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Danish Swimming Federation Releases European C’ships Roster

50m freestyle Olympic champion Pernille Blume is among the Danish athletes nominated to the European Championships roster.

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Danielle Hill, Victoria Catterson Post Irish Records in Dublin at Day 2 Finals

Danielle Hill lowered her own Irish record in the 100 back final, taking it from 1:00.48 done in semifinals last night down to a 1:00.34, just off the cut.

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Projected U.S. Roster for 2021 World Junior Open Water Championships

Open Water Nationals standouts Katie Grimes and Joey Tepper highlight the projected U.S. roster for 2021 World Junior Open Water Championships.

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Swimming Canada Issues Statement On Future of Trials Amid Ontario Lockdown

The province of Ontario is expected to be under a stay-at-home order through May 20, with the Canadian Olympic Trials scheduled for May 24-28 in Toronto.

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Oxygen: Brazil’s New Pro Team With A Focus On Individualized Training

Leonardo de Deus (pictured) and Nicholas Santos are two of the top pro swimmers apart of the new training team.

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Vini Lanza Misses 200 Fly Final at Brazilian Olympic Trials Day 3 Prelims

Lanza finished ninth in 2:04.17, out in 56.63 but back in a rough 1:07.54. He was 32.20 on the third 50 but had a brutal final 50 at 35.34. 

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Scheffer, Correia, Dias Masse and Guido Join Brazil’s 2021 Olympic Roster

Fernando Scheffer (above) and Breno Correia qualified for their first Olympic roster in the 200 free, besting the FINA A cut by .79 and .35, respectively.

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2021 Brazilian Trials – Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2016 Olympian Guilherme Guido is racing one of his National Record-holding events tonight, the 100 backstroke. Big Ten champion Gabriel Fantoni is ranked 2nd.

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Domenico Fioravanti Takes Over As GM For The ISL’s Aqua Centurions

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Domenico Fioravanti will take over as the general manager of the Aqua Centurions of the International Swimming League.

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2x NCAA D2 All-American Raphael Paiva Transfers from Carson-Newman to TCU

Brazilian freestyler Raphael Paiva, who was an A-finalist in the 100 free and 200 free at 2021 NCAA D2 Championships, is transferring to TCU for 2021-22.

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Brazilian Trials Day 2 Prelims: Conceicao Posts Lifetime Best 100 Breast

Jhennifer Conceicao broke her own Brazilian National Record from 2019 by .29 during prelims, topping the finals heat sheets with a time of 1:07.35.

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2016 Olympic Finalist Sakiko Shimizu Announces Retirement

Sakiko Shimizu of Japan has revealed her decision to retire from competitive swimming at the age of 29. She finaled in the 400m IM in Rio.

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Mona McSharry Clocks 100 Breast Irish Record To Book Tokyo Ticket

Mona McSharry, who competes for the University of Tennessee stateside, lowered her own Irish record in the women’s 100 breast.

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Watch Beckmann’s Emotional Reaction To Making Danish OLY Team

The Danish Open continues at Taastrup Swimming Hall, with Emilie Beckmann reaching an Olympic Games-worthy time in the women’s 100m butterfly.

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Richard Scarce Named Head Coach at Australia’s Miami Swimming Club

Miami Swimming Club has announced that Richard Scarce will be joining the club as the new head coach as the club will revive their High Performance Team.

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