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Additional Age Records Fall On Final Night Of Dutch SC C’ships

The final day of the Dutch Short Course Open Championships saw more age records go down.

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GER Swimming Installs Coaching Team to Replace National Team Director

The German Swimming Federation (DSV – Deutscher Schwimmverband) has announced plans to install a “Team Tokyo 2020” instead of a new…

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Teen Minakov Scorches 50.13 1Fly, Rylov 49.11 1Back At Salnikov Cup

Russian swimmers threw down fast times in St. Petersburg before calling 2018 a done deal, several of which would have finaled in Hangzhou.

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Kolesnikov Closes Out 2018 With WJR In 100 Free

2018 Salnikov Cup Friday, December 21st – Saturday, December 22nd St. Petersburg, Russia SCM Results 18-year-old Kliment Kolesnikov ended his stellar…

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Russia Denies WADA Search Team Access To Lab Data

“Let’s hope WADA doesn’t get played again and immediately declares them non-compliant,” United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief executive Travis Tygart told Reuters upon the news of data denial during the RUSADA inspection.

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Swimming Canada Will Host Their First-Ever Open Water Trials in 2019

While the meet will be the first Canada-hosted trials for an open water national team, it will actually be hosted in the Cayman Islands.

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26-Year-Old Van Den Hoogenband Dutch Age Record Goes Down

The Dutch Short Course Championships saw multiple age group records fall through day 2.

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LSU Swimmer Matthew Klotz Named ICSD Sportsman of the Year

LSU Swimmer Matthew Klotz has been named the 2018 International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) Sportsman of the Year….

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Former National Team Coach Bennett Enters Circle of Excellence

Courtesy: Swimming Canada In a career cut short by cancer, Randy Bennett coached Olympic, world championship and Commonwealth Games medalists….

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Se batieron 6 récords venezolanos en el campeonato del mundo

El equipo que representó a Venezuela en el mundial de curso corto en Hangzhou logró 6 nuevos récords nacionales, todos ellos conseguidos por Jeserik Pinto, Mercedes Toledo e Isabella Paez.

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After 95 Years, Swimming Times Magazine Will Shutter in 2019

The magazine stood as one of the oldest institutions in the sport.

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2018 Swammy Awards: Canadian Female Athlete of the Year Taylor Ruck

Ruck shined at two of the biggest meets at the halfway point in the Olympiad, the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs, most notably claiming 200 free gold at both.

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Scheffer Breaks South American 200 Free Record To Close Brazil Open

Fernando Scheffer dropped a 1:45.51 swim in the men’s 200 freestyle for a new Continental Record.

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Lausanne Day 2: Ruck & Sanchez Each Top Hosszu

Taylor Ruck of Canada got her hand on the wall first in the women’s 100m back final in Lausanne, relegating Hungarian Katinka Hosszu to silver.

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Peaty to FINA: ‘Ban Me… They Know They Can’t’

British world and Olympic champion breaststroker Adam Peaty took a bold shot at the international swimming federation, telling BBC Sport that FINA knows it can’t ban its athletes without losing support.

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