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Amidst National Lockdowns, Manchester Int’l Meet On Schedule

The Manchester International Swim Meet slated for February 12th-14th has been given the green light, despite national lockdowns.

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Paralympic Champ Jessica Long To Star in Toyota Super Bowl Ad

13-time Paralympic swimming gold medalist Jessica Long is the star of Toyota’s new television ad, set to air during Super Bowl LV this weekend.

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Waka Kobori Becomes Japan’s 4th Fastest 400 Freestyler Ever

20-year-old Asian Games multi-medalist Waka Kobori of Japan made some waves in the women’s 400m free tonight at the 2021 Japan Open.

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See 2548 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 2948 Swim Jobs.

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2021 Japan Open: Sato Tops Watanabe In 100 Breaststroke Battle

The 2021 Japan Open kicked off today with some solid swimming from some of the nation’s brightest Olympic hopefuls, including 19-year-old Shoma Sato.

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Daiya Seto Is Back, Enters Top 5 Men’s 400 IM Rankings

The double gold medalist from the 2019 World Championships, Daiya Seto, is racing for the first time in months, doing damage right off the bat.

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2021 Japan Open: Seto & Hagino Headed To Heated 400 IM Final

A domestic dual is about to go down between Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Hagino and Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto in Tokyo.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2021: Men’s #30 – #21

We’ve got a diverse set of ten swimmers in this group, including men like Ryosuke Irie who posted world-leading times in 2020.

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First Of COVID-19 Playbooks Published For Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics

The IOC/IPC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee (Tokyo 2020) today published the first Playbook for member federations regarding coronavirus protocols.

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Amazon Prime Secures Australian Championship Streaming Rights For Two Years

The exclusive two-year agreement between Amazon and Swimming Australia will allow various national championship meets to be streamed on Prime Video.

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Invictus Games Postponed, Prince Harry Donates Damages

Prince Harry will donate the damages from his recent legal battle to the Invictus Games after the COVID-19 pandemic has postponed them for a second time.

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Spanish Freestyler Victor Martin Roig Commits to Kentucky for 2021-22

Spanish freestyler Victor Martin Roig has announced his commitment to the University of Kentucky for 2021-22.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2021: Men’s #40 – #31

Clyde Lewis had the fastest (legal) flat start 200 free at last summer’s World Championships, but wound up just 6th in the event final.

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Japan Extends State of Emergency to March 7

The Japanese government has extended a state of emergency to decrease the number of coronavirus cases in preparation for the Olympics

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WADA Does Not Appeal CAS Sanction on RUSADA Despite Disappointment With Panel

The World Anti-Doping Agency won’t appeal the CAS decision to maintain RUSADA’s international sporting ban at two years.

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