International

British Olympian Marco Loughran to train with Denmark’s VAT Copenhagen Club

2012 Great Britain Olympian Marco Loughran will continue training for his international swimming career in Denmark, with the VAT Copenhagen swim club.

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Canada Announces Open Water World Champs Roster Highlighted By Richard Weinberger

The Canadian Open Water team for this year’s World Championships was named following the completion of the 10k race at the fourth stop on the FINA Open Water Swimming World Cup.

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Emma McKeon Changes Coaches Just 3 Months Out From Worlds

Emma McKeon will be breaking from her brother, David McKeon, and taking a new direction coaching-wise leading up to Worlds.

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James Connor joins Australia’s World Championship Diving Team

After a standout performance at this past weekend’s Australian Open diving championships, Indiana University freshman James Connor was selected to Australia’s 2015 World Championships team, competing July 25-August 2 in Kazan, Russia.

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USA, Australia, Canada, China and Brazil in the Super Final

After the conclusion of the Intercontinental Tournament in Auckland (NZL), held from April 28-May 3, the eight teams participating in the Super Final of the 2015 FINA Women’s Water Polo World League are now selected: in New Zealand, the squads of United States, Australia, Canada, China and Brazil earned their ticket to the decisive stage of the competition, to be held in Shanghai (CHN) on June 9-14.

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How to Swim the 100 Medley Relay in an Empty Pool

The groomsmen at the Pete Burgham wedding, as they were counting the minutes toward the nuptials, saw a pool, and as former swimmers knew exactly what they needed to do.

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28 Irish swimmers qualify for international competition, including 4 for Worlds, Junior Worlds

At the conclusion of Ireland’s National Championships, the nation has announced all the athletes who qualified for the major meets this summer, headlined by a likely 4-person team for the World Championships that includes Fiona Doyle (pictured).

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Katie Drabot wins twice on final day of Irish Nationals

American Katie Drabot, competing at Irish Nationals under the NCSA banner, won two events on the final day to cap off a big week for the young American crew.

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Russia Recognizes Regional Swimming Federation Within Controversial Crimea

The Russian Swimming Federation held its annual conference, and among the major announcements was the recognition of 6 new regional…

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Kristina Steins takes Latvian 50 back record below 30 for first time in history on final day of Latvian nats

Former Canadian national teamer Kristina Steins continued to tear up the record books on the third and final day of Latvian Nationals, completing a sweep of the backstroke events and breaking yet another national record.

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Felipe Ribeiro breaks Cesar Cielo meet record to close Brazil Winter Champs

Junior sprinter Felipe Ribeiro de Souza continued to shine at Brazil’s Winter Junior and Senior Champs, breaking a meet record set by world record-holder Cesar Cielo on the last day of competition.

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Haley Anderson Continues Hot Streak, Wins 10K in Cozumel

Haley Anderson won her second-straight open water race, while Australia and Great Britain found World Championship caliber open water swimmers.

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Randy Bennett Celebration of Life

A celebration of the life of Randy Bennett will be held on May 9th at Saanich Commonwealth Place…

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22-Year Old Pan Ams Silver Medalist Sarah Correa Dies After Being Hit By Car

22-year old Brazilian swimmer Sarah Correa, a silver medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games, has died in Brazil after being…

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Kristina Steins Breaks 100m Backstroke Record Twice In One Day At Latvian Nationals

Kristina Steins has been all over the Latvian national record in the 100m backstroke today, first breaking it in prelims with a time of 1:03.60. That swim broke the previous mark of 1:04.80 set by Arina Baikova earlier this year.

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