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Dutch Swimmers Allowed Yards Qualifications For Short Course Worlds

Among the notable swimmers affected by this are Tennessee’s Kira Toussaint, Alabama’s Laurent Bams, and Queens University’s Dion Dreesens, who will all be competing in yards ahead of the World Championships as a part of their respective NCAA teams.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Team Gets Their Day at the White House

2016 Olympic Champion and 100 backstroke World Record holder Ryan Murphy checked in live from the White House on Thursday as…

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Water Polo’s Adam Krikorian Named Team USA’s Coach of the Games

Krikorian had to leave Rio following the unexpected news of his brother’s death, but that didn’t stop him from returning days later and leading the team on a 6-0 run to their 2nd-straight Olympic gold.

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NBAC Honored By USOC With Building Dreams Award

At Wednesday night’s Best of the Games ceremony, North Baltimore Aquatic Club was honored with the Building Dreams Award, which is given to an individual, group, or community that has gone above and beyond for Team USA.

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How Baseball MVP Bryce Harper Got Katie Ledecky’s Cap for Celebration

When baseball’s Washington Nationals clinched the National League East earlier this week, their biggest star Bryce Harper rocked a pair of…

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Brad Snyder Wins US Olympic Committee Male Athlete of the Paralympics

Brad Snyder won the top Paralympic honors tonight at the U.S. Olympic Committee Awards, taking home the award for Male Athlete…

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Phelps Named USOC’s Male Athlete of the Rio Olympics

The U.S. Olympic Committee has named its major Team USA awards for the 2016 Rio Olympics, with Michael Phelps nabbing the Male Athlete of the Games award for his farewell Olympics.

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Watch: Allison Schmitt & Elizabeth Beisel Host USOC Awards Red Carpet

Watch Elizabeth Beisel and Allison Schmitt host the red carpet runway show for the USOC Awards tonight.

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Katie Ledecky Wins U.S. Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Year

Katie Ledecky earned the top honors tonight as the US Olympic Committee’s Female Athlete of the Olympic Games.

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USA Swimming Falls Short on Women, Minority Hiring, Per USOC

The U.S. Olympic Committee released “scorecards” this week tracking the inclusion of women and racial minorities, and the numbers suggest USA Swimming, like the USOC and most of its individual sport federations, is lagging behind established benchmarks.

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In Light of Leaks, WADA Releases FAQs on Therapeutic Use Exemptions

In light of cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear’s cyber-attacks on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the resulting leaks in top American athletes’ medical…

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Lochte’s Dancing with the Stars Protestors Charged with Misdemeanor

The two protestors who rushed the stage during Ryan Lochte’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ segment have been charged with two counts of misdemeanor.

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Election Results Are In: USA Swimming Annual Convention

The results are finally in! Last week at the Annual Convention USA Swimming chose who would serve on the board of directors for the next two years.

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Missy Franklin Excited For New Training Home, Praises Cal Women’s Team

U.S. Olympian Missy Franklin released a statement today praising her experience with the Cal women’s swimming program and saying she will return to Cal to finish her degree while training with men’s head coach Dave Durden.

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Missy Franklin Will Train Under Dave Durden at Cal

Franklin is banking on the Cal men’s coach to help turn her career around

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