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Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane joining Canadian bobsleigh program

Olympic Swim Star set sights on become “The Ice Men” at the 2014 Winter Olympics. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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World Championships will be an expensive trip for South African Swimmers

The members of the South African contingent representing their country at the FINA World Championships this summer will have much…

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Swimming Canada and Sportsnet collaborate on webcasts for World Championship Trials

The Canadian World Championship Trials will be held in Victoria, British Columbia from April 3-6th and thanks to a partnership…

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Rikke Moller Pedersen Breaks 200 Breast European Record at Danish Open Trials

Denmark’s Rikke Moeller Pedersen moved to 3rd on the all-time rankings in the 200 breaststroke on Friday. (Photo Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Cielo and Pereira sign with clubs before qualifying deadline

According to Globoesporte Cesar Cielo has signed a contract to represent the club that he grew up swimming for, Clube de…

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Ukraine to Bid for 2018 European Championships

The Ukrainian Swimming Federation, which in the last few years have made huge strides organizationally, has made public its desire…

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Rebecca Adlington announcing her engagement to Harry Needs

On February 5th 2008 double Olympic gold medallist and 2012 double Olympic bronze medallist Rebecca Adlington announced her retirement and…

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SPIRE Academy Swimming Breaks Records at 2013 Central American Games

“SPIRE Academy Post graduate Swimmer Rodrigo Suriano won two individual Gold Medals for El Salvador in the 100 Meter and 50 Meter Backstroke events.”

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Spain qualifies 14 swimmers for World Championships at Spanish Nationals

Fourteen Spanish swimmers qualified for the upcoming World Championships at the Spanish Nationals which ran from March 21st-24th in Pontevedra….

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Villanueva happy with what he sees

The new head of New Zealand swimming, Luis Villanueva, was extremely pleased with what he saw at the State New Zealand…

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Shiwen Ye to Add 100 Free, 200 Backstroke to Schedule for Chinese Nationals

China has released the start lists for their National Championship meet that begin on April 1st, and which are a qualifier for the major Chinese National Games.

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Boyle puts up a world best in the 800 freestyle

On the fourth night of the State New Zealand Open Championships Lauren Boyle capped off her final evening of racing…

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Kean adds 50 backstroke to his schedule in Barcelona

Olympian and 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Gareth Kean won the 50 backstroke at the State New Zealand Open Championships…

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Two more Paralympic World Records in New Zealand

Both Sophie Pascoe and Mary Fisher followed up one good with another at the State New Zealand Open Championships in…

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