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Young South African Team Ready for BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series

Swimming South Africa is hoping that the team they are sending to compete in the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series…

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Mark Regan Resigns as New Zealand High Performance Coach As New Director Begins

Swimming New Zealand high performance coach Mark Regan has resigned. (Stock Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Sprint News 1/15/13: Lasco Breaks Old Record; Dutch Star Retires; Meet Named for Dale Oen

Destin Lasco is breaking more records at one of his favorite pools, the Gloucester Institute of Technology. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Park returns to Australia

At the 2009 World Championships Tae-hwan Park not only saw himself out of the medals, but he did not even…

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The Rebranding of British Swimming

British Swimming has taken steps to revitalize their image and make their events more accessible to the British swimming fan….

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14 Year Old Matsushita impressive on the final night of the Victorian Open Championships

On the final night of the Victorian Championships 14 year old Japanese swimmer Aine Matsushita was impressive winning the first…

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Cochrane and Heymans; The Key to Canada’s Success

Ryan Cochrane (above) won the Aquatics Canada Male Athlete of the Year award. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Record Breaking evening for Belinda Hocking, Day Two Victorian Open Championships

After missing the Victorian Record in the 200 backstroke on the first night of competition Olympian Belinda Hocking returned to…

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Schlanger takes the 100 freestyle with ease, on the first night of the Victorian Open Championships

In what was billed to be the main event of the 2013 Victorian Open Championships Melanie Schlanger defeated her Olympic…

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Toronto Pool to receive major upgrade for the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games

With Toronto, Ontario, Canada hosting the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games, one of their aquatic facilities is about…

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After Two-Year Wait, Indian Swimmer Hit with Two-Year Doping Ban

In what was headline news in India, three swimmers (and 11 athletes total) in India who had been appealing doping suspensions…

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Ottesen Gray breaks foot in jiu-jitsu mishap

It has been reported by Danish sporting site Sporten.dk that sometime over the Christmas holiday that Jeanette Ottesen Gray broke her…

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Alicia Coutts returns to the pool

Alicia Coutts will competing in her first long course event since winning five Olympic medals in London. The 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimmer…

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Istanbul, Tokyo, and Madrid Officially Hand Over Bids for 2020 Olympic Games

The existing 5,000 seat facility at the Tatsumi International Aquatic Centre in Tokyo would serve as one portion of a massive aquatics complex for the 2020 Olympics.

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James Magnussen Ready to Prove Himself after London Debacle

“After a lot of pre-London chest thumping, the Magnussen lead 4×100 freestyle relay netted 4th, and Team USA’s Nathan Adrian snatched the Olympic gold from Magnussen in the 100 freestyle.”

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