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Appeal Holds Up 18-Month Suspension of Russian Olympian Ekaterina Andreeva

Putting to rest the long case of Ekaterina Andreeva, an appeal to the Russian Federation’s Court of Arbitration for Sport has…

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James Goddard Retires from Swimming

Two-time Commonwealth Games champion James Goddard has retired after a decade at Britain’s most elite level.

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Hocke’s Move To Hamburg Has Been A Positive One

For Selina Hocke the 2012-13 season was the best times and the worst of times. The 16 year old Berlin…

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Watch The Transformation Herning Facility Live

Just 12 days before the Jyske Bank Boxen facility in Herning, Denmark will host the 2013 European Short Swimming Championships in…

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France With 53, Russia With 40 for 2013 European Short Course Championships

The French team, less Yannick Agnel, will have a monumnetal roster for the 2013 European Junior Championships.

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Jon Rudd, Graham Wardell to Lead English and Scottish Commonwealth Games Teams

Despite saying in an interview with SwimVortex earlier this week that his most famous charge, Ruta Meilutyte, would be taking her…

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Raia Rapida Picks: An International Selection Panel Weighs In

Eugene Godsoe and the Americans won the Raia Rapida in 2012, and since then Godsoe has gotten very, very fast.

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Greenwood Leaves Stirling for Para-Swimming Position

Rob Greenwood has been the Head Coach of the Stirling Intensive Training Centre for the last five years and today…

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Dugonjic Returns to Cal to Join Post-Grad Group

Slovenian swimmer Damir Dugonjic will be returning to his university stomping grounds in Berkley joining the powerful and star studded…

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French Coach Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Swimmer

French coach Alexis Pannier was sentenced to 8 years in prison for sexual abuse of a former swimmer beginning when she was 14 years old.

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Rikke Moller Pedersen Makes a Change of Address

Danish swimming superstar Rikke Moller Pedersen has had some major changes in the last year and on Saturday announced another…

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Yannick Agnel to Race at Duel in the Pool, Minneapolis Grand Prix

Yannick Agnel embraces competitor Ryan Lochte after the Frenchman took gold at the World Championships in the 200 free in 2013.

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Today in Swimming History, September 20th: Louisville Opens Natatorium

The Ralph R. Wright Natatorium at Louisville celebrates its 8th birthday on Friday.

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Baku, Brasilia, and Budapest Make 2019 World University Games Presentations

The three finalists and primary candidates for the 2019 World University Games made their initial formal presentations to the Federation International du Sport Universitaire, or FISU, in Belgium earlier this week. Present at the meeting representing the organizers of the biannual event were president Claude-Louis Gallien, and a pair of FISU Vice Presidents.

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Triin Aljand, One-Time Almost NCAA Record Holder, Retires From Swimming

Texas A&M’s Triin Aljand will travel to Ankara, Turkey with her partner Peter Mankoc to take up coaching.

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