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Simone Sabbioni Becomes 3rd Italian Record Breaker on Day 1

2017 Italian National Championships December 1-2, 2017] 25m (SCM) Riccione, Italy Live Results After 2 records were broken to open…

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Chinese Coach Liu Haitao Suspended After Liu Zixuan’s Doping Ban

We reported in October that Chinese world champs silver medalist Liu Zixuan had been suspended two years for a failed doping test, but Chinese media now report that her coach, Liu Haitao, is also being suspended.

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2 National Records Broken in Back-to-Back Events at Italian Nationals

Matteo Rivolta now holds all 3 Italian butterfly records in short course meters.

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Marco Orsi Finishes the Day in Riccione With Another National Record

2017 Italian National SC Open Championships December 1-2, 2017] 25m (SCM) Riccione, Italy Live Results While he didn’t swim his…

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Candidates Selected for WPS Athlete Advisory Group

Candidates have been nominated for the inaugural para swimming Athletes Advisory Group.

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2 National Records for Charlotte Bonnet on Day 1 of French SC Nats

For the first time in many years, the French Elite Nationals began with a pair of National Records on Day One, and both were the product of Nice’s Charlotte Bonnet.

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Shane Tusup Has Verbal Altercation With Officials At Youth Meet

Shane Tusup, coach and husband to world and Olympic champ Katinka Hosszu, had a profanity-laden verbal outburst directed towards officials at an age group meet in Hungary, local media report.

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IOC Awards América Móvil 2018-24 Broadcast Rights In Latin American

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that América Móvil, through its subsidiary AMX Contenido, S.A. de C.V. (“AMCO”), has been awarded the broadcast rights in 17 territories across Latin America for the Olympic Games from 2018 through to 2024, as well as the Youth Olympic Games held in the same period.

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Hugo Gonzalez Loses Scholarship from Spanish Olympic Committee

Despite his amazing performance at the World Junior Championships, Spanish 2016 Olympic semifinalist Hugo Gonzalez will no longer benefit from the “PODIUM Tokio 2020” scholarship given to promising young athletes by the Spanish Olympic Committee.

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Chad le Clos: Exclusive SwimSwam Interview

“It was my redemption after losing in Rio. I said I would make no excuses and I wanted to win the gold one year later”

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13 Days Until LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships

In only 13 days the LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships will take place in the new indoor event arena in Copenhagen, Royal Arena.

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USA Swimming Releases 2018 Junior Pan Pac Selection Procedures

USA Swimming has released the selection criteria for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships. Athletes, as per usual, will be…

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Beyond The Lane Lines: GOAT, Pellegrini, Sjostrom & The ‘Swim Reaper’

News on Michael Phelps, Federica Pellegrini, Sarah Sjostrom and more are found in this week’s Beyond the Lane Lines.

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Irish Swimmer Mona McSharry Awarded Olympic Solidarity Scholarship

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) has announced 12 athletes who will received Olympic Solidarity Scholarships to “assist with qualification…

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Kathryn Greenslade In, Max Litchfield Out for British Euros Squad

Max Litchfield, who finished 4th in both IMs at the 2017 World Championships, has withdrawn from the 2017 European Short Course Championships.

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