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Murdoch Looks To Make 200 Breaststroke Magic In Budapest

Ross Murdoch won gold at the 2016 European Championships in his favored event, the men’s 200m breaststroke, and the British swimmer hopes to repeat the performance in Budapest.

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British Open Water Swimmers Making Final Preparations For Budapest

Britain’s Marathon Swimming Lead Bernie Dietzig says, “The World Championships is always incredibly competitive. We will be expecting a huge field in both the men’s and women’s 10km and we have done everything we can this season to be ready for this.”

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Howdy, FINA, Kuwait Swimming Here… What’s the Word on Al-Musallam?

Today, the Kuwait Swimming Association published a response to the Asian Swimming Association’s defensive sponsorship of Al-Musallam, and asked why FINA had not replied to a previous list of complaints.

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Olasz, Rasovszky Lead Hungarian Open Water Team for Worlds

Hungary has announced its open water squad for the upcoming World Championships in Budapest. Eight swimmers have been named to…

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Former U.S. National Teamer BJ Johnson Wins 100 Breast at Maccabiah

Johnson was one of 4 American swimming winners on day 3 of the 2017 Maccabiah Games.

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Olympic Champ Chalmers Committed To 2020, But Plans Unknown Thereafter

Kyle Chalmers admits his favorite sport isn’t swimming while discussing what his future plans hold.

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FINA Adds Highlight Routine To Synchro World Champs

This month is a major one for FINA meetings, with Technical Congresses meeting for various aquatic sport disciplines and the General Congress meeting later on to elect the next federation president. The first two Technical Congresses met today, with synchronized swimming adding a new World Championships event.

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Canada Team Off to Training Camp, Ruck Going to Camp, But Not Worlds

The Canadian Worlds Team is en route to their training camp in Italy to prepare for the 2017 FINA World Championships at the end of the month. Double Olympic bronze-medalist Taylor Ruck is training with the team, but she will not join them in Budapest.

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Mark Spitz’s Role With SportTV Confirmed

Mark Spitz’s role with SportTV this summer has been confirmed. The 9-time Olympic Champion will be working for Brazil’s SportTV…

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Lili Ibanez Wins 50 Free, 50 Fly at Mexican Nationals

A DQ in the 100 free on procedural grounds cost Ibanez a shot at her 14th career national title.

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IOC Votes to Award 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games Together

Today the IOC officially announced it will award both the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games simultaneously during the summit in Lima, Peru, on September 13th.

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British World Championships Squad Heads To Edinburgh

British coach Bill Furniss says that Edinburgh is a city that lends itself to a ‘relaxed, low-key training camp at a very high-pressure time’

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Andrew, Smith Head Team USA’s 2017 Junior Worlds Roster

Budding multi-event stars Michael Andrew and Regan Smith will lead Team USA’s roster for the 2017 World Junior Championships, which will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana in August. Andrew is set to swim upwards of 6 total events and Smith 5.

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Four Cities Up For 2022, 2024 World Champs Hosting Duties

Budapest, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and Kazan are the final four candidates to host FINA’s 2022 and/or 2024 Short Course World Championships, per a FINA press release today. FINA will select hosts next week.

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James Guy Is “In A Good Place” To Defend 200 Freestyle World Title

Look for freestyle maestro James Guy to defend his 200m world title in Budapest.

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