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Final Prelims Session of 2011 Pan Am Games

Though the Brazilian men have been dominant, the Brazilian women still have not won an event (and only five medals…

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Albert Subirats Takes Gold After Earning Suspension Reprieve

The Americans were rarely the ones on center stage at the Pan Am Games, moreso today than in any other…

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Pair of 18-year olds go sub-50 in 100 Free at Chinese Inter-City Champs

Day 5 at the 2011 Chinese Inter-City Championships, a youth multi-sport festival held every quadrennial in the pre-Olympic year, didn’t…

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Pan Am Games Day 6 Mid-Day – Albert Subirats Makes Individual Return in 100 Fly

The day 6 finals at the 2011 Pan American Games are a real mixed-bag. Some of the races are set…

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Pereira Wins Record-Tying 10th Gold on Day 5; LSU's Kendall Takes 3rd of Meet

Day 5 at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico didn’t see any meet records, and in fact the…

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Missy Franklin Wins 4 at Moscow World Cup, Phelps Only 2

Missy Franklin continues to force her way into the world’s swimming conciousness with her four-peat (in four races) at the latest…

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Wang Shun Posts 7th-Ranked 200 Free at Intercity Championships

At this week’s Chinese Intercity Championships, which are a premier national event to identify budding star athletes ahead of the…

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Three Pan Ams Records Go Down on Day 4 in Guadalajara

The 4th night of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico were the best yet. There were three Meet…

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Pan Ams Day 4: Mid Day Update

After the morning session of the 4th day of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Americans are…

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Yiwen Shao Goes 4:04 in 400 Free at Chinese Inter-City Champs

On day two at the 2011 Chinese Inter-City Championships in Nanchang, China – a meet designed to identify the country’s…

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American Women, Brazilian Men, Sweep Day 3; de Deus Reclaims Gold Medal on Appeal

Women’s 400 Free Young Gillian Ryan, even at only 16 years old, is already showing the nerves of a polished…

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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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