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Atherton Takes Down Age Record; Bowles Wins 6th Event, Harvey Wins 7th to Finish Australian Age Championships

The 2014 Australian Age Championships wrapped up their non-disabled portion on Saturday and began to cede way to the para-class…

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Bernek Records Top Five Time In The 200 Backstroke In Budapest

On the second day of the Budapest Cup Hungarian Peter Bernek took the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:56.79 breaking into the world’s top five rankings…

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Mesa Grand Prix Psych Sheets Released: Phelps To Swim 3 Events, Lochte to Swim 6 Events

Michael Phelps is entered in three events in his first meet since the 2012 London Olympics. He will be swimming the 100 butterfly, the 50 freestyle, and the 100 freestyle and the 2014 Mesa Grand Prix.

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Three Australian Age Records Broken on Friday at 2014 Australian Age Championships

Friday marked the second-to-last day of the so-called ‘able-bodied’ portion of the 2014 Australian Age Championships, with the multi-class para…

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Alanna Bowles Grabs 4th Win at Australian Age Championships

Day 4 of the 2014 Australian Age Championships in Sydney, Australia, saw a clear star of the meet emerge, specifically…

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Chalmers shows flashes of Thorpedo speed in taking down legendary age marks

This week’s HardCore swim comes from Down Under, where the pool action has been heating up the past several weeks around the Australian Open Championships and the Australian Age Championships, still ongoing in Sydney.

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Brazilian Olympic Silver Medalist Thiago Pereira Signs New Endorsement Deal

Brazil’s Thiago Pereira is the newest signee for Speedo, jumping over from Arena.

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Australian Swimmers Welcome Royal Couple To Sydney

Alicia Coutts, Kenneth To, Bobby Hurley, Matthew Abood and Andrew Abood all attended a reception for the arrival of Prince William, Duchess Kate and their son Prince George…

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Cameron van der Burgh Receives Prestigious National Order of Ikhamanga

Cameron van der Burgh has been awarded a National Order in South Africa, one of 54 recipients in 2014.

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Scotland Names 38 Swimmers to 2014 Commonwealth Games Team

American-trained Dan Wallace will have a tall task ahead of him in the 400 IM with one of the deepest Commonwealth Games men’s 400 IM fields ever expected

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Sun Yang Set To Return To Competition

World champion Sun Yang will compete at the Chinese National Championships in May, which will be the first time he has raced since being suspended from competing in November…

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Records for Chalmers, Wilson and Cook all on day 3 of Australian Age Championships

Kyle Chalmers shattered another national sprint record at the Australian Age Championships, and fellow 15-year-olds Matthew Wilson and Tamsin Cook joined him in adding their names to the record books on the third day of the youth meet down under.

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Beautiful Swimming Sculpture Carved From One Piece of Wood

Artist Stefanie Rocknak created this stunning sculpture from one piece of wood.

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Dawn Fraser Has Confidence In Australian Swimmers Heading Into The Commonwealth Games

Legendary Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser is optimistic about the Australian team’s chances heading into the Commonwealth Games…

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Japan Sending Sparse 22 and 21 Swimmer Rosters to Pan Pacs and Asian Games

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino will be one of 13 men to represent Japan at the Pan Pac Championships and the Asian Games.

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