International

Cracking the Relays: Men's 800 free

Two down, four to go. As we inch closer and closer to the meet, we move onto a closer inspection…

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Injury Sustained During Drug Testing Causes Russia's Chaun to Withdraw from World Championships

In a worst-nightmare scenario, Russian swimmer Anastasia Chaun has withdrawn from the World Championships, which are to begin next week, after…

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Poll Results: How Many World Records Will Be Broken in Shanghai?

After looking at our top 10 World Records that might go down in Shanghai, and later our list of 5…

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Zero-Hour is Thursday Morning for Cielo, Brazilian Doping Scandal

The CAS hearing in the matter of the positive tests for Cesar Cielo, Vanecius Waked, Nicolas dos Santos, and Henrique Barbosa…

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Cracking the Relays: Women's 400 Free

Next up, we’ll take a look at the women’s 400 free relay As a reminder, to see the full selections for…

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Gianniotis Wins Men's 10k, Alex Meyer Earns Olympic Berth with 4th Place Finish

Great Britain’s Daniel Fogg tried to match his country-mate Keri-Anne Payne‘s feat from yesterday and win the men’s 10km gold,…

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USA Swimming Announces Non-Olympic Entries for WUG's

Though USA-Swimming is pretty-well settled on their roster for the 2011 World University Games, which are to be held in…

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Shanghai Roundup: French Lineup Clarified; Chinese Continue Perfect Diving Streak

Tom Willdridge of SpeedEndurance is reporting that an official French Press Release clarifies that young French star Yannick Agnel WILL be…

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Cracking the Shanghai Relays: Men's 400 Free

With all of the predicting done, we’ve still got almost a week before the actual swimming begins in Shanghai. In that…

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Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain Repeats as 10km World Champion

For the second time in as many meets, Britain’s Keri-Anne Payne is the FINA World Champion in the women’s 10km…

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In Briefs: FINA Moves 25km Open Water Races an Hour Earlier

Just hours before the beginning of the women’s 10k, the first open water race of the 2011 FINA World Championships,…

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Bonnie Brandon, Clement Lefert Impress at Los Angeles Invite

This past week, many of the world’s best swimmers were in various locations around the western Pacific making final preparations…

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Shanghai Roundup: To Tweet or Not to Tweet?; Open Water Eve; Enter Sandman

This article, posted by the San Francisco Chronicle, indicates that swimmers will lose access to much of their social media…

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In Briefs: Cielo Hires Jessica Hardy's Lawyer, Howard Jacobs, for CAS Arbitration

As we sit and wait patiently for Wednesday’s hearing, where the CAS will decide on the appeal of FINA vs….

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Partial Swimming Entry Lists for World Championships Available

After Hours of surfing around the net for hints as to some of the biggest entry questions of the meet,…

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