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Update: Katinka Hosszu Sick With Food Poisoning At FFN Golden Tour – Nice

Hungary’s swimming star Katinka Hosszu was entered in 3 events for FFN Golden Tour – Nice but already opted not to swim 1 of them.

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North Carolina, South Korea Are Finalists To Host 2027 World University Games

The finalists for hosting the 2027 World University were confirmed Thursday morning to be North Carolina, USA, and Chungcheong, South Korea.

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In Case You Missed It: The Highlights Of The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympics occurred this morning in the Bird’s Nest Stadium in the city of Beijing, China.

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Canada Pulls Out Of World University Games, Will Attend Commonwealth Games

In a similar decision to the USA, Swimming Canada has announced that they won’t be sending an official team to the 2021 World University Games.

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Olympic News Roundup: Let the Games Begin

More than 150 members of Team USA are expected to participate in opening ceremonies, which will take place in the iconic birds nest venue from the 2008 games.

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See 3292 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 3,692 Swim Jobs.

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World Champ Alia Atkinson Shares Memories, Mishaps, & More From 20+ Year Career

Alia recently announced her retirement after the 2021 SC World Champs and sat down with SwimSwam to discuss her career, including ups, downs, and inbetweens

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4th IISA Ice Swimming World Championships Begin February 4th

The 2022 Ice Swimming World Championships begin on Friday in Poland, where air and water temperatures hover just above freezing.

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Katinka Hosszu Entered In 3 Events For FFN Golden Tour – Nice

Hungary’s Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu is entered in multiple events for the FFN Golden Tour – Nice, kicking off on Friday of this week.

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British Swimming Snags Alan Lynn As Head Of Performance Development

British Swimming revealed today that Scottish Swimming’s Alan Lynn is set to become its new Head of Performance Development.

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Major International Events Calendar (For Now) Through 2024

With the delay of the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships to July of 2023, we can devise a tentative calendar of events for the next 2+ years.

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Dressel, Ledecky, McKeon, Titmus, Daley Nominated for Laureus Awards

Katie Ledecky is one of five aquatics athletes nominated for the Laureus World Sport Awards, a global award across all sports.

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Can the U.S. compete in the Commonwealth Games?

Given the lack of international meets this summer, SwimSwam took a dive to see if the U.S. could join the Commonwealth Games.

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FINA Ethics Panel Proposes Reform Committee Remove Bureau Liaison Position

An on-deck incident at the Tokyo Olympics has led the panel to request the position be removed because it creates “confusion, conflict and discord.”

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Adam Peaty Vs. Adam Peaty: Analysis Of Worlds/Olympic 100m Breast

Why didn’t Adam Peaty improve the men’s 100m breast world record at the Tokyo Olympics? Stefano Nurra offers us an answer

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