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2016 Swammy Awards: Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year

It’s a Dutch sweep of our Open Water Swimmer of the Year Swammys, with Olympic champ Ferry Weertman taking the men’s award.

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2016 Swammy Awards Video: European Female Swimmer of the Year

This summer, the swimming world saw a whole different Katinka Hosszu than the one we watched in 2012.

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2016 Swammy Awards Video: Oceania Female Swimmer Of The Year

Two world records for Cate Campbell helped propel her to the top of the Oceanic swimming contingency.

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Penny Oleksiak Named Canadian Press Female Athlete of 2016

Young Canadian star Penny Oleksiak continues to reel in accolades after a stellar summer in Rio and continued success on the…

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Russia Says RUSADA Doping Admission Was ‘Taken Out Of Context’

‘Distorted and taken out of context’ is how a Kremlin spokesperson describing the comments by RUSADA leader yesterday.

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2016 Swammy Awards Video: European Male Swimmer of the Year

The 2016 Rio Olympics saw Great Britain’s Adam Peaty become the first British male swimmer to win Olympic gold in 28 years.

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Surgery For Emily Seebohm

Aussie superstar Emily Seebohm has revealed she is suffering from Endometriosis, resulting in surgery this month.

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2016 Swammy Awards Video: Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year

2016 was the perfect single-year redemption arc for Sharon van Rouwendaal.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 44% Pick Hosszu As Most Impressive At SC Worlds

SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast…

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Russia Admits To Widespread Doping Operation At The Olympics

Russian officials have admitted to widespread doping operations across multiple Olympic Gaemes.

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LeBron James Named AP Athlete of Year Over Phelps

For the second time in two days, an American swimmer has finished second in the Associated Press’s Athlete of the Year voting, with Michael Phelps falling 8 votes shy of basketballer Lebron James.

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Phelps, Hosszu, Ledecky, Sjostrom Up For AIPS Awards

A quartet of swimmers are up for the AIPS Male and Female Athletes of the Year awards as given out by the International Sports Press Association.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Africa Male Swimmer Of The Year – Video

With 2 Olympic silver medals from Rio and a short course world record, Chad Le Clos is your African Male Swimmer of the Year Swammy Award winner.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Africa Female Swimmer of the Year Farida Osman

Egyptian swimming has been on a roll over the past Olympic quad, and it culminates in back-to-back Africa Female Swimmer of the Year Swammy Awards for Farida Osman.

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British Swimming’s Alexei Evangulov Excited For Future

The past 12 months has seen British Diving make history yet National Performance Director Alexei Evangulov believes the sport can…

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