff Hopefuls Must Apply, Interview For Roles

Team GBR is changing up its Olympic coaching selection process for 2016.

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Paris-Chartres: The World Cup Experience (Photo Vault)

The first cluster of the 2015 FINA World Cup series has been completed in Chartres, France. The first leg of…

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No Live Stream Scheduled for 2015 World Junior Championships

Frustrating news in terms of coverage for the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

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2015 World Jr Championships Psych Sheets Released

Michael Andrew is set to swim an incredible eight individual events at the World Junior Championships set to begin on Tuesday, August 25th.

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17-year-old Castiglioni downs national record at Italian Age Group Champs

17-year-old Arianna Castiglioni broke the overall Italian record in the 50 breast to highlight Italy’s Age Group Championships.

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SwimSwam’s World Championships Honors and Superlatives

Katie Ledecky is our female swimmer of the meet, with 5 gold medals and 3 world records to show for her efforts in Kazan

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World Championships By the Numbers: Finals composition by continent

Sarah Sjostrom helped Europe dominate as a continent, with nearly half the aggregate finals lanes featuring a swimmer from Europe.

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Rebecca Soni: Life Outside the Pool

We recently chatted with Rebecca about life after Olympic glory, overcoming obstacles, and some of her proudest moments outside of swimming.

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Zulal Zeren breaks national backstroke records at Turkish Championships

Zulal Zeren continued a huge summer by breaking the national 100 and 200 backstroke records at the Turkish Summer Championships in Istanbul.

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2015 FINA World Cup Paris-Chartres: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Missy Franklin will be chasing the gold medal in the women’s 100m backstroke on Day Two of the Paris-Chartres stop of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015.

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Lacourt Set to Take His Second Gold in Chartres

Camille Lacourt put up the morning’s fastest 50 backstroke time of 25.41…

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