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Portion Of Schooling’s Gold Medal Bonus Helps Start ‘SGP Fund’

A compulsory 20% of Joseph Schooling’s enormous gold medal bonus from 2016 is funding a new initiative to help Singaporean athletes transition from amateurs to professionals.

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FINA Rules That 3 American Relays Must Be Disqualified from World Jrs

The U.S. forfeited 3 sets of medals as a result of a positive doping test for Matthew Willenbring, in addition to his swim in the 100 free.

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IOC Pushes Peace on Korean Peninsula With 4-Nation Ping-Pong Game

In a continued effort to maintain peace and improve relations between North and South Korea, IOC President Thomas Bach has invited the leaders of both nations to Lausanne for diplomatic talks and a friendly game of table tennis on Olympic Day (June 20th).

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Brescia Almost Spoiled Recco’s Party in Champions League Final Eight

Olympiacos (GRE) meets Barceloneta (ESP) while Recco (ITA) faces Jug (ITA) in the semi-finals.

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Aurelie Rivard Lowers Own World Record at Para World Series

Courtesy: Swimming Canada BERLIN – Aurélie Rivard of Swimming Canada’s High Performance Centre – Quebec lowered her world record twice…

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USA Youth Men’s WP Roster Announced For Junior Pan-Am Championships

The USA Men’s Youth National Team has announced their roster for the upcoming UANA Junior Pan American Championship headed to Clearwater, Florida this July.

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Bulgarian Record Holder Dobromira Ivanova Receives 4-Year Doping Ban

Bulgarian Dobromira Ivanova has been handed a four-year suspension for doping.

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Injured Ippei Watanabe Sets Sights On New 200 Breast WR On Home Turf

21-year-old Ippei Watanabe of Japan rocked the world in January of 2017 by clocking a new World Record in the…

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3-Time Olympian Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Retires from Swimming

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace spent 3 years as the fastest 100 yard freestyler in history from 2011 through 2014.

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Aussie Thomas Fraser-Holmes Back In The Pool Post-Suspension

Aussie Olympian Thomas Fraser-Holmes was suspended 12 months for having missed 3 doping tests in 2016/17, but made it back in the pool this morning.

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Swim Ireland Announces Teams for Summer Internationals

National Performance Director Jon Rudd has confirmed a selection of five divers who will compete at the LEN European Junior Championships, FINA World Junior Championships and the LEN European Championships.

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Cameron van der Burgh Plans To Retire After 2020 Olympic Games

Two-time Olympic medalist Cameron van der Burgh plans on retiring after the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Lee: 2018 Winter Olympics Were Profitable, 2022 Games Will Be Also

Whereas Rio de Janeiro descended into economic and political calamity following the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, PyeongChang, host of February’s 2018 Winter Olympic Games, claims to have benefitted from a multi-million dollar income.

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Jacob Heidtmann: “Training with Team Elite gives me new insights”

Germany’s Jacob Heitdmann is a temporarily addition to the Team Elite – San Diego group. Heidtmann is the German National…

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5 Storylines to Follow at the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series – Santa Clara

Nathan Adrian has never lost a 100 free at a Pro Swim Series meet since it was even called that. Yeah. But will it last?

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