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Defending Olympic Champ Ye Shiwen Misses Rio Final in 400 IM

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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Day 1 Relay Lineups: Cate, Bronte To Race 400 Free Relay Prelims

The Australians will use their top two swimmers, Cate and Bronte Campbell, in the prelims of the women’s 400 free relay.

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Yulia Efimova Officially Added to Rio Start Lists

Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova has been officially added to the start lists for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. She will swim…

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Rio 2016 Day 1 Scratch Report: Vanderpool-Wallace Drops 100 Butterfly

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace has scratched the 100 fly for this morning.

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2016 Rio Olympics: Day 1 Prelims Preview

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will contest the women’s 400 IM this morning, four years after her devastating 4th place finish in London.

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Erik Risolvato Ruled Out of Olympics, to Compete at U.S. Open

Erik Risolvato will not be competing in Rio, and instead be competing at the U.S. Open tomorrow

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Theodora Giareni Named as Greek Swimmer Sent Home Early from Rio

Theodora Giareni has been named by unofficial sources as the Greek swimmer who has already been sent home from the…

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Nathan Adrian: Michael is a huge part of the Olympic Movement (Video)

The reigning Olympic champ cited when Phelps won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing olympics, he got a $1,000,000 bonus from Speedo

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Ryan Lochte explains “The Hair” (Video)

Forget the Grillz… Lochte has a new hairstyle

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Missy: In the water, I’m always having the time of my life (Video)

In a pre-olympic press conference merely days before the games are to begin, Missy opened up to the press on a couple of different topics

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Making of the 2016 Rio Olympics Opening Ceremonies

Last night Rio de Janeiro opened its doors and welcomed the world to take part in the mankind’s premier sporting event: the Olympic Games.

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Ledecky explains pre race visualization rituals (Video)

As we see the American athletes in press conferences, a majority of them look different.

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Ledecky: This is the year we’ve been working towards (Video)

When you own all 10 of the top 10 swims ever recorded in the 800 free, your true opposition is the clock… and yourself.

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Katie Ledecky reminisces on 2012 Olympic experience (Video)

At just 19 years old, Ledecky will be swimming in her 2nd Olympics, having won gold in the 800 meter freestyle at the London Olympics.

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2016 Canadian Swimming Championships: Day 2 Finals Recap

Jeremy Bagshaw of Island Swimming won the men’s 200 freestyle on the second night of the Canadian Championships…

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