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Australian World Champion Seebohm Up For Prestigious ‘Don Award’

The definition of perseverance, Aussie Emily Seebohm has been nominated for Australia’s prestigious ‘Don Award’.

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Birmingham’s 2022 Commonwealth Games Bid Includes Possible New Pool

With the city of Durban, South Africa officially stripped of its 2022 Commonwealth Games hosting duties earlier this year, the Commonwealth Games Federation is on the hunt for a replacement city.

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Olympic Legends Thorpe & Van Den Hoogenband Reunite In Sydney

Olympic swimmers Ian Thorpe and Pieter Van den Hoogenband reunite in Sydney, just one site of their several storied freestyle battles.

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Fu Yuanhui Golden at Day 2 of China Student Games

Day two of the 13th Republic of China Student Games featured the 400 free, 100 back, 200IM, and 4×200 free relay finals. 

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4 New Members Join Elite Dutch Squads Out Of Eindhoven & Amsterdam

Catch yourself up on which elite Dutch stars train where, as the 2017/18 NTC rosters have been released.

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420 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

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New Swimming Tasmania Rule Excludes Non-Citizens From Records, Relays

Per Swimming Tasmania, any swimmer not holding Australian citizenship will be deemed ineligible to claim Tasmanian titles or records posted at Tasmanian Championship events.

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Usain Bolt Says He Would Beat Aussie Icon Ian Thorpe In Swim Race

Picture this – Olympic track star Usain Bolt racing against Aussie icon Ian Thorpe in the water.

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Sun Yang Headlines Day 1 of China Student Games

The 13th annual Republic of China Student Games kicked off this morning at the Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics.

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James Magnussen Voices Concerns Over His Home State’s Swimming Status

I have no doubt there are hundreds of swimmers in country NSW, and NSW as a whole, who have just as much talent as I ever did but sadly we lose a lot of those,” James Magnussen said recently of his home state of New South Wales.

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Veteran Coach To Bring Experience To Para-Swimming NextGen

Swimming Canada is expanding its Paralympic program staff with the hiring of Michel Berube as the new NextGen & Pathways…

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Former World Champion Mitch Larkin Returns To Bohl-Less St. Peters

“Jacco said to me that if you have 1% of doubt in your mind, it’s too much and I did have those doubts,” said two-time Olympian Mitch Larkin of his time with Simon Cusack.

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Welsh Swimmer Acquitted of 2015 Rape Charge

Otto Putland, who represented Wales in swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was acquitted from one rape charge this week, but could still face retrial on a second rape charge.

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415 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a…

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IPC President Philip Craven Retires After 16 Years

International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven has retired from his post after 16 years at the helm of the IPC.

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