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Swimming From Home Talk Show: Brent Hayden on Olympic Postponement, Comeback

I was excited when I heard Brent Hayden was making a comeback for the 2020 Olympics – I remember taking a picture with him at the 2010 Missouri Grand Prix

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IOC Member Dick Pound: 2020 Olympics Will Be Postponed Due to COVID-19

Committee member Dick Pound told USA Today that the IOC has made its decision, and that the details will be “worked out in the next four weeks.”

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WATCH: Taylor Ruck, Dylan Melin, Connor Stirling Race Backyard 40-Yard Free

With quarantine forcing top-level swimmers to find alternate ways to train and race, a few top-level talents are making do with an Arizona backyard.

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Pro German Team ONEflow Aquatics “Suspends Pursuit” Of 2020 Olympic Cycle

Annika Bruhn is one of seven ONEflow members who is currently training with the German National Team, which “contradicts” their belief as a team.

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Australian OLY Committee, Swimming AUS: We Cannot Assemble OLY Team For 2020

Big-time announcement coming first from the Australian Olympic Committee, then supported by Swimming Australia regarding Tokyo 2020.

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Japanese Prime Minister Abe Now Considers Olympic Postponement

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in Parliament today that the world isn’t in the right position to hold the Games.

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German Olympic Sports Confederation demands postponement of 2020 Olympics

The President ot the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), Alfons Hörmann, said in an interview with the German Press Agency…

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Aussie Swimmers React To AOC ‘No Team In July’ Announcement

Kyle Chalmers and more are among Swimming Australia’s elite taking to social media, mourning what could have been for Tokyo in July.

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South Africa Announces New OLY Trials Date For Postponed Event

Swimming South Africa has announced its revised dates for the National Championships which doubles as its Olympic Trials.

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Spain Joins the Calls For Tokyo 2020 Postponement

Spain’s swimming federation is joining several other national and international sports governing bodies in calling for the postponement of the 2020 Games.

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2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Cameron van der Burgh Has Coronavirus Infection

2012 Olympic gold medalist Cameron van der Burgh is the first elite swimmer to publicly announce infection with coronavirus.

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Canada Won’t Participate in a Summer 2020 Olympic Games

The Canadian Olympic Committee has become the world’s first Olympic committee to declare that it won’t participate in a summer 2020 Olympic Games.

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Gregorio Paltrinieri Continues To Train, But IOC “Must Decide Soon”

Italian Olympic champion wants “prompt responses” from the IOC regarding the future of the Olympic Games amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Katinka Hosszu Training As Normal With Hungarian National Team

Katinka Hosszu is training normally with the Hungarian National Team at present despite the coronavirus outbreak disrupting so many training programmes

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