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On-Fire Felix Auboeck Scores Olympic Qualifying Time In 400 Free

23-year-old Felix Auboeck checked in with a Tokyo-worthy 400m freestyle time today in Graz, giving him his 2nd event for the Olympic Games.

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Hungary’s Top Olympic Sports See Funding Decrease

Hungary’s State Secretariat for Sport has revealed financial cutbacks to the tune of HUF 5.7 billion (nearly $2 million USD).

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Rasovszky Wins Domestic OW Race

Get your news fix on happenings outside the pool with the latest ‘Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring Hungarian open water champion Kristof Rasovszky.

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The Olympics That Would Have Been: Dressel, Manuel, Ledecky Lead Medal Tallies

Dressel closed the meet with six medals, while Ledecky led all swimmers with four medals in individual events.

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British Swim Coach Sean Kelly Named Spain’s New National Performance Director

Among Sean Kelly’s awards are the 2004, 2007 and 2011 British Swimming Coach Association (BSCA) Coach of the Year awards.

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2020 Olympic Diver Ken Terauchi Being Treated for Coronavirus

The 39-year old Terauchi is a 5-time Olympian. He is the first member of the Japanese Olympic Team to test positive for the novel coronavirus.

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Russian Whistleblower: Russian Athletes Should Not Be Allowed at Tokyo Olympics

Grigory Rodchenkov, subject of the documentary Icarus, says that nothing has changed in spite of the punishments handed out by WADA last year.

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Keep The Faith: Reitshammer Hits First OLY-Qualifying Time At 26 Years Old

Proving it’s never too late to keep a dream alive, Austria’s Bernhard Reitshammer has qualified for his first Olympic Games at the age of 26.

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The Olympics That Would Have Been: Post-Meet Medal Table Analysis

The United States’ 29 gold medals were it’s most since 1984, while 19 total medals for Australia almost equalled its 2012 and 2016 numbers combined.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Ous Mellouli on Winning 15 Gold Medals, $150K at 1 Meet

We dove deep into a piece of trivia you may not know about: Mellouli’s performance at the inaugural Pan Arab Games in 2011.

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Joshua Edwards-Smith Grabs 5 Golds At West Aussie Qualifier

West Australia’s competition calendar got underway last week with emerging age group swimmers taking to the HBF Stadium pool.

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Daiya Seto Casually Posts 54.6 SCM 100 IM In 3-Lane Pool

World champion and Olympic medalist Daiya Seto of Japan posted a video of an official, yet speedy race today, August 3rd.

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See 2423 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 2823 Swim Jobs.

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Rebounding From Cancellation, 2021 Mare Nostrum Tour Dates Revealed

New dates for the three-meet 2021 Mare Nostrum Tour have been announced, with the host cities looking to move on after the 2020 edition was cancelled.

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Irish Medley Relay Blows Away National Record In Unofficial Trial

Get hyped on this Monday by watching a speedy foursome of Irish swimmers throw down their nation’s fastest 200m medley relay.

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