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Former U.S. National Teamer Shane Ryan Changing Sporting Citizenship, Redshirting NCAA Season

Former U.S. National Team swimmer Shane Ryan is heading across the Atlantic to live and train with eyes on the Irish Olympic Team.

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Theresa Michalak adjusting to the speed of practices with Florida Gators

On May 7, 2015 Theresa Michalak will celebrate her 23rd birthday – but she won’t spend it with her family in her home-town of Halle/Saale, Germany – Theresa is now a student-athlete at the University of Florida.

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Lajunen Finishes Finnish Championships With a Win in the 200 Freestyle

After winning the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle Laura Lajunen returned to the pool to win the women’s 200 freestyle…

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10 Open Water Swim Tips & Etiquette

As the sport of Open Water Swimming becomes more and more popular, here are some helpful safety and etiquette tips…

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Lajunen Sweeps the Women’s Distance Freestyle Events at Finnish Championships

aura Lajunen swept the women’s distance events by taking the women’s 1500 freestyle in a time of 17:08.30…

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Dean Boles Named New National Coach in Denmark

Swim Ontario Provincial Coach Dean Boles will become the new National Coach in Denmark…

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Mattsson Destroys the Competition on the Third Night of the Finnish Championships

Matti Mattsson posted a 2:14.04 just over five seconds off his Finnish record time of 2:08.95 but five seconds ahead the rest of the field…

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5 Ways Swimming is Like Dating

How is swimming like dating? Here are five ways…

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Adam Peaty, Jazz Carlin Among Great Britain’s 2015 Worlds Team Roster

With his world-record-breaking 100m breaststroke swim at British World Trials, Adam Peaty is poised to continue his success at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

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Kivirinta Challenges Finnish Record in the 50 Breaststroke in Vaasa

Veera Kivirinta posted a time of 31.22 challenging Katja Lehtonen’s Finnish national record of 31.14 which was set in 2009…

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11 things I’ve learned from two weeks of Masters Swimming

After 15 years of swim parenting, I joined Masters two weeks ago. Here are 11 things I’ve learned from two weeks of Masters…

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Eetu Piiroinen wins twice on opening day of Finnish Nationals

Eetu Piiroinen picked up a pair of wins to kick off the 5-day Finnish National Championships in Vaasa Wednesday.

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Morozov Posts World’s Second Fastest Time in the 50 Freestyle on the Final Day of Russian Nationals

Vladimir Morozov recorded a season’s best and the world’s number two time in the 50 freestyle winning the event in a time of 21.65…

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Team GB Announces Swimming Roster For Inaugural European Games at Baku 2015

This morning Team Great Britain released the roster for the inaugural 2015 European Games.

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Rylov Posts Top Five Time to Win the 200 Backstroke at the Russian National Championships

50 backstroke junior world record holder Evgeny Rylov took the men’s 200 backstroke with ease posting a time of 1:56.44…

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