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USA Water Polo To Host FINA Women’s International Qualification Tournament

The world of elite international women’s water polo hits Riverside, California this May 19-25 when the first-ever FINA Intercontinental Qualification Tournaments kicks…

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Germany’s Alexander Studzinski Launches Dreamfuel Campaign

Dreamful is a crowdfunding platform to help athletes raise funds to meet their training and competition needs.   German Open…

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Bertrand Says Aussies “Aim To Be No. 1” By 2020

Australians take tremendous pride in the success of their national swimming team; Shane Gould, Dawn Fraser, Susie O’Neill, Ian Thorpe,…

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Jolyn Swimwear Fashion Photo Vault, March Lookbook

Courtesy of Jolyn Swimwear & Clothing Company, a SwimSwam partner.

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The Winning Team’s Mindset

When you’re competing for a team championship, each event contributes points to the team total. Conference meets pack all the events into three-and-a-half days while NCAA’s squeeze everything into three days. (Featured Image: University of Michigan 2013 NCAA Team Title)

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Android Version Of “Whereabouts” App Now Available

WADA has just announced that the Android version of the “Whereabouts” app is now available for athletes to use…

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RACE VIDEO: Michael Andrew 100 Back NAG Record in Slow Motion, 48.1

Swimming Video is courtesy of Team Andrew / Indie Swimming.

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Italy To Test Their Best

With an eye on the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio the Italian Swimming Federation will be running their top athletes through a series of testing protocols over the next few weeks….

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Backstroke ace Plummer signs with blueseventy

David Pummer: “It’s my dream to go to Rio and having the support of blueseventy is a nice boost. I’m impressed with their performance swimwear. The nero14 is compressive, fast and comfortable.”

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Busy Weekend For Top Danish Women

Denmark had four women represent them in Barcelona at the World Championships last summer, three of them had a very…

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Koch and Peaty Post Top Ranked Times In Berlin

Adam Peaty won the 50 and 100 breaststroke events, in not only competition record time, but by posting times that place him on the top of the world rankings in both events…

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Danish Club 400 Medley Relay Record Goes Down at Hands of Aalborg

The team of Mie Nielsen, Louise Dalgaard, Mathilde Hvid, and Julie Levisen have broken the Danish National Record for club teams at the Denmark…

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FINA Nearly Doubles Prize Money Awards for World Short Course Championships

Beginning in 2014, at the Short Course World Championships in Doha, FINA will increase the amount of prize money awarded…

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RACE VIDEO: Michael Andrew breaks Ricky Berens 13-14 200 Fly NAG Record, 1:46.29

On a weekend dominated by college conference meets, Michael Andrew quietly added another National Age Group record to his collection at a Speedo Champions Series meet in College Station, Texas.

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Reunited: Ohio Swimmer Gets a Special Surprise From Military Father Before Race

Alyssa Haidet of the Westerville Aquatic Club stepped behind the blocks for her 200 breaststroke swim on Saturday evening at the Tim Myers Ohio Senior Championship at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio just looking for a good swim. She hadn’t, afterall, been a best time in the 200 breaststroke in two years.

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