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Less Than 80 Days To Budapest, World Championships Hosting Costs Soar

Costs for hosting the 2017 FINA World Championships have only increased since Budapest stepped in after Guadalajara, Mexico pulled out of hosting.

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Cyrielle Duhamel efface 2 MPF17, Mewen Tomac améliore son propre MPF16, à Amiens

A l’occasion de la 3e étape du Golden Tour Camille Muffat, nous les avons vu effacer trois records français.

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Brazilian World Championship Tracker: Top Swims Through Day 1

After popping a 59.32 100 breast prelim, Felipe Lima tops the Brazilian FINA point rankings after day 1 of Maria Lenk.

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2017 Maria Lenk Trophy: Day 1 Photo Vault

Check out photos from day 1 at the Mario Lenk Trophy. Photos courtesy of Satiro Sodre.

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Maranhao Lowers Brazilian 400 Free Record On Day 1 of Maria Lenk

Joanna Maranhao lowered the Brazilian 400 free record in a time of 4:09.41 on day 1 of the Maria Lenk Trophy.

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Three French NAG Records Fall in 3rd Stage of Golden Tour in Amiens

With a month to go before their championship meets, both 17-year-old Cyrielle Duhamel of Stade Béthune Pélican Club and 16-year-old Mewen Tomac, swimming in front of his home crowd in Amiens, broke French national age group records.

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Martins, Lima Hit Top-5 World Times At Maria Lenk Day 1 Prelims

Both Henrique Martins and Felipe Lima started out Brazil’s Maria Lenk Trophy on a high note, hitting top-5 world-ranked times in prelims of the 100 fly and 100 breast, respectively.

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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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