International

Turmoil At The Top: Swimming Australia Backs New AOC Candidate

John Bertrand, President of Swimming Australia, backs Dannie Roche to replace John Coates as President of the Australian Olympic Committee.

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CBDA Announces Loose Selection Guidelines For Maria Lenk Trophy

The CBDA has come out with a loose qualifying criteria for Brazilian qualification to the World Championships.

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German top swimmers attend Arena Pro Swim, Atlanta

With the German National Championships just around the corner in 6 weeks, some of Germany’s best swimmers will collect some…

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Breaking: Omaha Will Host 4th-Straight U.S. Olympic Trials in 2020

USA Swimming has announced the host city for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials: Omaha, Nebraska will host the event for the fourth-consecutive Olympic cycle.

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Irish Swimming Looking Abroad For High-Level Athletes

Ireland’s new National Performance Director Jon Rudd says the nation will focus on keeping talented domestic athletes training in Ireland while finding athletes abroad with Irish eligibility as the nation builds towards the next Olympics.

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Aussie Olympian Madi Wilson Makes Move To Bond In Tokyo 2020 Quest

Madi Wilson, member of two Aussie medal-winning Olympic relays, is making the move from St. Peters Western to Bond to continue her quadrennial journey to Tokyo.

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Freestyle Flip Turn: Mastering The Approach

The important law of inertia comes into play at several key times during the flip turn and the approach to the wall is one of them. If a body in motion truly wants to stay in motion then the worst thing we can do is slow down while approaching the wall. Yet nearly every swimmer does.

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Retour sur le 3e jour du meeting Golden Tour d’Amiens

Le Marseillais Mehdy Metella a déclenché son troisième titre du weekend avec une victoire dans le 100 papillon.

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Para World Records Tumble At Sheffield World Series

Rebecca Meyers of the U.S. picked up three wins at the Para World Swim Series in Sheffield, GBR.

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2017 Golden Tour Amiens, Day 3 finals recap

FFN Golden Tour Camille Muffat – Amiens Dates: Friday, April 28 – Sunday, April 30, 2017 Prelims 8 am GMT+1…

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Australia Announces Roster for Junior World Championships

Among the stars on the roster is 16-year-old Elijah Winnington, who won 8 gold medals individually at the 2017 Australian Age Championships.

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Amiens jour 2 : records pour Duhamel, Desplanches, Lecluyse et Metella; doublé pour Verraszto

Le Suisse Jeremy Desplanches a amélioré son propre record national dans le 200 4N à Amiens.

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Oleksiak vs. Manuel II

We’re in for a treat next week.  The Arena Pro Swim Series stops in Atlanta and the second night features…

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Create a thing of Beauty With Your Backstroke Start

A great backstroke start is a thing of beauty. I liken it to a dolphin leaping out of the water or David Boudia scoring a perfect 10 off of the 10-meter tower. You see no splash and hear no splash.

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2017 FINA Points Table Displays Dominance of Peaty, Ledecky

Katie Ledecky’s recent dominance in the women’s distance events have vastly changed the FINA points table.

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