International

Swimming Set To Receive Second Highest IOC Funding Among All Olympic Sports

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, the organization that represents all 28 sports on the 2016 Rio Olympic Program, is giving swimming one of the highest revenue distributions out of any sport.

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Government of Canada invests in high-performance sport

Swimming Canada applauds the Government of Canada for its announcement of continued investment in high-performance sport through the federal budget.

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South African Female Swimming: “Get the Girls to Gold” Follow-up

The South African female youth certainly made their mark at this year’s South African National Championships, fueled by the “Get the Girls to Gold” campaign.

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Mattsson Destroys the Competition on the Third Night of the Finnish Championships

Matti Mattsson posted a 2:14.04 just over five seconds off his Finnish record time of 2:08.95 but five seconds ahead the rest of the field…

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Tanzania to Send Three Swimmers to 2015 FINA World Championships

The Tanzania Swimming Association has named a roster of three swimmers set to attend the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships,…

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5 Ways Swimming is Like Dating

How is swimming like dating? Here are five ways…

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New Zealand Releases 2015 World University Games Roster

The 2015 World University Games are set to take place in Gwangju, South Korea on July 3-14th, and we now…

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Adam Peaty, Jazz Carlin Among Great Britain’s 2015 Worlds Team Roster

With his world-record-breaking 100m breaststroke swim at British World Trials, Adam Peaty is poised to continue his success at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

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10 Ways to know you swam in the 60’s and early 70’s

#1 Goggles? Whoever heard of racing in goggles?

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Kivirinta Challenges Finnish Record in the 50 Breaststroke in Vaasa

Veera Kivirinta posted a time of 31.22 challenging Katja Lehtonen’s Finnish national record of 31.14 which was set in 2009…

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11 things I’ve learned from two weeks of Masters Swimming

After 15 years of swim parenting, I joined Masters two weeks ago. Here are 11 things I’ve learned from two weeks of Masters…

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3 Tips on Summer Sun Exposure

Whether you swim under the sun every day at practice or catch some rays at one meet in the next few months, protecting your skin is critical to your health now and in the long term. Let’s discuss sun exposure and how it relates to you.

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Swimming Australia makes three appointments to high performance staff in leadup to Rio

Swimming Australia Limited (SAL) has today announced three key appointments to its high performance structure in the countdown to next year’s Rio Olympics and beyond to the preparation for the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

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Eetu Piiroinen wins twice on opening day of Finnish Nationals

Eetu Piiroinen picked up a pair of wins to kick off the 5-day Finnish National Championships in Vaasa Wednesday.

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Morozov Posts World’s Second Fastest Time in the 50 Freestyle on the Final Day of Russian Nationals

Vladimir Morozov recorded a season’s best and the world’s number two time in the 50 freestyle winning the event in a time of 21.65…

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