Europe

Nielsen Just Misses World’s Top Ranking In The Women’s 100 Backstroke

Mie Nielsen of Denmark won the women’s 100 backstroke recording a time of 59.83 which places her second in the world rankings…

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Rikke Moller Pedersen Takes A Run At Her Own World Record In The 200 Breaststroke

Rikke Moller Pedersen took a run at her own record winning the event in a time of 2:19.94…

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Ottesen Moves Up On The 100 Butterfly World Ranking List

Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark posted a time of 58.10 to win women’s 100 butterfly on the second evening of the Danish Cup, moving her up one spot in the world rankings…

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Rikke Moller Pedersen Takes Over Top Spot In The 100 Breaststroke

Rikke Moeller Pedersen of Denmark recorded the world’s top time in the 100 breaststroke, taking the event at the Danish Cup in a time of 1:06.19…

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Danish Open Preview

On the day before the start of the Danish Cup SwimSwam had the opportunity to catch up with both Danish National Team Head Coach Nick Juba and the Head Coach of the NTC Shannon Rollason…

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Manaudou Records Another Two World Top Ten Time In Sabadell

Manaudou posted a time of 48.79 in the men’s 100 freestyle, which puts him sixth in the world rankings. ..

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Manaudou And Balmy Post Top Five Times In Sabadell

Both Florent Manaudou and Coralie Balmy of France posted times that rank in the top five in the world at the fourth stage of the Catalan Circuit of Trophies Swimming in Sabadell, Spain…

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My Chance to Swim at the Newly Reopened London Olympic Pool

Robert Bernhardt outside the London Olympic Pool.

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Roberts and Sullivan Entered In Commonwealth Trials; Full Start List Published

With the start list for the Australian National Championships now published it was a surprise to many to see that James Roberts and Eamon Sullivan were included amongst the entrants…

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RACE VIDEO: Touchout of .01 for Britain-based 14-year-old in yards debut at Pleasant Prairie Sectional

14-year-old Emma Cain (third from the top in the pink cap) took home a touchout win in her first-ever yards swim after flying in from Britain to compete at the Pleasant Prairie Sectional Meet. (Video courtesy of Steve Cain).

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Italian Regional-Level Swimmer Receives Two Month Suspension for Terbutaline

Italy’s Diego Teoldi has become at least the 3rd swimmer to be sanctioned by FINA in the last year for a…

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Belmonte To Represent Renault Through 2017

The car manufacturer Renault has made Mireia Belmonte Garcia their newest spokesperson…

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Sjostrom Swims A Surprising Swedish Record In The 400 Freestyle

In what has been a superb weekend of performances Sarah Sjostrom put up her most surprising result on Sunday winning the women’s 400 freestyle in a time of 4:06.04…

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Sjostrom Posts World’s Top Ranked Times In The 50 Butterfly and 200 freestyle

Sarah Sjostrom won the women’s 50 butterfly and 200 freestyle in Amiens taking over the world’s number one ranking in both events…

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Cseh Using SwimMAC Training Camp to “Change Culture” of Hungarian Swimming

It seems that suddenly, racing in yards has become ‘en vogue’ with Europeans. Yannick Agnel has done a lot of…

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