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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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Spanish Swimming Re-Ups With Speedo; Spanish Athletes Required to Compete in Speedo

The Spanish National Aquatics Teams will continue to wear Speedo through at least December of 2017.

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Rikke Moeller Pedersen Gives Fans Details On Her Preparation For Trials

With the Danish Championships and European Championships Trials coming quickly Rikke Moeller Pedersen let her fans know that she has been training well and is very confident in her preparation…

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Two more top-5 world-ranked times for Sjostrom on final day of Swedish Grand Prix

20-year-old Sarah Sjostrom stayed hot at the Swedish Grand Prix, putting up the world’s second-fastest 50 fly time of 2014, plus a top-5 time in the 100 free.

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2014 European Championship Organizers Launch Website, Post Meet Schedule

Germany’s Dorothea Brandt could be one of the big beneficiaries of some schedule reshuffling in Berlin.

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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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