International

Duel in the Pool Day 2 Tickets Sell Out Almost Instantly; Very Few Left for Day 1

Ryan Lochte has proved to be a huge draw even in Scotland – as have the 12 Brits on the European Duel in the Pool roster for 2013.

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Aalborg Elite Break Another Danish Relay Record

The same group that two weeks ago broke the 200 medley record now own the 400 as well.

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Danish Police Close Investigation into Death During Open Water Race

No criminal wrongdoing has been found by Danish police in the case of a swimmer who drowned during a race.

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Mie Nielsen Breaks Second Danish National Record Since Return from Injury; This One in 200m Free

Denmark’s Mie Nielsen has broken the Danish National Record in the 200 SCM freestyle.

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Chinese National Championships Day Two

Chinese National Swimming Championships continue today in Huangshan. With much of the Chinese National Team absent from the meet the…

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French Teenager Ferreira Warned After Positive Doping Test

A French swimmer has been warned after a positive test for Terbutaline, the same substance that caught a Danish swimmer three months last week.

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Fabiola Molina Announces Her Retirement at 38

Brazilian swimming legend Fabiola Molina has called it a career after three Olympic appearances.

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On Appeal, Russia Reduces Doping Suspension of 2012 Olympian Natalia Lovtsova

A Russian relay Olympian has had her suspension reduced and start date moved two years earlier – to a date prior to her Olympic appearance.

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Russian Anti Doping Federation Hands Out Sentences to Five Dopers, Including National Champion

Russia has decided punishments for 5 previously-announced positive tests from Russian Championship meets.

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Australian Olympic Committee Bans Alcohol in Effort to ‘Boost Performance’

The Australian Olympic Committee has cracked-down on drinking in the Olympic village for their athletes during the Rio 2016 Games.

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Super Series; Increased Excitement With Attendance of Brazil and Japan

There was a great deal of excitement around the first BHP Billiton Super Series last January, that was when an…

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Danes and Germans Post Major Competition Qualifying Standards

Both the Danes and the Germans have posted qualifying standards for major short course meets coming up in the next…

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Ultra-Short Race-Pace Training Two-Day Seminar For Coaches, Swimmers and Swim Parents

Coaches, swimmers and parents have heard about Ultra-Short Race-Pace Training (USRPT), the revolutionary training methodology used by 14 year old swimming phenom, Michael Andrew. Now you have the opportunity to learn this method directly from the man who developed it.

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WPO To Attend Annual General Meeting of EU Athletes

EU Athletes is a federation of European player associations and athlete unions representing more than 35 national associations and 25,000 individual athletes across the continent and across various sport disciplines. (Featured Image: Tony Azevedo, 4-time Olympian.)

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Juba Happy With Ottesen Gray And Glaesner’s Results

In an interview with the Danish Swimming Federation media department Danish National Team Head Coach Nick Juba expressed his pleasure with…

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