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Former RUSADA Director: 40% of Doping Cases From Youth Sports

Russia has dominated at the Junior level the past decade but has not been able to translate it to the senior level.

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LEN Announces Its 2015 Aquatic Award Winners

Laszlo Cseh was recognized as LEN’s top male swimmer of 2015.

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2021/23 FINA World Championships Host Sites To Be Announced Jan 31st

FINA was due to make the 2021 and 2023 World Championships host decision last November, but the host cities will now be revealed at the end of this month.

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Mitch Larkin Discusses His Success in 2015 (Video)

Mitch Larkin had as good of a year as any swimmer in 2015 winning double gold at the World Championships and breaking the short course world record in the 200 backstroke…

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World Record Holder Sun Yang to Be Featured in Chinese Reality TV Show

Despite several negative PR incidents since the 2012 Olympic Games, Sun is still a big enough draw to be included among China’s best sports stars on a new reality television show.

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Hosszu Steps Away From Federation Contract Over Improper Resourcing

Katinka Hosszu issues press release to clarify her thoughts on the Hungarian Swimming Federation’s resource allocation.

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Ye Shiwen’s Coach Xu Guoyi Hospitalized For Brain Tumors

Chinese coach Xu Guoyi, the trainer for a host of accomplished swimmers including world record-holder Ye Shiwen, underwent surgery last month for cancerous tumors in his brain.

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UConn Tops Standings At Copa Coqui Invite

The University of Connecticut dominated the combined team scores at the Copa Coqui Invite in Puerto Rico.

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Hosszu Tears Up Budapest Promo Contract; Considers Training Solo

Saying the situation is “not about money”, Hungarian superstar Katinka Hosszu rips up Budapest 2017 promotion contract with Hungarian swimming federation to make a point about the Hungarian training environment.

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225 Swim Jobs You Might Love

Want a job in swimming? Here are 225 Swim Jobs you might love.

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World Championship Medalist Madi Wilson Offers Advice for Age Groupers (Video)

World Championship silver medalist Madi Wilson offers some valuable pieces of advice for age group swimmers…

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Learn How to Fly Fast like Roland Schoeman – Race Club Swimisode

Olympic Gold Medalist Roland Schoeman has developed one of the fastest dolphin kicks in the world. The dolphin kick has become so important in the sport of swimming, now being used in all four strokes, that it is commonly referred to as the ‘fifth stroke’.

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New Olympic Rule Requires Relay Alternates To Compete

A change in FINA rules will now require all relay alternates at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games to compete in either prelims or finals.

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Latest Rio Wrinkle: 75% Of Stadium Concessionary Staff Laid Off

With the Rio Olympics just seven months away, another issue is beginning to rise to the surface: a dispute between the state government and concessionary staff at the Maracana Stadium.

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Grant Hackett Breaks Down His Comeback Thus Far (Video)

In this exclusive SwimSwam interview Hackett discusses his comeback to this point, his goals for the upcoming year and the adjustments he has made to his training as a 35 year old athlete…

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