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Guehrer and Loh go Toe-to-Toe on Day 1 at Australian University Games

Yesterday kicked off the first day of the 2011 Aussie University Games, which is a competition pitting the country’s  Universities against…

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Best Swimming Nations: Women's Sprint Freestyles

Women’s 50 free This women’s 50 free has a ton of concentrated power. The vast majority of the top 30…

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Emily Brunemann Wins Open Water 10km World Cup Event in China

Emily Brunemann took a major step forward over the weekend by winning the FINA Open Water 10km Marathon swim in…

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Australians to Partake in European, Asian World Cup Tours; Trickett/Thorpe Set for November Return

Swimming Australia has announced that it is making an institutional commitment to the 2011 FINA/Arena World Cup that is set…

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Sun Yang Completes Historic Season in 1500 on Day 5 in China

Sun Yang was back in action on day 5 from Chinese Nationals in Rizhao, and he was back to spectacular…

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Wang Shun Continues to Impress with 100 Free Swim on Day 4 at Chinese Nationals

Day 4 at the 2011 Chinese National Championships in Rizhao, China didn’t quite live up to the excitement of the…

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Sun Yang Misses Another World Record by Tenths on Day 3 in China

On day 3 at Chinese Nationals in Rizhao, the swimmers continued to tear up the water with extremely fast September…

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In Briefs: Trojan Adds Another Olympian in World Record Holder Zhang Lin

Chinese newspapers are reporting that Zhang Lin, current World Record holder in the men’s 800 free (long course), has arrived…

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Wang Shun Breaks Asian Record in 400 IM on Day 2 at Chinese Nationals

Day 1 on Wednesday at Chinese Nationals were pretty quick. Day 2, however, really lit things on fire, beginning with…

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Sun Yang Blisters Through Day One 200 Free at Chinese Nationals [video]

Results from Chinese swim meets are notoriously hard to find, but thanks to a source within the Chinese swimming community,…

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Best Swimming Nations: Men's Sprint Freestyles

If you’re a frequent reader of The Swimmers Circle, you’ll know that we frequently refer to certain national programs, as…

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In Briefs: Brazil Drops Macedo, Adds Dos Santos to Pan Ams Squad

Brazil has added Nicholas Dos Santos to the roster for the 2011 Pan American Games, which begin in just under…

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Roland Schoeman to Train with Phoenix Swim Club

South African swimmer, and short course 50 free World Record holder, Roland Schoeman of South Africa will be back training…

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In Briefs: Lyndon Ferns Weds Cara Burger in Beautiful Pretoria Ceremony

South African Olympic gold medalist Lyndon Ferns has gone through plenty of change this year. In April, he officially retired from…

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Singapore's Tao Li, Olympic Finalist, Chooses New Coach

In an update to a previous story, Singaporean butterfly champion Tao Li has decided on her 3rd coach in as…

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