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Four More Swimmers Grab Olympic Nomination On Night 5 Of Canadian Trials

Four more swimmers managed to earn a nomination for Canada’s Olympic team on night five, bringing the roster to a grand total of 25 with one day remaining.

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Brittany MacLean Throws Down Third Fastest 800 Free This Season

Brittany MacLean has been throwing down faster freestyle times all week long here at the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials in Toronto, and just put up the third fastest 800m freestyle in the world this year.

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Penny Oleksiak Takes Half-Second Off World Junior Record At 15-Years-Old

Saying that Penny Oleksiak has been on fire this meet is the understatement of the year; after a Canadian record in the 100m butterfly and making the Olympic squad at just 15, Oleksiak took a huge half-a-second off the world junior record.

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2016 Canadian Paralympic Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Day five finals recap of the Canadian Paralympic Trials.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Penny Oleksiak will seek her third individual event for the Olympics tonight in the 100 free, coming into tonight as the top seed.

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Swim Cup Eindhoven, finals recap day 4

2016 EINDHOVEN SWIM CUP (DUTCH CHAMPIONSHIPS) Wednesday April 6th-Sunday April 10th Prelims -12:00 pm local (6:00 am EDT/3:00 am PDT); Finals…

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Australian Championships: Day Three Live Recap

Mitch Larkin continues to chase Peirsol’s records while Emily Seebohm rocks another sub-59 swim.

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WATCH: Coleman Allen Ready To Rock In 100 Fly Final

Coleman Allen is in a great position to make his first Olympic team after finishing the morning prelims as the second seed heading towards tonight’s final.

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Phelps, Lochte, Hagino, Cseh: A Look At Rio’s Potential 200 IM Final

With Kosuke Hagino’s monster 1:55.07 200 IM at today’s Japanese Olympic Trials, one can’t help but look at what this event’s potentially legendary final may look like in Rio.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Sprint star Chantal van Landeghem will finally hit the water at these trials in the women’s 100 free heats.

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Santo Condorelli Sets Gold Medal Goal For The 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Canadian sprint star Santo Condorelli made his first Olympic team last night with a first place finish in the 100m freestyle, however Condorelli has bigger goals than that.

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WATCH: Yuri Kisil Accomplishes Childhood Dream Of Olympic Berth

Yuri Kisil finished second in the 100m freestyle last night to Santo Condorelli, dipping under the FINA ‘A’ qualifying time in order to punch in his ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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WATCH: Audrey Lacroix Makes Third Olympic Team

After a fourth place finish in the 100m fly earlier in the meet, the 200m butterfly final last night was Audrey Lacroix’s final chance to make her third Olympics.

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WATCH: Tammy Cunnington Breaks Two World Records In One Day

Yesterday morning in the heats of the women’s PARA S1-7 50m fly, Tammy Cunnington set a new world record in the S4 category, clocking a time of 53.10. That swim takes over three seconds off the previous world record of 56.36 set by Sandra Erikson of Sweden at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens.

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WATCH Kosuke Hagino Break Japanese Record in 200 IM (RACE VIDEO)

2016 JAPAN SWIM (JAPANESE OLYMPIC TRIALS) Monday, April 4th – Sunday, April 10th Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Prelims at…

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