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2014 Swammy Awards: Para-Swimming Female Athlete of the Year Jessica Long

To see all of the 2014 Swammy Award winners, presented by TYR, click here. 2014 Honoree: Jessica Long, USA After a…

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TIMELAPSE: Watch Dalhousie University Swim an Entire Practice in 4 Minutes

For most of this week in Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada, the high temperatures have been in the mid-30’s. In San…

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USA Water Polo battle 3 game series with Italian National Team

The offensive attack continued in the second period with Tony Azevedo finding the back of the cage for a 4-1 lead…

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2014 Swammy Awards: Male International Junior Swimmer of the Year

In 2014 Australian Mack Horton set new junior world records in the 200, 400 and 1500 freestyle…

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2014 Swammy Awards: African Female Swimmer of the Year

In 2014 South African Karin Prinsloo broke the African records in both the long course 100 and 400 freestyle…

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Katinka Hosszu Goes 5-For-5, Townsend Wins 200 Free on First Day of 2014 Indian Ocean Championships

Katinka Hosszu even won a breaststroke event en route to a perfect 5-for-5 day on Sunday at the Indian Ocean Championships.

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FINA Junior World Records in SCM Can Be Set Beginning January 1st, 2015

Katie Ledecky is the Junior World Record holder in several long course events already, but will be too old by the time FINA begins to recognize short course meters Junior World Records to break them.

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Katinka Hosszu Entered in All 17 Events; Olympic Nice to Race at Indian Ocean Meet

Katinka Hosszu (above) will be joined by Darian Townsend, Jeremy Stravius, Charlotte Bonnet, and Roland Schoeman on Reunion Island.

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2014 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer of the Year

Hungarian Katinka Hosszu had another spectacular year winning the World Cup Series for the third year in a row…

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Great Britain, Japan Form Training Partnership With Eye on 2020 Olympics

Great Britain kicked off the partnership last week by sending some of their most talented junior swimmers to Tokyo to train with the Japanese National Team.

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2014 Swammy Awards: European Male Swimmer of the Year Florent Manaudou

Florent Manaudou of France had a tremendous year, experiencing great success at both the European Championships in Berlin and the World Short Course Championships in Doha…

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Lessons From Legends, Mary T. Meagher

Chuck Warner, the author, is a coach and an old friend. Thoughtful and passionate about the sport, he has studied the details behind what it takes to achieve swimming excellence.

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2014 Swammy Awards: Male Para-Swimming Athlete of the Year Yevheniy Bohodayko of Ukraine

To see all of the 2014 Swammy Award winners, presented by TYR, click here. 2014 Honoree: Yevheniy Bohodayko, Ukraine With a…

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Before Foxcatcher: The story of the Swimming Hall of Fame and the John du Pont not depicted in FOXCATCHER, the movie

“The Carell character (playing du Pont) in the movie is not the man I knew,” said swim coach Frank Keefe, who walked out of the film before it ended in disgust. “The John du Pont I knew was my friend, a patriot and a hero…”

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5 Swim Meet Must-Haves

Bryana Cielo shares the 5 items required for a successful swim meet.

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