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Japanese Olympic Committee Official Calls For Postponement Of 2020 Games

Kaori Yamaguchi, one of 23 executive board members on the Japanese Olympic Committee, has called for the postponement of the 2020 Games.

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Olympian Jacob Pebley Calls for USA Swimming to Postpone Olympic Trials

Pebley, a 2016 Olympian for Team USA, also urged USA Swimming leadership to advocate for postponing the 2020 Olympics, which are still running as planned.

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Swimming Canada CEO Issues Statement Supporting Olympic Postponement

Ahmed El-Awadi “is very much aligned with many of the points” made by USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey regarding postponing the 2020 Olympics for one year.

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Russian Head Coach Chepik: We Cannot Stop Training for the Olympics

Russia’s top swimmers will continue to train for the Olympics after news broke earlier this week that their Olympic Trials would be postponed indefinitely.

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Toronto Titans Announce Blake Pieroni & Anton McKee as Newest ISL Additions

Blake Pieroni is the 2nd LA Current sprinter to defect north of the border to the upstart Toronto Titans this week.

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Norwegian Sports Federation Calls on IOC to Delay Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Norway joins a growing list of other national sports federations and high-profile individuals who are calling for the postponement of the 2020 Olympics.

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2020 Japan Swim (Olympic Trials) To Include Pre-Entry Temperature Checks

The Japanese Swimming Federation has instituted temperature checks at its upcoming Olympic-qualifier of the 2020 Japan Swim.

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South African Olympic Trials Postponed, Opening Door For Schoeman

The South African Olympic Trials have been postponed, leaving just the 2020 Japan Swim on the docket for the month of April.

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Swimming Australia Calls For ‘Level Playing Field’ At Olympic Games

Swimming Australia published a formal statement addressing the impact of the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, including a call for level playing field.

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Former US National Team Director Frank Busch: Training “Doesn’t Make Sense”

While the IOC has said that it plans to go forward with the Olympics beginning on July 24th as planned, Busch believes they should take place in 2021.

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LEN Postpones 2020 European Aquatics Championships; Considering August or 2021

The Duna Arena in Budapest was scheduled to host 3 disciplines at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships. The event has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Top Quotes From the (Unexpected) Last NCAA Taper Meets — Men’s ACCs

While it’s tragic that the 2020 NCAA season ended this way, the season we did have was filled with amazing individual and team performances.

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5 Undeniable Truths The World of Swimming Keeps Failing to Address

It is still assumed champions are born with given mental powers, or expected that swimmers somehow ‘figure it out’ on their own…

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Paolo Barelli Speaks Out About Need To Postpone 2020 Games

Italian Swimming Federation president believes that with many athletes unable to train it’s unrealistic for the IOC to continue to plan on running the Games.

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