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Pan Am Games Embarrass Themselves Again Amid "CapGate" Drama

So first, the Pan Am Games tried to cut swimmers who had earned automatic qualifying times. If that wasn’t bad…

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Chinese Inter-City Championships Kick Off with 2nd-Ranked 400 IM from Ye Shiwen

The Chinese Inter-City Swimming Championships kicked off today in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. In the never-ending quest to decipher the inner-workings…

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Moscow World Cup Preview: Phelps, Franklin, Schmitt Join the Fun (LIVE VIDEO LINK)

Thus far at the 2011 edition of the FINA/Arena World Cup, the Americans have been buoyed by participants few-and-far betwen….

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2011 Pan Ams Games Day 3 Preview: Women's 100 Breast Most Intriguing Final

We’re midway through day 3 at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara Mexico, and the medals look like they…

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5 Thoughts, Standings From Stockholm World Cup

The level of competition stepped up significantly at the Stockholm stop of the World Cup over the weekend, and that…

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Bootsma Breaks Pan Ams Record, Cielo Ties Van den Hoogenband on Day 2 at Pan Ams

The Brazilian men had a great day of competition, to sweep the three finals, as did the American women, who…

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2011 Pan Ams Day 2 Finals Preview: Liz Pelton Seeks to Lower Meet Record (Live Video Link)

American Liz Pelton wow’ed the crowd in the day 2 prelims session from Guadalajara, Mexico when she broke the 3rd-oldest Games…

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Americans Win 4 of 5 Golds on Day 1 at Pan Am Games

The American contingent scored 4 gold medals, and the maximum possible 9 medals, on the first day of the 2011…

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Michael Klim To Add 100 Fly to Olympic Trials Schedule

Great Australian swimming comebacks: Geoff Huegill – Check Libby Trickett – Slow Start Ian Thorpe – No Indicators Michael Klim…

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Final Push for MND and Me!

About a month ago, we had Australian superstar swimmer Jess Schipper on to talk about some of the charitable work…

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2008 Olympic Medalists Patten, Ilchenko Forced Into Retirement

The British Open Water Swimming team took a big hit last week when British swimmer Cassie Patten announced her retirement via…

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McGill Lone American Representative at Stockholm World Cup Stop

The Start Lists are now posted for the Stockholm World Cup stop that will begin on Saturday, October 15th in…

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LEN Shortlists Swimmer of the Year Candidates

LEN, or the Ligue Europeenne de Natation, has shortlisted the top contenders for European Swimmer of the Year award that…

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In Briefs: Pro Duel Meet 1 Adds Three South American Swimmers

Pro Duel Meet 1, hosted by the University of Michigan and Club Wolverine, is adding a little big of Latin…

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Women's 200 Backstroke Revival

Every event in swimming goes through highs and lows. There will be periods when they are incredibly exciting, loaded with…

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