International

Records Fall In Sheffield Through Two Days Of ASA Winter Nationals

2016 Olympian Max Litchfield swept the men’s IM events thus far in Sheffield.

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Renshaw Rules Sheffield With New British Record In SC 200 Breaststroke

World champion Molly Renshaw cranked out a new British National Record in the women’s short course 200m breaststroke.

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LeBron Shouts Out Phelps During Sportsman Of The Year Acceptance Speech

LeBron James gave a shout-out to Olympic hero Michael Phelps in his acceptance speech for Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year Award this week.

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Newcastle Swimmers Notch 2 British Junior Records At 2 Different Meets

Newcastle Swim Team athletes Emily Large (pictured) and Jane Brown wrote their names into the British Junior Recordbooks while competing in Sheffield and Ontario.

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Russian Chief Salnikov Believes Doping Drama Hurt Olympic Performance

Vladimir Salnikov pointed specifically to Vlad Morozov’s (above) being unable to final in either the 50 or 100 free in Rio as evidence that the turmoil impacted Russia’s Olympic performance.

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Rio Mayor-Elect Proposes Reimbursement For Mugged Tourists

Rio de Janiero’s mayor-elect Marcello Crivella has come up with a plan that would reimburse tourists who were mugged during their visit to the city.

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Paltrinieri, Pellegrini Win Gazzetta Sports Awards

Both 2016 Olympic gold medallist Gregorio Paltrinieri and 2016 short course world champion Federica Pellegrini were named Gazetta Sports Award recipients and will receive their awards Friday at an event in Italy.

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2016 Int’l Vladimir Salnikov Cup Meet Preview

Speedster Vlad Morozov is slated to race in St. Petersburg this weekend.

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Ontario Junior International To Feature Penny Oleksiak

Featured in the meet will be both four-time Olympic medallist Penny Oleksiak and her new HPC – Ontario training partner Rebecca Smith. Both have broken several age group records during their careers, the former breaking plenty of senior Canadian records last season.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 57% Not Disappointed With SC Worlds Field

Though only 4 of 21 individual Rio Olympic gold medalists competed at the Short Course World Championships in Windsor, Canada, a majority of SwimSwam voters said they weren’t disappointed in the Windsor starting fields.

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Chalmers Points To McEvoy’s Advice In Accepting AIS Male Athlete Award

Kyle Chalmers describes his ‘mixed emotions’ on winning Olympic gold, while also pointing to important advice Cameron McEvoy gave him after having made the 2016 Olympic team.

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Swim Training: Rethink Rotation in Backstroke and Freestyle

Gary Hall Sr.: “Although coaches and swimmers commonly believe that one of the reasons fast freestlyers and backstrokers rotate their bodies along the axis of their motion is to reduce drag, I don’t agree.”

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Andrew, Ervin, Hosszu, Koch to highlight Lausanne Swim Cup,Switzerland

Swim Cup Lausanne, Switzerland December 17-18 in Lausanne, Switzerland SCM (short course, 25 m) Event page Participants Program The city of…

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8 Things That Make A Swimmer Say F%#K!

Wanna hear Adam Peaty swear (sort of)?

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Colorado Time Systems se expande a México

Colorado Time Systems (CTS), una empresa de PlayCore, está complacido en anunciar un nuevo distribuidor autorizado en México.

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