International

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Will Revisit an Old Race at the European Championships

O’Connor is entered to swim the 100 fly at the European Short Course Championships next week – a race that she hasn’t swum at a big international meet in years.

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Paralympics Cham Ellie Simmonds OBE rekindles love for water With Team Speedo

Speedo, the world’s leading swimwear brand, signs British Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds OBE to join its growing roster of British talent on Team Speedo.

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Paris 2024 Announces New Emblem for Olympic and Paralympic Games

With the construction of the 2024 Olympic Village and several of the venues underway, IOC representatives got their first look at the progress being made.

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Olympic Update: Japan May Deploy Missile Interceptors, and New Heat Measures

While seeking new ways to combat Tokyo’s blazing heat in August, Japan is also considering deploying missile interceptors before next summer’s Games start.

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Israeli National Record Holder Gali Zilberberg Commits to Penn State

Zilberberg finished 7th at the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships in the women’s 1500 freestyle.

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Coach Árpád Petrov Responds after Split with Katinka Hosszu

Árpád Petrov (left) released a statement of his own on Thursday after Katinka Hosszu announced that she would coach herself to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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Moscow 200 Free Relay Sets Europe Junior Record at Russian Youth Championships

5 Russian Junior Records, including 1 European Junior Record, have been broken in the first 3 days of the Russian Youth Championships.

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Hanus, Wog Smash Records At Canada West Championships

Kelsey Wog won four races individually, including two that were new meet records, at the 2019 Canada West Championships in Lethbridge.

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Gabe Mastromatteo and Brendan Oswald Awarded Swim Ontario Scholarships

University of Toronto bound Gabe Mastromatteo and Brendan Oswald have been awarded Swim Ontario’s Post-Secondary Performance Scholarships

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Katinka Hosszu Splits with Coach Árpád Petrov, Will Coach Herself to Tokyo

Katinka Hosszu has announced a split with her coach Árpád Petrov, saying that she believes that he doesn’t want to win as badly as she does.

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Diver Ilia Zakharov Dealt 18-Month Ban for Missing Tests, Retires Citing Injury

Zakharov said he missed three tests as he dealt with a knee injury. He is not expected to appeal the ban, because he was already leaving the sport.

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14-Year Old Joao Campos Swims 1:53.0 in 200 LCM Free at Bekken Trophy

Campos broke a pair of Brazilian age records last week in Porto Alegre, and his 200 free was faster than the American record for 13-14s as well.

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FINA Doping Panel: Fujimori’s Honesty Preventing Reduction in Suspension

A FINA Doping Panel says that Hiromasa Fujimori’s honesty is currently preventing a reduction in his two-year doping suspension.

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Australian Swimwear Brand Funky Trunks Signs Hungarian Norbert Szabo

Norbert Szabo is one of the newest members of the Funky Trunks team. Szabo earned a spot on the Hungarian National Team and competed at the 2016 Olympics.

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Practice of a Postgrad: 3 NC State Post Grads Compete in Power Towers

The game is simple. They had to get the weight to the top of the rack in under 6 seconds. If they went over 6 seconds, they have to drop weight.

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