International

Joanna Maranhão, One of Brazil’s Best Ever, Announces Retirement

Joanna Maranhão retires as the holder of 12 Brazilian and 9 South American Records in swimming.

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2018 British Summer C’ships Day 6: Richards Racks Up 2nd Nat Age Rec

2018 BRITISH SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, July 24th – Sunday, July 29th Ponds Forge, Sheffield LCM Live Stream Day 1 Recap/Day…

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2018 Euros Previews: Men’s Distance Frees Are Low-Key Competitive

While lacking much of the starpower of other races, the men’s distance freestyles have relative depth almost unparalleled at the 2018 European Championships.

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Dutch Federation Names 4 Swimmers to 2018 Youth Olympic Games Roster

Included among the 4 are a National Record holder and American-trained Caspar Corbeau, above.

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US Pan Pacs Roster Update: 2nd-Places Almost Completely Added

Almost all second-place finishers are locked into Pan Pacs berths on a night 4 that saw rosters expand dramatically. We should be in line to get at least some of the third place finishers onto Pan Pacs rosters, though fourth-placers are probably out.

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2018 British Summer C’ships Day 5: Feisty Freestylers Perform

The penultimate day of the 2018 British Summer Championships brought additional fast swims from the key players making their mark in Sheffield this week. Jack Thorpe topped the podium in the men’s 19+ 50m freestyle, nabbing a new Scottish national record in the process.

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Katinka Hosszu to Train Under Swiss Coach Árpád Petrov

After training with Dave Salo at USC through the summer until the 2018 European Championships, Hosszu will join Árpád Petrov.

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2018 European Championships Pick ‘Em Contest Is Live

Try your hand at predicting the top 4 finishers in every event for the European Championships.

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2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 3 Pan Pacs (& More) Projected Roster Updates

Doubles are extremely scarce three day into U.S. Nationals, suggesting that 3rd-place finishers might be in tough shape to make the Pan Pacs squad.

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2018 British Summer C’ships Day 4: Richards & Williams Back At It

Royal Wolverhampton School’s Matt Richards followed up his stellar 100m freestyle win last night with a victory in the men’s 15-year-old age group 100m butterfly.

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WR Watch? American Women’s 4×200 Free Relay Aggregate Time: 7:43.9

Based on the results of last night’s women’s 200 free, the American women could be in world record hunting mode come Pan Pacs, with an aggregate 4×200 free relay time of 7:43.90 – and that’s without Katie Ledecky or Leah Smith swimming their best times.

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2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 2 Pan Pacs (& More) Projected Roster Updates

Day 2 has wrapped, and these U.S. Nationals have been anything but predictable.

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16-year-old Regan Smith Sets 200 Back World Junior Record in 2:06.43

Smith still trails Missy Franklin for the national age group record as FINA only began recognizing WJRs in 2014.

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