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Australian Tracey Wickham Having Her Own 40-Year Record Run

In the same week as two age group records belonging to American swimming legend Sippy Woodhead turn 40, Australia has an…

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Mizzou Promotes Emily Eaton To Assistant Coach

Mizzou has promoted operations director Emily Eaton to assistant coach for the upcoming 2018-19 season.

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Indiana University’s Indoor Olympic-Sized Pool Closed Until October

Multiple pool flanges were found to have deteriorated and need custom parts to replace.

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Spain Hires Cati Arasa As Assistant To Vergnoux

The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN) has announced that former junior international swimmer Cati Arasa will be joining the organization as an assistant to Head Coach Fred Vergnoux as of September 1st.

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2018 Asian Games Day 5 Preview: Irie Has One Last Shot At Xu Jiayu

Ryosuke Irie claimed 2 silvers behind American Ryan Murphy at the Pan Pacific Championships. Will the Japanese national record holder be able to come away with a gold ahead of rival Xu Jiayu here in Jakarta?

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2018 Asian Games: Schooling Claims First Non-Japan/China Gold

Japan and China are dueling for the top of the medal table, while Joseph Schooling claims first non-JPN/CHN gold.

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Gregg Troy on Longevity, Racing and Athlete Development

Legendary coach Gregg Troy discusses the keys to longevity in coaching, how to become a great racer and athlete development…

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SwimSwam Pulse: 63% Pick Campbell’s Split As Most Impressive

Almost two-thirds of respondents picked Cate Campbell’s 50.93 as the best relay split of last week, beating the combined totals of Townley Haas’s 1:43.78, Yulia Efimova’s 1:03.95 and Rikako Ikee’s 55.48.

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All the Links You Need to Follow the 2018 Jr. Pan Pacs

See the schedule for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (in your time zone).

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2019 W/M Pac-12 Championships Again Set For Federal Way

The 2019 Pac-12 Women’s and Men’s Championships will be held in Federal Way, WA at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Liu Breaks Untouched Supersuit Record

At the Asian Games, China’s Liu Xiang broke the world record in the women’s 50 back, a record with one of the odder histories in swimming’s record books.

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Kazakhstan’s Olympic Champion Balandin Considers Retirement

23-year-old Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan may retire after these 2018 Asian Games.

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China Cracks Asian Record In Mixed 400 Medley Relay – 3:40.45

Xu Jiayu’s scintillating 52.30 backstroke lead-off was key as China broke the Asian Record in the mixed 400 medley relay.

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Japan Breaks Games Record, China Downs National Mark In 400 Free Relay

Katsumi Nakamura was a key member of Japan’s record-breaking 400 free relay in Jakarta.

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Wisconsin-Whitewater Tabs Elise Knoche as Head Coach

Courtesy: Wisconsin-Whitewater Athletics University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Director of Athletics Todd Garzarelli has announced the hiring of Elise Knoche as Head…

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