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2018 Winter Junior Championships – West: Day 3 Prelims Recap

Katharine Berkoff broke 51 for the first time in the 100 back this morning, while Luca Urlando had two stellar swims in the 100 fly and 100 back.

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2018 Winter Juniors East: Jake Foster Goes 3:44 IM at Day 3 Prelims

Jake Foster and Alex Walsh each lead two events at Friday’s prelims session of the 2018 Winter Junior Championships – East.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 89% Say Seliskar Should Stick To 200 IM

Overwhelmingly, SwimSwam voters encouraged Andrew Seliskar to stick with the 200 IM, rather than challenging Townley Haas in the 500 free.

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1225 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

Love swimming? See nearly 2,000 swim jobs listed on SwimSwam.

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High-Level International Meets For January 2019

Take a look at the high-level listing of international meets on the docket for January 2019.

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Murdoch & Thorpe Torch Scottish Records During Day 1 Prelims Of Nats

Ross Murdoch lowered his own national record in the 50 breaststroke during prelims of the 2018 Scottish Short Course Nationals.

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Olympic Champion Chad Le Clos Launches Own Foundation

Olympic champion Chad Le Clos has just announced the launch of the Le Clos Foundation, an organization aimed at promoting and developing swimming within his home nation of South Africa.

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Hall of Fame Swim Coach Don Lamont Dies

Lamont (above middle, with swim coach son Ken to his right) coached 13 Olympians at all different stages of their careers, including 7 who won gold or silver medals.

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Tommaso D’Orsogna: The Case For Short Course Worlds

Australian swimming veteran Tommaso D’Orsogna provides his convincing argument for why Short Course World Championships should be more highly prioritized within his nation.

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Tokyo 2020 Update: Japan Prepares to Pass Law Banning Ticket Scalping

If approved, the new law will ban all types of profitable resale of tickets to entertainment events such as the Olympics, including by online ticket buyers.

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Emory Women, Kenyon Men Lead D3 Swimulator Rankings

With the end of the major mid season invites, pretty much every team in the country has had a meet…

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Olympic Swimmer Jason Dunford Drops New Single in Native Kenya

Dunford, an Olympic swimmer-turned BBC on-air personality, features in the new song with Romantico.

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Dutch World #1 Kira Toussaint Withdraws From SC World Championships

The Dutch roster for Hangzhou has become one less, as Kira Toussaint has bowed out of the 2018 Short Course World Championships per an announcement by the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB).

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Alex Walsh Scratches 400 IM, 200 FR On Day 3 At Winter Jrs. East

Nashville Aquatic Club’s Alex Walsh is among notable scratches for day two prelims of Winter Junior Championships – East.

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Britain’s Artistic Swimming Awarded ‘Aspiration’ Funding

Great Britain’s Artistic Swimming program (formerly Synchronized Swimming) has been given a huge boost thanks to a share of the government’s new £3 million Aspiration Fund.

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