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Australia’s Broben Forced to Withdraw from Rio Olympic Team

2012 Olympic diving silver medallist Brittany Broben has been forced to withdraw from the 2016 Australian Olympic Team.

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10 Things Every Swimmer Does (But Would Never Admit to Doing)

#3 – Daydreaming about tormenting that person who always taps your feet but never passes you.

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British Nissan Ambassadors Could Claim Gold Of Another Kind In Rio

Check out what two Nissan-sponsored British paralympians may get their hands on should they win gold in Rio.

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The Top 8 Swimming Moments from the 1988 Seoul Olympics

Here are the top 8 moments from the last Olympics of the Cold War era, the 1988 Seoul Games. (Featured Image: Matt Biondi smiles, over two decades later, racing at US Masters Nationals)

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Pratt Dominates Canadian Age Groups for the Second Straight Night

13 year old Cole Pratt won two events and set two Alberta provincial records for the second night in a row…

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Redfern Scores S13 WR, Barrett Nabs Sub-49 1Free On Day 3 In Sheffield

Rebecca Redfern earned a new S13 100m breaststroke World Record, while Adam Barrett touched in 48.98 in the 100m freestyle on Day 3 of the 2016 British Summer Championships.

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Fiona Doyle Among Irish Olympians To Release Spotify Playlist

The Spotify playlists of several Irish Olympians have been published through Team Ireland’s Rio Olympics sponsor Electric Ireland.

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Cate Campbell on 100 Free: “Everyone Is the Hunted! I Am the Underdog”

Some of the Australian Olympic swim team members spoke with the press yesterday about the upcoming Olympic Games. Cate Campbell and Matt Abood…

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The Olympic Torch Is Officially In Rio de Janeiro!

On each day of the official Olympic torch relay, carrying the Olympic flame to the Olympic cauldron in Rio de Janeiro,…

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After Russian Doping Ordeal, Trojan Swim Club Suspends Int’l Swimmers

The Trojan Swim Club, coached by Dave Salo, has temporarily suspended international athletes from its training program in light of the Russian doping scandal.

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Josh Young To Join NextGen Program In Victoria This Fall

He’s currently competing at the 2016 Canadian Age Group Championships. Thus far he’s finished with one individual gold medal, claiming victory in the 50m breaststroke with a time of 29.27. Young has several events to go this week.

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British Swimmers Make Final Olympic Preparations In Brazil

Adam Peaty and his British Olympic teammates are currently training just 40 minutes outside of Rio.

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Kopelev Posts the Fastest 50 Backstroke of 2016

At an age group competition on Tuesday Jonatan Kopelev put up a 24.60 50 backstroke, which is the fastest time recorded in 2016…

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Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Australia Chasing WR in Women’s 400 Free Relay

As we head into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Australia looks like the team to beat in the women’s 4×100 free relay. This year, the Aussies have 3 women under 53 seconds, with Cate Campbell (52.06), Bronte Campbell (52.58), and Emma McKeon (52.80) sitting 1st, 2nd, and 4th in the World Rankings.

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WATCH: Penny Oleksiak Getting Primed For First Olympics

Young-gun Penny Oleksiak is just days out from her first Olympic Games at 16-years-old where she’s the youngest member of the Canadian squad and will be competing in the most amount of events.

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