International

Sarah Sjostrom Will Not Swim the 100 Fly at World Champs This Year

Sjostrom spoke about a recent 2-week training camp and choosing to skip the 100 fly individually at this year’s world championships. 

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Duncan Scott Hits 400 IM Personal Best At Edinburgh International

Duncan Scott of Great Britain demonstrated his versatility once again, putting up a new lifetime best in the men’s 400m IM while competing in Edinburgh.

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Bruno Fratus Chasing Paris 2024: “That’s the difference a good swim can make”

Bruno explains how winning a bronze medal at his 3rd Olympics fueled his fire to go for a 4th Games instead of hanging up his goggles. 

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Why Sports Continue to be Crucial to International Pressure on Russia

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, substantial portions of the international community have worked together to apply pressure on the Russian government.

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Hungarian Swimming Association Helps Host Ukrainian Age Groupers

The majority of Ukraine’s junior national swimmers have been welcomed into Hungary as a means to avoid the current war raging with Russia within their nation.

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LEN Provides Key Updates As Part Of ‘First 100 Days Strategic Update Plan’

Under its new president Antonio Silva the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN) has released its first update on the ‘First 100 Days Strategic Action Plan’.

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Swimming Australia Pulls Out Of WUGs, Will Race At U.S. Nationals

Aussie Elijah Winnington topped the podium twice at the 2019 U.S. Nationals, with the green and gold making another trip to the meet now in 2022.

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12 Ukrainian Swimmers Headed to Italy to Train, Including World Champ Zevina

Ukrainian swimmer Daryna Zevina (above) is one of 12 swimmers who have arrived in a training camp in Lignano, Italy amid ongoing war in their home country.

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Japan’s 2022 World Championships Roster Is Sprinter-Less

Shinri Shioura was a men’s 50m freestyle finalist at the 2019 World Championships but he missed the cut this time around for Budapest.

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British Swimming Pulls Out Of World University Games

“British Swimming continues to condemn the atrocities being committed on the people of Ukraine,” impacting the organization’s decision to withdraw from WUGS.

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Dean Tops Scott In Men’s 200 Free On Edinburgh’s Opening Night

The reigning Olympic gold and silver medalists in the men’s 200m free went 1-2 here in Edinburgh, with Tom Dean out-touching Duncan Scott.

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1980 Olympic Gold Medalist Oleksandr Sydorenko Dies from COVID-19

Ukraine-born Alexander Sidorenko won the 1980 Olympic gold medal in the 400 IM. He died in February at 61 years old due to COVID-19.

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Venue Snippets From 2022 Budapest World Championships

Take stock of some of the unique information surrounding the venues to be used for the 2022 FINA Aquatic World Championships

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Japanese Worlds Team Headed To Mare Nostrum

Key swimmers on the Japanese national team are headed to the 2022 Mare Nostrum tour in May, marking the first time in three years they’ll have participated.

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Olympian Fantine Lesaffre on Training with NC State, Struggling with Burnout

Fantine takes us through what it’s like to train with the wolfpack and how it is radically different from her old training base in France.

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