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Jamieson Part Of Commonwealth Flag Raising Ceremony

Olympic silver medalist Michael Jamieson joined an eager group of school children today at George Square in Glasgow today to take part in a ceremony where the Commonwealth flag was raised…

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NZH: Italian Swimming Federation Facing Fraud Violations from National Olympic Committee

Paulo Barelli, the president of FIN – the Italian swimming federation – has been caught up in fraud allegations by…

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Distance Thrillers In Marseille On Final Day Of The Mediterranean Open

Spaniard Mireia Belmonte and Jazz Carlin of Great Britain provided a thriller posting the world’s second and third fastest times…

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Sjostrom Puts on a Show in Stockholm With Second-Fastest 200 Free of Her Career

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom has had one of the best non-championship sessions of her career on the first night of the 2014 Swedish Grand Prix #2.

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Andrey Govorov Wins 50 Free in Milan, Makes Statement for Peace

Ukrainian swimmer Andrey Govorov, who is a part of the Italian-based ADN Swim Project, is racing at the Copa di…

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Halsall Shows Off Her Speed On Day Two Of Mediterranean Open

Fran Halsall of Great Britain put up a 24.38 today in Marseille which places her second in the world rankings…

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Belmonte Takes Two At The 3rd Mediterranean Open In Marseille

Mireia Belmonte collected wins in the women’s 1500 freestyle and the women’s 400 IM on the first day of the…

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Watch Kajetan Zaluski Swim a 50 Free Backwards, With No Breaths

Katejan Zaluski is a former world-class swimmer from Poland. He’s been 22.29 in the 50m freestyle and 49.9 in the…

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Two Turkish Swimmers Hit With Two-Year Doping Suspensions

Two Turkish swimmers tested positive for banned substances at the 2013 Turkish National Championships.

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London Olympic Aquatics Centre Now Open to the Public

This artist’s rendering, from designers Zaha-Hadid, shows the new London Olympic pool now in legacy mode.

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Germany’s Alexander Studzinski Launches Dreamfuel Campaign

Dreamful is a crowdfunding platform to help athletes raise funds to meet their training and competition needs.   German Open…

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Android Version Of “Whereabouts” App Now Available

WADA has just announced that the Android version of the “Whereabouts” app is now available for athletes to use…

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Italy To Test Their Best

With an eye on the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio the Italian Swimming Federation will be running their top athletes through a series of testing protocols over the next few weeks….

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Backstroke ace Plummer signs with blueseventy

David Pummer: “It’s my dream to go to Rio and having the support of blueseventy is a nice boost. I’m impressed with their performance swimwear. The nero14 is compressive, fast and comfortable.”

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Busy Weekend For Top Danish Women

Denmark had four women represent them in Barcelona at the World Championships last summer, three of them had a very…

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