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2020 FFN Golden Tour Nice: Heat Swim $ Forfeited If Athletes Scratch Finals

Swimmers at the FFN Golden Tour this weekend in Nice will only get paid if they carry over their heats appearances to the finals.

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Head of Tokyo Olympic Committee Remains Worried about Coronavirus

The Chief Executive of the 2020 Tokyo games says that he is concerned about the impact of the outbreak but does not plan to cancel.

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Joseph Schooling Reuniting with Former Coach Sergio Lopez Through Tokyo

According to a report from the Straits Times, the Olympic champion is reuniting with his former coach in Virginia this weekend.

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Heavy Lies The Crown Part 2: Men With OLY Qualifying Times

Lithuanian swimming ace Danas Rapsys appears multiple times on the men’s world rankings, taking into account only those performances that qualify for Tokyo.

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Haley Anderson Says Tokyo Open Water Condition Concerns Have ‘Gone Unheard’

In a Q&A hosted by NBC Olympics on reddit, Olympian Haley Anderson addressed a question regarding open water conditions for the upcoming Tokyo Games. 

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Paralympian Amy Marren Retires at 21, Cites Classification ‘Inconsistency’

Marren, the 2016 SM9 200 IM bronze medalist, listed classification issues as one reason for announcing her retirement last weekend.

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Tickets For Canadian Olympic Trials Now On Sale

Tickets for the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials are now on sale, which will be held from March 30 to April 5 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

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Xu Jiayu Donates FINA Champions Series Prize Money To Coronavirus Relief

Chinese world champ Xu Jiayu has donated about $10,000 of prize money he won on the FINA Champions Series to hospitals fighting the coronavirus outbreak.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Millfield Swimmer Honors Aussie Roots

Catch up on the swimming-related news round-up from around the world in this week’s edition of our series Beyond the Lane Lines.

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WADA Requests Public Hearing – Like Sun Yang’s – for RUSADA Compliance Case

The World Anti-Doping Agency has requested that the hearing to resolve the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s non-compliance case be held in public. 

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FINA Ratifies Atherton, Dressel & Seto World Records Set During ISL Season

FINA has officially recognized the world records set during the final five meets of the ISL season, as it said it would in October.

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CHINADA Temporarily Suspends Testing in Wake of Coronavirus Epidemic

According to France’s AP news wire, CHINADA has decided to “temporarily” suspend its activities because of the coronavirus epidemic.

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Canadian Olympian Kierra Smith Returns To Minnesota Training Base

Kierra Smith is switching up her training base, returning to the University of Minnesota & coach Kelly Kremer just 2 months out from Canada’s Olympic Trials.

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Kansas City Chiefs Win First Super Bowl in 50 Years: a Swimming Retrospective

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years. We use that as a measuring stick to mark the passage of time in our own sport of…

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British Olympic Association Reveals New ‘Over-The-Top’ Broadcast Platform

British Swimming fans will be able to get even more of athletes like Adam Peaty, thanks to a new Over-The-Top streaming service.

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