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Cotterell Feels That Australian Swimmers Need to be Tougher

A few weeks ago Brian King‘s name appeared in the press, he is the man now training Sun Yang in Australia….

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British Swimming Receives Continued Funding

Swimming, para-swimming and diving all exceeded their 2014 targets and will continue to receive the same level of funding…

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Bubble Ring Pro Shane Brown Blows Rings 2 Meters Wide (VIDEO)

Bubble Rings swimming video is courtesy of Shane Brown.

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Furniss Receives Special Achievement Award

Bill Furniss was recognized with a special achievement award at the Nottinghamshire Sports Awards…

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Washington State Cougars Pick Up Swedish Breaststroker Linnea Lindberg

Linnea Lindberg, who is one of Sweden’s top 50m breaststrokers, signed with WSU during early signing period.

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Manaudou, Hosszu, Rouwendaal and Lurz Win LEN Awards

Earlier this morning LEN announced their swimmer of the year awards…

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World Championships Medals Unveiled

At a press conference held earlier today in Kazan the medals for the 16th FINA World Championships in Aquatics were unveiled…

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Edinburgh International Swim Meet Gets Another Boost With Confirmation of American, Italian, French Stars

Natalie Coughlin had great success on her last European trip to the Bolzano meet in Italy. She’ll hope to do it again in March.

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Swimming Australia adds Berlin Open to Paralympic Performance Schedule

To maximise international Paralympic competition opportunities and leading into the Rio Paralympic Games in 2016, Swimming Australia will send a group of 16 swimmers to compete at the Berlin Open in April 2015.

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In Briefs 2/3/2015: Van Mierlo Retires, NC Swimmers Goggle Up in Protest, Pugh Swims with Sea Lions

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh’s planned swimming adventure for a cause rounds up today’s “In Briefs”

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Ben Proud Wins Sports Personality of the Year

Last night Ben Proud was named Plymouth’s Sports Personality of the Year…

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Swim Ireland Launches “2015 Swim For a Mile Challenge” to Increase Aquatic Participation

The initiative will include free training plans and coaching sessions geared at getting the population more involved in swimming.

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In Briefs 2/2/2015: Royal Baby Gets a Swim Lesson, Plus Big News in India and Palestine Swimming

A collection of brief aquatic-themed stories from across the web for February 2nd, 2015.

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Italian Star Lisa Fissneider Makes 6-Week Training Visit to SwimMAC Elite

Anyone following Team SwimMAC Elite’s Twitter account (@SwimMacElite) would have noticed a new face on a recent post; that of…

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Cseh Forms New Coaching Partnership

Hungarian star Laszlo Cseh has begun training with coach Plagany Zsolt…

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