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Video: Kierra Smith Ready To Make An Olympic Final

Canadian Olympian Kierra Smith is currently in Toronto gearing up for the 2016 Olympic Games where she’ll be competing in the 100 and 200m breaststroke with high hopes of making the final in the latter of the two events.

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Aussie Insider Training: Listen To A Mic’d Up Michael Bohl

At the Australian Olympic Team’s training camp at Auburn University, St. Peters Head Coach Michael Bohl was mic’d up, giving us a peek into a green and gold practice.

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Pratt Sets Two Provincial Records at Canadian Age Group Champs

13 year old Cole Pratt of the Cascade Swim Club set two Alberta Provincial records in the first two events of the first night of the Canadian Age Group Championships…

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At Least 8 More Russian Sports Allowed Into Olympics Unscathed

After the IOC’s directive that International Sporting Federations (IFs) apply standards for participation for Russian athletes in the 2016 Olympics…

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Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu To Launch New Iron Aquatics Training Program

“I’m proud to announce that we open up our own swim club, Iron Aquatics, in September.” – Katinka Hosszu

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Rio Torch Relay Day 85: Four Cities In São Paulo

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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2 Multi-Class World Records, British Age Group Records Go Down At Ponds Forge

Two multi-class world records, along with a new British Age Group Record from Anna Fleming highlighted Day 2 of 2016 British Summer Championships.

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Video: Emily Overholt Overcomes Injury On Road To Rio

Canadian swimmer Emily Overholt was forced to overcome a hamstring injury that occurred right after she qualified for the Olympic team in the 400m IM as she trained for the upcoming Games.

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Video: Ben Titley Says Canadian Team Is Looking Fabulous

Canadian Olympic head coach Ben Titley discussed the state of the Canadian team with SwimSwam as they prepare for the Rio Olympic Games.

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Drop All Olympic Events Except Swimming, Men’s Marathon and Ping Pong

In a time where the Olympic movement seems to be falling apart from disease, corruption, doping, and every other imaginable flaw of sports, Charles Hartley envisions a different version of the Olympics, one where the focus is on just 3 Olympic events.

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FINA Releases What They Say to Be “Final” Entry Lists for Rio

After numerous invitational mishaps, confusion on the Olympic qualification process, and the Russian doping scandal, FINA has released the “final”…

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Putin Says Fewer Russian Athletes Competing Means Medals ‘Devalued’

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the Russian Olympic punishment as a ‘double standard.’

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GBR’s Fran Halsall Has Bad Aquatic Barbie Memories

Guess GBR sprinter Fran Halsall’s favorite animal and see if you’re right.

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WADA Confirms Finding of “Disappearing Positives” for Morozov

Morozov, along with 2 other nominated Russian Olympians, were beneficiaries of “disappearing false positives,” according to WADA.

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