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Chalmers Shocks With 3rd Record in Australia

Day 4 of the 2012 Australian Age Group Championships, swum in long course, got off to a bit of a…

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McEvoy, Elmslie Star on Day 3 at Aussie Age Group Champs

While the bottom-end of the teenage-scale starred in the first two days of the 2012 long course Australian Age Group…

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Chalmers Cracks 2nd Age Group Record Down Under

Kyle Chalmers may be built like a man, but he’s crushing 13-year old age group records.

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Pursley Returning Stateside Post-London, Alabama in View?

Late last week, British Swimming announced that National Performance Director Michael Scott would be staying on with the organization through the 2016…

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Japanese Men’s Medley Becomes Clearer After Final Day of Trials

No new Olympic spots were handed out, but Haruka Ueda did look very good in the women’s 50 free. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Sun Yang’s 14:42 Shows More World Records Coming

After some average swims earlier in this meet in the 200-800 freestyles, China’s Sun Yang really puffed out his chest on…

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Irie Nearly Repeats World Leading 200 Back Time

Japanese backstroker Ryosuke Irie finished his meet with another spectacular swim in the 200 back. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Sun Wins, Shun Sits on Day 5 at Chinese Trials

Sun Yang was back in action on day 5 of the Chinese Long Course National Championships and Olympic Trials in Shaoxing,…

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Kitajima Swims Textile-Best on Day 5 of Japanese Trials

Kosuke Kitajima continued to look as strong as ever, this time with a win in the 200 breast. (Thanks to YouTube user 真之介 山田 for uploading the video).

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Wilkinson Drops 200 IM From Olympic Lineup

Canada’s Julia Wilkinson has dropped the 200 IM from her 2012 London Olympic event schedule, according to her personal website. The…

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France Pegs 41 for European Championships, Bousquet; Ress Included

The lofty French standards for the Olympics resulted in a team of only 29 headed to London, but a more-lenient…

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Two National Records Go Down on Day 4 at Japanese Trials

Women’s 100 Backstroke The Olympics are going to be awesome this year. There are so many swimmers who are so…

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15-Year old Xin Xin as Fast as Janet at Chinese Trials

Day 3 at the 2012 Chinese Olympic Swimming Trials had some fantastic, mind-blowing swims, but before diving into those, let’s…

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Suzuki Regains Breaststroke Throne on Day 3 in Japan

No National Records went down on day three of the 2012 “Japan Swim” Japanese Olympic Trials meet, after three were…

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FINA Selects Qatar to Host 2014 World Championships

FINA has announced that Doha, Qatar will take over as the new host of the 2014 World Short Course Championships,…

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