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TritonWear Will Change the Way the World Prepares for Tokyo 2021

TritonWear is changing the way swimmers train by providing coaches with real-time metrics and analysis including stroke rate, turn time, and split times.

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Spain’s Health Ministry To Decide Athletes’ Training Return Date

Spain’s Sports Council will rely on the decision reached by the nation’s Health Ministry in terms of when athletes will be allowed to return to practice.

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PA Boys State Finalist Alex Boeckx Commits to Rider University

2019 Summer Juniors qualifier Alex Boeckx has announced his decision to swim at Rider University beginning in the fall of 2020.

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Some Arizona Athletics Staff Affected by School-Wide Salary Cuts

Some UA athletics staff members are included in the school’s plan to cut pay and furlough employees – whether that includes swim coaches is not totally clear.

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Fly/IM Specialist Ethan Hansen Verbally Commits to Arizona State for 2021-22

Ethan Hansen of Mount Kelly, England has verbally committed to Arizona State University for 2021-22.

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Versatile Krista Wheeler Announces Verbal Commitment to Alabama Class of 2025

Krista Wheeler of Louisville Collegiate School and Cardinal Aquatics has verbally committed to the University of Alabama for 2021-22.

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Italian Federation Cancels Events Until 5/31 And Prepares “Phase 2”

Italian Swimming Federation Council decided to cancels swimming eventi until the end of May and to establish a commission to be ready for lockdown phase 2

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1984 Olympic Swimmer Lukman Niode Dies at 56, Had Tested Positive for COVID-19

Niode was a nine-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist and won 100 and 200 back at the event for four years straight.

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SwimSwam Rewind: 30 Years of NCAA Championship Swimming Evolution

Nearly everything has changed in the sport since 1989, other than the fact that Eddie Reese was winning team titles at Texas.

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Our Sport is Changing: Is Virtual in our Future?

‘With questions about Covid-19, swim teams are planning to serve their swim families in the safest way possible. Perhaps virtual swim meets…”

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Slovakian National Record Holding Swimmer Given 2-Year Doping Suspension

Juraj Hlavek, who is a national-level swimmer and international-level surf lifesaving competitor, has been given a 2-year doping suspension.

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India Youth Games Medalist Sahil Pawar Banned 4 Years for Doping Violation

Pawar, who was 19 at the time, finished 3rd in the 50 free at the 2019 Khelo Youth India Games before testing positive for a banned substance.

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Nova Southeastern Assistant Swimming Coach Diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma

Rita Koryukova (right), an assistant coach at Nova Southeastern and a 3-time NCAA Division II National Champion in swimming, has been diagnosed with cancer.

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Sarah Sjöström: Over A Decade of Medals and World Records (Videos)

Sarah Sjöström set a world record at just 15, but her next few years were left in this shadow, only for her career to explode into elite status.

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Swimming From Home Talk Show: Jack Brown on Looking Past Swimming

UNC has been encouraging their student-athletes to rekindle hobbies that they may have given up some time along the way because of swimming. 

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